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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Conduct risk assessments
   • Identify risks to protect safety of self, colleagues, and communities.
   • Identify potential risks to witnesses, victims, persons of interest, suspects and offenders in custody.
   • Evaluate consequences and likelihood of risks occurring to determine response.
   • Examine current control measures to determine their effectiveness.
2. Develop risk management plans
   • Evaluate and select control measure options to respond to identified risk.
   • Identify resources/activities required to implement control measures.
   • Incorporate control measures into plan to mitigate risks.
3. Implement risk management plans
   • Communicate risk management activities to stakeholders.
   • Undertake activities specified in the risk management plans.
   • Assess dynamic situations continually to adjust control measure(s).
4. Review risk management activities
   • Evaluate control measure(s) and implementation process to determine effectiveness.
   • Review performance/actions of individuals/teams as part of supervision process.
   • Provide feedback to individuals/teams to inform future practices.
   • Report workplace risks to prevent reoccurrence and to reduce future exposure and harm.
5. Conduct risk assessments
   • Identify risks to protect safety of self, colleagues, and communities.
   • Identify potential risks to witnesses, victims, persons of interest, suspects and offenders in custody.
   • Evaluate consequences and likelihood of risks occurring to determine response.
   • Examine current control measures to determine their effectiveness.
6. Develop risk management plans
   • Evaluate and select control measure options to respond to identified risk.
   • Identify resources/activities required to implement control measures.
   • Incorporate control measures into plan to mitigate risks.
7. Implement risk management plans
   • Communicate risk management activities to stakeholders.
   • Undertake activities specified in the risk management plans.
   • Assess dynamic situations continually to adjust control measure(s).
8. Review risk management activities
   • Evaluate control measure(s) and implementation process to determine effectiveness.
   • Review performance/actions of individuals/teams as part of supervision process.
   • Provide feedback to individuals/teams to inform future practices.
   • Report workplace risks to prevent reoccurrence and to reduce future exposure and harm.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

applying risk assessment tools to identify and evaluate risk in both planned and unplanned incidents

identifying risks in care of custody situations

identifying and evaluating control measures, including avoidance, acceptance, transferral and mitigation

implementing control measures in accordance with available resources, response plan and changing circumstances

communicating with stakeholders to inform them of risk mitigation activities

evaluating effectiveness of control measures and implementation process

assessing role of individuals in implementation process to evaluate performance

documenting and recording workplace risks

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

jurisdictional reporting hierarchy and governance structure

jurisdictional risk assessment processes, policies and procedures

jurisdictional quality assurance responsibilities and processes

current national, state and territory legislation related to the situation

capabilities, powers and authorities of external services

jurisdictional communication systems

compliance and auditing processes

risk management principles and tools

resources available to respond to risks within policing environments

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