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Elements and Performance Criteria

Prepare evidence and other material for proceedings
Prepare personnel for proceedings
- Briefings are held with counsel as required
- Personnel involved in the proceedings are briefed
Negotiate with opposing parties where required
- Any negotiation parameters are clearly identified prior to the court process
- Negotiations held in conference with the opposing parties are in accordance with agreed negotiation parameters of the organisation represented
Monitor rulings
- Outcomes of proceedings are reviewed to ensure knowledge of trends and precedents is current
- Changes to organisation's policy and procedures arising from rulings and decisions are formulated

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

briefing counsel and witnesses

collating evidence

preparing statements

researching and identifying precedents

writing reports

Required Knowledge

burden of proof

conduct and operation of hearings

exemptions and defences

how to prepare legal brief

how to prepare submissions

points of proof

procedures and protocols in different judicial or quasijudicial settings

qualifications and experience required of expert witness

range of crimesoffences that can be committed

relevant sections of Evidence Act

relevant sections of legislation

roles of lay and expert witness

rules of evidence in different judicial or quasijudicial settings

types of evidence

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Full and detailed evidence to hand

Comprehensive and accurate legal brief

Consistency in performance

Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

On the job or in a simulated work environment

Specific resources for assessment

No special requirements

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.

Range Statement


The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.
Court protocols may include	standards of attire forms of address
Court proceedings may include	rules of court judicial and quasi judicial tribunals
Legal brief may include	All documentation relevant to the preparation for legal proceedings such as precedents witness statements records of evidence investigator's reports media footage log books