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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Store and display historical records.
   • Locate historical records as required.
   • Handle historical records according to industry preservation guidelines and workplace requirements.
   • Store historical records according to industry preservation guidelines and relevant legislation and workplace requirements.
   • Display historical records to industry preservation guidelines and workplace requirements.
2. Carry out maintenance of historical records.
   • Inspect historical records to identify damaged or missing records.
   • Report damage or loss of records to supervisor.
   • Carry out routine repairs on historical records as required.
   • Identify when specialist expertise is required.
3. Store and display historical records.
   • Locate historical records as required.
   • Handle historical records according to industry preservation guidelines and workplace requirements.
   • Store historical records according to industry preservation guidelines and relevant legislation and workplace requirements.
   • Display historical records to industry preservation guidelines and workplace requirements.
4. Carry out maintenance of historical records.
   • Inspect historical records to identify damaged or missing records.
   • Report damage or loss of records to supervisor.
   • Carry out routine repairs on historical records as required.
   • Identify when specialist expertise is required.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

handle, store and display historical records according to industry preservation guidelines and work requirements

inspect, maintain and repair historical records and report inspection results.

Evidence of performance of maintaining and caring for two or more historical is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge of:

scope of own role in relation to maintaining and caring for historical records, including identifying when specialist expertise is required

types and purposes of historical records for cemeteries and crematoria, including:

burial records

cremation records

Death Certificates

funeral records

relevant correspondence

photographs

books

artefacts

physical assets, including mortuary carriage

industry preservation guidelines

workplace policies and procedures in relation to maintenance of historical records and archive storage systems

federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to storage and maintenance of historical records for cemeteries and crematoria

cataloguing systems most commonly used for storage of historical records

causes for damaged or missing records, including but not restricted to:

humidity

light

dust

air conditioning

fire

soot

water damage

acidic paper

age and decay of bindings

structural collapse

shelves or more major building problems

relocation

computer malfunction

theft

vandalism

incompetence

preservation processes used for historical documents

preservation, maintenance and loss issues in relation to maintaining and caring for cemetery historical records.

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