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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for mentoring
2. Specific mentoring needs are identified and confirmed through consultation with appropriate personnel
3. Mentoring objectives are matched to identified development needs
4. Mentoring relationship is established with mentoring participant/s
5. Mentoring approaches are planned, documented and agreed with mentoring participant/s
6. Mentoring delivery methods are selected appropriate to mentoring participant needs, mentor availability, location and resources
7. Mentor in the workplace
8. Mentoring is conducted in a safe and accessible workplace environment
9. Strategies and techniques are employed that facilitate the learning process
10. Mentoring objectives, sequence of activities and assessment processes are discussed with mentoring participant/s on a regular basis
11. Systematic approach is taken to mentoring, which is regularly revised and modified to meet mentoring participant needs
12. Provide opportunities for practice
13. Practice opportunities are provided for participant/s
14. Various methods for encouraging learning are implemented to meet mentoring participant needs
15. Review mentoring
16. Mentoring participant/s are encouraged to evaluate own performance and mentoring experience, and to identify areas for improvement
17. Own performance as a mentor is evaluated and areas for improvement are identified and acted upon
18. Mentoring participant readiness for assessment is monitored and assistance is provided to collect evidence of satisfactory performance
19. Mentoring plan and process are evaluated in context of self-assessment, mentoring participant feedback, evaluation of own performance, supervisor comments and measurements against workplace objectives
20. Mentoring details are recorded according to enterprise and legislative requirements
21. Review results are used to guide further workplace mentoring

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions can be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices building trust with mentoring participant/s communicating effectively verbally and in writing using a range of strategies including: ensuring language used suits target audience giving and receiving feedback listening questioning completing and maintaining required documentation and records developing effective planning documents ensuring currency of relevant legislative and regulatory knowledge maintaining confidentiality making recommendations for further mentoring opportunities motivating mentoring participant/s planning and managing time effectively planning for and managing contingencies providing high quality reports sequencing mentoring activity in a way that facilitates the development of competence transferring and applying skills and knowledge to new contexts working in a culturally diverse environment.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

access, equity and human rights issues in relation to own area of work correct use of equipment and any other processes and procedures appropriate for mentoring ethical handling of performance issues identification of evidence of competency intended mentoring outcome job/role environment skills mentoring methodologies and strategies relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, standards, policies and procedures including: equal employment opportunity (EEO) WHS/OHS and other workplace requirements relevant workplace tasks, skills and knowledge workplace: application of relevant competencies training plan for competency development.

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