- AHCCCF412A - Coordinate board/committee elections
Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AHCCCF412A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Coordinate board/committee elections
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
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Unit of Competency | AHCCCF412A - Coordinate board/committee elections |
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| Description | This unit covers coordinating board/committee elections and defines the standard required to: seek and check nominations; conduct elections and monitor voting irregularities; deal with complaints and grievances about the election process; record and declare results. | ||
| Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
| Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to community program leaders who coordinate committee or board elections for an unincorporated group or incorporated association. | ||
| Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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| Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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| Element: Seek nominations |
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| Element: Conduct elections |
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| Element: Promote a positive election atmosphere |
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| Element: Declare results |
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Evidence Required
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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following: seek and check nominations conduct elections and monitor voting irregularities deal with complaints and grievances about the election process record and declare results. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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Required skills |
seek nominations conduct elections declare results use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, develop sequenced written instructions, record accurately and legibly information collected and select and apply procedures to a range of tasks use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities. |
Required knowledge |
articles, rules and practice of the group election procedures used by other groups and in other voluntary organisations voting method to be used understanding of range of community perspectives and perspectives brought by individuals to group. |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. | |
Requirements may include: | vacancies procedures for election eligible persons time between elections as defined in the rules or practice. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
| Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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| Election requirements required under the rules and past practice are identified to establish correct election procedures. | |||
| Nominations are called for officers and committee positions that will become vacant according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Nominations are checked for validity according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Procedures to fill positions where there are no nominations are implemented according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Nominations for uncontested positions are declared filled according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Election date is set according to group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Ballot papers are prepared according to the number of nominations and the voting method described in the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Voting is managed to ensure a fair ballot by persons eligible to vote according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Any voting irregularities are assessed for impact on result, with any invalid elections being declared void. | |||
| Positive attitude of co-operation between candidates is promoted to maintain group harmony. | |||
| Issues and complaints are addressed in a positive manner according to the rules, to ensure group satisfaction with the election process. | |||
| Minority interests are facilitated to ensure equitable representation. | |||
| Votes are counted using a counting method that ensures a fair count according to the group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Results are announced or provided to the group/association chair according to the group/association rules and practices. | |||
| Records of results are completed according to group/association rules and practice. | |||
| Grievances are addressed according to articles of association, group rules and practice. |
Forms
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