List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions. |
1. | Develop access and use policy. | 1.1. | Nature of project and demographics of occupants or users are researched and noted. |
| 1.2. | Statistical information on the probable volume and range of disabilities in the occupant or user demographic groups is researched and noted. |
| 1.3. | Applicable access and use compliance requirements are reviewed, and conflicting compliance provisions and areas that are not the subject of legislation are identified and noted. |
| 1.4. | Project clients and other key stakeholders are consulted, notes on initial findings are discussed, and access and use design policy is developed and documented within required timeframe. |
2. | Analyse access and use requirements and develop options. | 2.1. | Project documentation is analysed with reference to access and use policy, and areas of the project are divided according to levels and types of access and use provision required. |
| 2.2. | Areas of project where minimum compliance requirements are to be applied are analysed and prescribed specifications for access and use provisions are noted. |
| 2.3. | Areas of project where access and use provisions are recommended to exceed compliance requirements are analysed and ideas for solutions that meet the access and use policy of the project are developed. |
| 2.4. | Conflicting compliance provisions and areas of a project that are not the subject of legislation are analysed and ideas for solutions that meet the access and use policy of the project are developed. |
| 2.5. | Areas of project where a full or partial exemption from compliance requirements is sought are analysed and a report on the exemption is prepared as required. |
3. | Consult client to confirm and select access and use options. | 3.1. | Minimum access and use requirements for project areas are discussed and authorised with client and stakeholders, or enhancements and refinements are developed in line with access and use policy. |
| 3.2. | Ideas for enhanced access and use solutions in line with project access and use policy are presented to client and stakeholders, and costs and practicalities are discussed. |
| 3.3. | Ideas for access and use solutions for areas of project that are not the subject of legislation, or where compliance provisions are conflicting, are presented to client and stakeholders; and costs and practicalities are discussed. |
| 3.4. | Non-compliant access and use provision and related exclusion rationale for areas that cannot meet compliance requirements are presented to client and stakeholders, and discussed and refined. |
| 3.5. | Decision-making process is supported with additional information as requested and selected options are noted. |
4. | Develop detailed specifications for access and use solutions. | 4.1. | Detailed specifications are prepared for access and use provisions in areas of project where compliance requirements are to be applied. |
| 4.2. | Detailed specifications are prepared for selected access and use solutions in areas of project that exceed compliance requirements. |
| 4.3. | Detailed specifications are prepared for selected access and use solutions in areas of project where legislation does not apply or compliance requirements conflict. |
| 4.4. | Detailed specifications and supporting management plan, if required, are prepared for non-compliant access and use provision. |
| 4.5. | Rationale for exemption from compliance requirements on the grounds of unjustifiable hardship is prepared in agreed format with full analysis of reasons, costs and alternatives. |
5. | Finalise and submit design policy and design brief. | 5.1. | Access and use design policy for project is updated with reference to the access and use solutions selected. |
| 5.2. | Specifications for access and use solutions are collated into a formal design brief in line with client requirements. |
| 5.3. | Documentation to support the design brief is prepared or obtained. |
| 5.4. | Design policy and design brief are presented to client and stakeholders, reviewed in detail to ensure accuracy and completeness, and amendments are noted. |
| | 5.5. | Finalised design policy and design brief are submitted to client for authorisation and circulated to stakeholders as required. |
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.
The person must also produce design policies and briefs relating to access to and use of the built environment for three different projects for at least two of the following different client types:
a community organisation
a government department
an individuals
a private company.
In each project, the person must:
consult with client to develop an agreed access and use policy
analyse project documentation with reference to project access and use design policy, and propose suitable solutions to access and use requirements
present proposed solutions to client and assist in selection of options
develop and report on access and use solutions, including detailed specifications and rationales.
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:
access and use compliance requirements, including:
codes
guidelines
legislation
local authority policies
protocols
regulations
standards
accessibility requirements relating to equipment used by people with disabilities, such as:
assistance animals
audio frequency induction loops
braille and tactile signage
long white canes
TTY telephones
walking frames
wheelchairs
best practices in access and use, including measures that exceed compliance requirements
gaps and trends in, interrelation of, and conflict between compliance requirements
policy development processes, and legislative and regulatory frameworks relating to access to and use of the built environment
principles of access to and use of the built environment, including:
adaptable design
best practice solutions to access and use requirements
principles of ergonomics relating to accessible design and fitout
types of disabilities and combinations of disabilities and related range of functional limitations, including:
auditory
cognitive
mobility
muscle wasting and weakness
psychiatric
vision
scope of functions of the human body, including:
auditory and visual processing
cognitive functions
mobility
psychiatric conditions.