Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

FNSCUS516 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Record and implement client instructions

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency FNSCUS516 - Record and implement client instructions
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to record and implement instructions regarding financial investments from a range of clients. It also covers the provision of client after sales service.The unit applies to those who provide responsibility for their own and others’ work outcomes. The client instructions to be implemented may come from financial advisers, or from shareholders, financial organisations, stockbrokers, trustees, agents and intermediaries.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

organisational equipment, technology, software and consumables

financial services product information

client information system and data.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
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Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Establish client instructions
  • Identify client, and obtain client objectives, requirements and expectations according to organisational policies and procedures
  • Confirm instructions according to best practice principles and policies and procedures
  • Analyse client information to identify marketing strategies and communication methods available within organisation that best suit client and client needs
  • Consult authorised representative and agree to instructions, and implementation strategies, actions, and communication methods to be used when implementing client instructions
  • Document agreed client instructions and communication methods according to organisational policies and guidelines, legislative and confidentiality requirements, and industry codes of practice
       
Element: Implement client instructions
  • Review and monitor terms and conditions of agreed financial options and investment strategies for consistency with client instructions
  • Monitor and review agreed implementation strategies and actions, and confirm their compliance with client instructions
  • Update required stakeholders on the implementation and administration of agreed investment strategies and instructions
  • Confirm that no breaches of agreement or anomalies occur
  • Report and document changes to financial markets where required and according to legislative and organisational requirements, and guidelines where appropriate
       
Element: Establish after sales service procedures
  • Review client documentation and information and determine areas where additional after sales service can be provided
  • Use identified marketing strategies to communicate potential additional after sales service to authorised representative
  • Provide agreed additional after sales service based on authorised representative’s confirmation of client agreement
  • Identify and address areas of client dissatisfaction according to organisational procedures, legislative and confidentiality requirements, and industry codes of practice
       


Evidence Required

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The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

record and implement instructions from at least three different clients in relation to a required financial investment

provide after sale services in relation to at least one of the above clients.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

financial services industry and legislative requirements and codes of practice relating to recording and implementing client instructions regarding financial investments

organisational policies and procedures relating to recording and implementing client instructions, including:

providing additional after sales service

confidentiality requirements

best practice principles

financial product services offered by the organisation, and their terms and conditions

sales and marketing techniques relevant to provision of after sales service

fraud detection and prevention procedures and practices relating to implementing client instructions

business rules of financial associations relevant to clients

relevance of the following to implementing client financial investment instructions:

key characteristics of local and international financial markets and investments

current economic climate and outlook of the financial services industry

influence of tax factors on financial services clients.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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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
Identify client, and obtain client objectives, requirements and expectations according to organisational policies and procedures 
Confirm instructions according to best practice principles and policies and procedures 
Analyse client information to identify marketing strategies and communication methods available within organisation that best suit client and client needs 
Consult authorised representative and agree to instructions, and implementation strategies, actions, and communication methods to be used when implementing client instructions 
Document agreed client instructions and communication methods according to organisational policies and guidelines, legislative and confidentiality requirements, and industry codes of practice 
Review and monitor terms and conditions of agreed financial options and investment strategies for consistency with client instructions 
Monitor and review agreed implementation strategies and actions, and confirm their compliance with client instructions 
Update required stakeholders on the implementation and administration of agreed investment strategies and instructions 
Confirm that no breaches of agreement or anomalies occur 
Report and document changes to financial markets where required and according to legislative and organisational requirements, and guidelines where appropriate 
Review client documentation and information and determine areas where additional after sales service can be provided 
Use identified marketing strategies to communicate potential additional after sales service to authorised representative 
Provide agreed additional after sales service based on authorised representative’s confirmation of client agreement 
Identify and address areas of client dissatisfaction according to organisational procedures, legislative and confidentiality requirements, and industry codes of practice 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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