Application
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to terminate a strata community. It includes confirming instructions from the strata community to terminate the community, making application for termination of the strata community, and terminating the strata community.
The unit supports the work of those involved in managing strata communities who have responsibility for acting on instructions from lot owners to terminate the community. It applies to strata managers.
Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit in some States and Territories. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm those requirements.
Elements and Performance Criteria
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. | Establish and clarify termination requirements for a strata community. | 1.1. | Context for termination of strata community is identified and communicated to strata community. |
1.2. | Legislative requirements for termination of strata community are researched and accessed. | ||
1.3. | Conditions required for termination of strata community are explained to strata community. | ||
1.4. | Procedures and timeframes for termination of strata community are explained to strata community. | ||
1.5. | General meeting of strata community is facilitated to terminate the strata community and appropriate follow-up action is taken. | ||
1.6. | Resolutions for termination or non-termination of strata community are confirmed and communicated to strata community and mortgagees. | ||
1.7. | Situations requiring specialist advice are identified and assistance is sought as required. | ||
2. | Make application to terminate strata community. | 2.1. | Information and agreements required for termination of strata community are identified and collated. |
2.2. | Application to terminate strata community is prepared in line with strata community instructions and legislative requirements. | ||
2.3. | Termination application is distributed to relevant people to check accuracy of information and to ensure that application requirements are clearly addressed. | ||
2.4. | Situations requiring specialist advice are identified and assistance is sought as required according to organisational requirements. | ||
2.5. | Application to terminate strata community is lodged with relevant authorities in line with legislative requirements. | ||
2.6. | Lot owners are kept informed of termination application, and inquiries from lot owners regarding the termination process are responded to in line with organisational procedures. | ||
3. | Terminate the strata community. | 3.1. | Following granting of application, strata community is terminated within agreed timeframes in line with organisational, legislative and lot owners’ requirements. |
3.2. | Lot owners are informed of granting of termination of strata community and are provided with information on actions to be taken and timeframe for termination of strata community. | ||
3.3. | Information regarding termination of strata community is securely maintained with due regard to client confidentiality and legislative and organisational requirements. | ||
3.4. | Strata community funds are distributed according to legislative requirements. |
Evidence of Performance
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.
The person must also complete all tasks associated with terminating one strata community, including:
consulting with lot owners and gaining instructions relating to termination of strata community
collecting information and agreements required to complete the application to terminate the community
making application to relevant authorities for termination of strata community
keeping lot owners informed of progress of application to terminate strata community
terminating strata community in line with organisational, legislative and lot owners’ requirements.
Evidence of Knowledge
A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:
common problems involved in terminating strata communities
legislative requirements for terminating strata communities
procedures involved in terminating strata communities
reasons for terminating strata communities
roles and responsibilities of lot owners, owners corporations and other interested parties in terminating strata communities
role and responsibilities of strata managers in terminating strata communities
strata management agreements, including:
purpose
format
obligations of strata managers
provisions for terminating strata communities
techniques for communicating with owners and occupiers in strata communities.
Assessment Conditions
The following must be present and available to learners during assessment activities:
equipment:
computer system with internet, email and printing facilities
specifications:
strata community management agreement
legislation relating to terminating strata communities
organisational policies and procedures relating to terminating strata communities
procedures for making application for termination of strata communities
details of strata community to be terminated, including the strata plan
relationship with team members and supervisor:
member of a work team in a property industry context.
Assessor requirements
As a minimum, assessors must satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) current at the time of assessment.
Foundation Skills
This section describes the language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills essential to performance in this unit but not explicit in the performance criteria. | |
Skill | Performance feature |
Learning skills to: | maintain current knowledge of legal processes involved in terminating a strata community. |
Oral communication skills to: | ask questions to clarify legal requirements for termination of strata communities. |
Reading skills to: | interpret and extract information from complex texts on termination of strata communities. |
Writing skills to: | prepare reports for owners corporation on progress of applications for termination of strata communities. |
Technology skills to: | use business technology to access online information relating to the termination of strata communities. |
Range Statement
This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. | |
Context of termination must include: | building end of life catastrophe compulsory acquisition redevelopment of the strata community land. |
Conditions required for termination of strata community must include: | legislative requirements in jurisdiction for termination of strata community requirements for agreement of lot owners and other interested parties. |
Sectors
Property services
Competency Field
Strata community management