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Evidence Guide: POLFOR027 - Assess and control incident/crime scence

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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POLFOR027 - Assess and control incident/crime scence

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Assess scene

  1. Gather information to inform forensic examination.
  2. Identify items/areas for forensic examination.
  3. Plan forensic examination to process scene.
  4. Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.
  5. Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.
  6. Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.
  7. Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.
Gather information to inform forensic examination.

Completed
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Identify items/areas for forensic examination.

Completed
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Plan forensic examination to process scene.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.

Completed
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Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.

Completed
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Control scene

  1. Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.
  2. Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.
  3. Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.
  4. Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.
Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examine scene

  1. Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.
  2. Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.
  3. Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.
  4. Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.
  5. Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.
Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assess scene

  1. Gather information to inform forensic examination.
  2. Identify items/areas for forensic examination.
  3. Plan forensic examination to process scene.
  4. Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.
  5. Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.
  6. Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.
  7. Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.
Gather information to inform forensic examination.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify items/areas for forensic examination.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan forensic examination to process scene.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control scene

  1. Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.
  2. Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.
  3. Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.
  4. Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.
Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Examine scene

  1. Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.
  2. Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.
  3. Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.
  4. Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.
  5. Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.
Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

ELEMENTS

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 section.

1. Assess scene

1.1 Gather information to inform forensic examination.

1.2 Identify items/areas for forensic examination.

1.3 Plan forensic examination to process scene.

1.4 Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.

1.5 Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.

1.6 Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.

1.7 Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.

2. Control scene

2.1 Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.

2.2 Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.

2.3 Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.

2.4 Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.

3. Examine scene

3.1 Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.

3.2 Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.

3.3 Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.

3.4 Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.

3.5 Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.

Required Skills and Knowledge

ELEMENTS

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 section.

1. Assess scene

1.1 Gather information to inform forensic examination.

1.2 Identify items/areas for forensic examination.

1.3 Plan forensic examination to process scene.

1.4 Assess resource requirements to facilitate forensic examination.

1.5 Identify whether contamination has occurred for recording purposes.

1.6 Identify secondary or alternate incident/crime scene for forensic examinations.

1.7 Identify if referral is required in accordance with own role and responsibility.

2. Control scene

2.1 Assess incident/scene to identify boundaries and parameters.

2.2 Identify control measures to minimise contamination of evidence.

2.3 Establish entry and exit paths to control scene.

2.4 Communicate with stakeholders to release scene.

3. Examine scene

3.1 Identify whether evidence is suitable for collection.

3.2 Prioritise examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value.

3.3 Identify risks to examination to develop risk mitigation strategies.

3.4 Review forensic examination to identify if further actions are required.

3.5 Record information on jurisdictional information management systems.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

analysing information to inform scene management plan

identifying scene parameters and contamination

referring scene control when own role and responsibility is exceeded

implementing control measures to preserve scene and evidence

communicating with stakeholders

identifying risks and implementing risk mitigation strategies

prioritising examination of exhibits to maximise evidentiary value

evaluating scene management strategies and actions taken

recording information on jurisdictional information management systems

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

jurisdictional legislation, policies and procedures relating to forensic examination, scene management, quality systems and workplace health and safety

application and potential limitations of forensic examination techniques

role and responsibility of other forensic disciplines for the examination of scenes

judicial and evidentiary requirements for the collection and preservation of exhibits

scene management and preservation techniques and processes

authorisations for examining scenes