Release 

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Release 1

This version first released with FNS Financial Services Training Package Version 1.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Establish relationship with customers

1.1 Attend to customer enquiries in a timely and courteous manner

1.2 Demonstrate active listening skills in dealing with customer enquiries and provide help and assistance to ensure full and accurate completion of initial documentation, where required

2. Identify customer needs

2.1 Examine, where applicable, initial documentation to determine products and services of interest to customers

2.2 Undertake clear and unambiguous communication with customers to determine and clarify products and services of interest to them

2.3 Inform customers clearly of the regulatory restrictions on providing financial products advice

2.4 Request information from customers to determine their needs, ensuring that information gathered is for the purposes of provision of general advice only

2.5 Identify requests for information, advice, products or services that fall outside the organisation’s scope of operation and inform customers where such information, advice, products or services can be obtained, where possible

2.6 Explain the range of products and services available to customers in a clear and unambiguous way, avoiding jargon and in language appropriate to receiver

3. Identify general advice boundaries of product and service

3.1 Analyse the range of products and services of interest to customers to determine their categorisation is general advice, in line with legislation and organisational policy

3.2 Refer customers to appropriate specialist personnel where requested advice is deemed to fall outside category of general advice

4. Provide general advice to customers

4.1 Assist customers to make informed choices on products and services using relevant documentation

4.2 Provide general advice to customers in strict accordance with regulatory restrictions, organisational policy and organisational tools

4.3 Demonstrate product knowledge appropriate for service or advice offered when providing advice to customers

4.4 Explain and discuss recommendations with customers in a clear and unambiguous way

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

2.1, 3.1

• Evaluates information and products from a variety of sources to ensure appropriateness to customer needs

Writing

1.2, 4.2

• Accurately records and completes organisational documents and correspondence using clear language and correct spelling, grammar and terminology

Oral Communication

1.1, 1.2, 2.2-2.6, 3.2, 4.3, 4.4

• Participates in a verbal exchange of information, clearly articulating identified products and services options using language, tone and pace appropriate to audience and environment
• Uses listening and questioning techniques to elicit the views and opinions of others and to confirm understanding

Numeracy

2.4

• Analyses financial information from various sources to provide advice to the customer

Navigate the world of work

3.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

• Complies with explicit policies and procedures
• Explores and implements, where identified, the implicit expectations of policies and procedures
• Ensures knowledge of legislative requirements and products is kept up to date to provide accurate information

Interact with others

1.1, 1.2, 2.2-2.6, 3.2, 4.3, 4.4

• Identifies and takes steps to follow accepted communication practices and protocols
• Uses a range of strategies to establish a sense of connection and build rapport with customers

Get the work done

1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2-4.4

• Plans and implements routine tasks and workload, making limited decisions on sequencing, timing and collaboration, seeking assistance in setting priorities
• Makes low-impact decisions within familiar situations, based on a range of predefined or routine solutions and evaluates the effectiveness of the outcome

Code and title  

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

FNSIAD301 Provide general advice on financial products and services

FNSIAD301A Provide general advice on financial products and services

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with FNS Financial Services Training Package Version 1.0.