Assessment Requirements for CPPSEC3124 Prepare and present evidence in court

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for CPPSEC3124 Prepare and present evidence in court

Modification History

Release 1.

Supersedes and is equivalent to CPPSEC3009A Prepare and present evidence in court.

Updated to meet the Standards for Training Packages.

This version first released with CPP Property Services Training Package Version 7.0.

Performance Evidence

To demonstrate competency in this unit, a person must prepare and present evidence in court in two separate court proceedings.

In doing this, the person must meet the performance criteria for this unit.

Knowledge Evidence

To be competent in this unit, a person must demonstrate knowledge of:

standard operating procedures and workplace policies that ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements when preparing and presenting evidence in court:

anti-discrimination and diversity

duty of care

licensing requirements and limits of own authority

information privacy and confidentiality

workplace health and safety (WHS)

basic research techniques that can be used to gather information and evidence

evidence management principles

methods for complying with privacy and confidentiality regulations when gathering, presenting and storing security information

methods for identifying proofs of an offence

methods for preserving, maintaining, storing and transporting evidence and exhibits that may be used in court

operational functions of a range of information technologies used to gather, organise and present security information and evidence

own areas of competence and expertise to provide specialist opinion in court

procedures for preparing briefs of evidence

procedures, protocols and rules to be followed when presenting evidence in court:

addressing court personnel

language

manner

participating and giving evidence

personal presentation

who’s who in court

purpose of the Evidence Act

requirements for recording information that is factual and can be used as evidence in court, including meaning of ‘continuity of evidence’

requirements for recording and reporting incidents

requirements for taking statements from witnesses

rules of evidence that can be presented in court:

contemporaneousness

must not be ‘hearsay’

must not be opinion

must be relevant

must be admissible

storage requirements for information that is susceptible to spoil or damage, such as film, tapes and images

techniques for validating the accuracy and reliability of security information and evidence

treatment of persons being interviewed

types of documentation and exhibits that may be presented as evidence in court

types of law:

civil

common

criminal

statute.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must satisfy the requirements for assessors contained in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). All individuals engaged by a licensed RTO for security licensing purposes must hold both a security trainer’s licence (where such a licence exists within the relevant jurisdiction) and a security operative licence that authorises the security activities about which the individual is training/assessing. Regulators may impose other assessor conditions to meet jurisdictional assessment requirements.

Assessment of performance must be undertaken in an operational workplace environment or environment that reflects workplace conditions. Tasks are to be performed to the level of proficiency and within the time limits that would be expected in a workplace.

The assessment of performance evidence must be done by direct observation of the learner by an assessor, either by an assessor observing the learner physically or by an assessor observing the learner via audio and visual media.

Assessment of performance evidence is only valid where the learner has been assessed performing the role of a security officer.

Assessors are responsible for ensuring that the person demonstrating competency has access to:

specifications of assessment tasks to prepare and present evidence in court

appropriate documents, materials, equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) currently used in industry

information technologies required to gather, organise and present security information and documentation

standard operating procedures and workplace policies related to the security work role and which specify requirements for complying with industry legislation and regulations

access to a court environment to allow achievement of the performance evidence.

Links

Companion volumes to this training package are available at the VETNet website - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=6f3f9672-30e8-4835-b348-205dfcf13d9b