POLGEN013 Demonstrate professional policing practice

Release: 2

POLGEN013 Demonstrate professional policing practice

Modification History

Release 2. Modifications have been made to: Unit Application Performance Criteria Performance and Knowledge Evidence Release 1. This unit was released in POL Police Training Package release 1.0 and meets the Standards for Training Packages.

Application

This unit describes the skills required to comply with professional standards within policing, including reflecting on own performance, managing priorities and working collaboratively. This unit applies to those working in a policing environment, commonly in a general duties role. The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to codes of conduct, codes of ethics and professional standards. Those undertaking this unit would generally work autonomously but may be required to work under supervision at times. They would perform complex tasks and be required to evaluate and access support from a broad range of sources and show adaptability across a broad range of familiar and/or unpredictable contexts. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Not applicable.

Competency Field

General

Unit Sector

Not applicable.

Elements and Performance Criteria

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Reflect on own performance	1.1	Comply with professional standards when delivering policing services and responses
1.2	Assess own practices to identify potential reputational risks to self, unit, division and jurisdiction
1.3	Review own performance in order to improve personal professional practices
2	Manage priorities	2.1	Assess work demands to determine own work priorities
2.2	Align own work priorities to unit, divisional and organisational priorities
3	Contribute to team	3.1	Adhere to team objectives to inform work related tasks and activities
3.2	Identify own and other team members’ roles
3.3	Perform tasks and activities in line with team objectives

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the POL Police Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Unit Mapping Information

No equivalent unit.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=98c3984e-2cf1-48a8-8ed1-85e4b92e7351