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Manage race meeting operations
Manage race meeting operations
Unit of competency
National Code
RGRADM401A
RGRADM401A
State Code
S6859
S6859
TGA Status
Deleted
Deleted
DTWD Status
Transition (Deleted)
Transition (Deleted)
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
09/10/2014
Field of Education
080319 - Hospitality Management
Original Release Date
09/10/2014
Nominal Hours
80
Description
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to plan and oversee race meeting activities and manage post-race meeting tasks. It requires the application of safe operating procedures and other legislative requirements related to managing race club staff and others authorised to undertake work on racecourses, developing and applying race day operating procedures, emergency contingency plans and infrastructure and equipment maintenance programs.This unit of competency operates in workplace environments of racing administration, stables, kennels, racecourses and public areas.Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements may apply to this unit. Check with your State Principal Racing Authority for current license or registration requirements.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
Plan race meeting activities.
- 1. Race meeting staff requirements are determined.
- 2. Special race meeting activities or procedures are identified and operational plans prepared.
- 3. Race meeting duties are allocated to staff and responsibilities confirmed.
- 4. Contingency plans for staff absences, emergencies or breakdowns are prepared.
- 5. Other stakeholders are advised of race meeting.
Oversee race meeting activities.
- 6. Staff attendance , equipment and supplies required for race meeting are confirmed prior to commencement of race meeting.
- 7. Requirements of stewards are confirmed prior to commencement of race meeting.
- 8. Meeting with staff prior to public access to the racecourse is initiated.
- 9. Information and services are provided to race meeting participants.
- 10. Race meeting activities are supervised.
Manage post-race meeting activities.
- 11. Equipment, supplies and facilities are shutdown, returned to storage area as required, and secured.
- 12. Staff duties and shifts are confirmed as completed.
- 13. Damaged or faulty equipment or facilities are recorded and repairs initiated.
- 14. Injuries, accidents or incidents and actions taken are recorded and reported according to operational procedures and legislative requirements .
- 15. Cash is counted and secured according to operational procedures.
- 16. Race meeting report is prepared according to operational procedures.
RANGE STATEMENT
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below.
The range statement provides details of how this competency can be used in the workplaces of the racing industry to manage race meeting operations. Workplaces include greyhound, harness and thoroughbred racecourses, training tracks, administration buildings and public areas.
Staff requirements may include:
administration:
race day office
catering and hospitality
first aid personnel
grounds staff
operations staff:
barrier attendant or kennel attendant
clerk of the course
farrier
judge
photo finish operator
racecourse detective
starter
scribe or shorthand writer
swab staff
timekeeper
veterinarian
staff requirements for TAB and non-TAB meetings
security
stewards
totalisator operators.
Special race meeting activities or procedures may include:
access for contractors
additional requirements for:
audiovisual, including assistive technology requirements
beverage
catering, including specific dietary requirements
cleaning
entertainment
hospitality
marquees
media
parking, including accessible parking for people with a disability
power
reviewing contractors' safe operating procedures
risk management
security
signage, including accessible signage
site or venue
speakers
suppliers
transport, including arrangements for groups such as people with a disability.
Race meeting duties allocated to staff may include:
administration
checking operation and soundness of infrastructure and facilities:
public address system and semaphore
signage
spectator viewing facilities and seating
totalisator
erection and pull down of marquees
hospitality
landscaping and grounds
track surrounds preparation:
condition
irrigation pipes removal
machinery removal.
Emergencies requiring contingency plans will include:
animal injury
chemical spillage
earthquake
fire
high winds
security threat, such as bomb threat
suspected animal emergency disease outbreak.
Race meeting requirements of stewards may include:
catering
equipment, including television monitors and telephones in good operating order
lighting and power to stewards room
recording equipment
video re-play equipment.
Information and services provided to race meeting participants may include:
notice boards
public address
race day office
semaphore
signage
televised races.
Supervised race meeting activities may include those occurring in:
administration areas, including race day office
bars
betting rings
hospitality and catering areas
members area and public stands
parking areas, including areas for cars, floats and trailers
race meeting stalls or kennels
special function areas
totalisator
track maintenance between races.
Damaged or faulty equipment or facilities may include:
barriers or starting boxes
machinery, including track maintenance equipment
monitors
seating
swab box
surveillance towers.
Operational procedures and legislative requirements may include:
adhering to legislation from local, state and federal levels of government that affects business operation, including:
animal welfare
anti-discrimination
environmental and waste management
equal employment opportunity
food and beverage handling
industrial relations
OHS
responsible service of alcohol
maintaining records and reports, including:
audit and inspection records
contractor records
consultation records of OHS committees and agendas
dangerous goods storage lists
employee and payroll records
first aid and medical records
hazardous substances register
induction, training and instruction records
material safety data sheets for chemicals and medications
plant and equipment maintenance testing records
safe operating procedures
workers' compensation and rehabilitation records.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below.
The range statement provides details of how this competency can be used in the workplaces of the racing industry to manage race meeting operations. Workplaces include greyhound, harness and thoroughbred racecourses, training tracks, administration buildings and public areas.
Staff requirements may include:
administration:
race day office
catering and hospitality
first aid personnel
grounds staff
operations staff:
barrier attendant or kennel attendant
clerk of the course
farrier
judge
photo finish operator
racecourse detective
starter
scribe or shorthand writer
swab staff
timekeeper
veterinarian
staff requirements for TAB and non-TAB meetings
security
stewards
totalisator operators.
Special race meeting activities or procedures may include:
access for contractors
additional requirements for:
audiovisual, including assistive technology requirements
beverage
catering, including specific dietary requirements
cleaning
entertainment
hospitality
marquees
media
parking, including accessible parking for people with a disability
power
reviewing contractors' safe operating procedures
risk management
security
signage, including accessible signage
site or venue
speakers
suppliers
transport, including arrangements for groups such as people with a disability.
Race meeting duties allocated to staff may include:
administration
checking operation and soundness of infrastructure and facilities:
public address system and semaphore
signage
spectator viewing facilities and seating
totalisator
erection and pull down of marquees
hospitality
landscaping and grounds
track surrounds preparation:
condition
irrigation pipes removal
machinery removal.
Emergencies requiring contingency plans will include:
animal injury
chemical spillage
earthquake
fire
high winds
security threat, such as bomb threat
suspected animal emergency disease outbreak.
Race meeting requirements of stewards may include:
catering
equipment, including television monitors and telephones in good operating order
lighting and power to stewards room
recording equipment
video re-play equipment.
Information and services provided to race meeting participants may include:
notice boards
public address
race day office
semaphore
signage
televised races.
Supervised race meeting activities may include those occurring in:
administration areas, including race day office
bars
betting rings
hospitality and catering areas
members area and public stands
parking areas, including areas for cars, floats and trailers
race meeting stalls or kennels
special function areas
totalisator
track maintenance between races.
Damaged or faulty equipment or facilities may include:
barriers or starting boxes
machinery, including track maintenance equipment
monitors
seating
swab box
surveillance towers.
Operational procedures and legislative requirements may include:
adhering to legislation from local, state and federal levels of government that affects business operation, including:
animal welfare
anti-discrimination
environmental and waste management
equal employment opportunity
food and beverage handling
industrial relations
OHS
responsible service of alcohol
maintaining records and reports, including:
audit and inspection records
contractor records
consultation records of OHS committees and agendas
dangerous goods storage lists
employee and payroll records
first aid and medical records
hazardous substances register
induction, training and instruction records
material safety data sheets for chemicals and medications
plant and equipment maintenance testing records
safe operating procedures
workers' compensation and rehabilitation records.
EVIDENCE GUIDE
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to the specific industry sector and workplace operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge and the range statement of this unit and include evidence of the following:
knowledge of the requirements, procedures and instructions that are to apply when managing race meeting operations
implementation of procedures and timely techniques for the safe, effective and efficient application of management duties
working with others to undertake and complete management procedures that meet required outcomes.
Evidence should be collected over a period of time in a range of workplace-relevant contexts and include dealings with an appropriate range of situations.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Competency must be assessed in a racing workplace that provides access to the required resources or simulated environment approved by the relevant State Principal Racing Authority. Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints. It is to comply with relevant regulatory requirements or Australian Standards requirements.
Assessment of the practical components of this unit will be by observation of relevant skills.
The following resources must be available:
materials and equipment relevant to assessing candidate's ability to manage race meeting operations
relevant racing industry work sites, such as administration buildings, racetracks and registered race meetings
work instructions and related documentation.
Method of assessment
Assessment methods must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the Racing Training Package.
The suggested strategies for the assessment of this unit are:
written and/or oral assessment of candidate's required knowledge
observed, documented and firsthand testimonial evidence of candidate's application of practical tasks
simulation exercises conducted in a State Principal Racing Authority approved simulated environment.
Evidence is required to be demonstrated over a period of time, therefore where performance is not directly observed any evidence should be authenticated by supervisors or other appropriate persons.
This unit may be assessed in a holistic way with other units of competency relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role, for example:
RGRCMN401A Maintain and monitor OHS procedures and environmental work practices.
Guidance information for assessment
Assessment methods should reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy and numeracy demands) and the needs of particular target groups (e.g. people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people with a language background other than English, youth and people from low socioeconomic backgrounds).
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to the specific industry sector and workplace operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge and the range statement of this unit and include evidence of the following:
knowledge of the requirements, procedures and instructions that are to apply when managing race meeting operations
implementation of procedures and timely techniques for the safe, effective and efficient application of management duties
working with others to undertake and complete management procedures that meet required outcomes.
Evidence should be collected over a period of time in a range of workplace-relevant contexts and include dealings with an appropriate range of situations.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Competency must be assessed in a racing workplace that provides access to the required resources or simulated environment approved by the relevant State Principal Racing Authority. Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints. It is to comply with relevant regulatory requirements or Australian Standards requirements.
Assessment of the practical components of this unit will be by observation of relevant skills.
The following resources must be available:
materials and equipment relevant to assessing candidate's ability to manage race meeting operations
relevant racing industry work sites, such as administration buildings, racetracks and registered race meetings
work instructions and related documentation.
Method of assessment
Assessment methods must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the Racing Training Package.
The suggested strategies for the assessment of this unit are:
written and/or oral assessment of candidate's required knowledge
observed, documented and firsthand testimonial evidence of candidate's application of practical tasks
simulation exercises conducted in a State Principal Racing Authority approved simulated environment.
Evidence is required to be demonstrated over a period of time, therefore where performance is not directly observed any evidence should be authenticated by supervisors or other appropriate persons.
This unit may be assessed in a holistic way with other units of competency relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role, for example:
RGRCMN401A Maintain and monitor OHS procedures and environmental work practices.
Guidance information for assessment
Assessment methods should reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy and numeracy demands) and the needs of particular target groups (e.g. people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people with a language background other than English, youth and people from low socioeconomic backgrounds).
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