Elements and Performance Criteria

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. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.


Implementation plan refers to:
Detailed framework prepared in consultation with the target communities and generally includes:
key strategies
sequence of activities
relevant processes and procedures
human resources needs
capacity building initiatives
work schedules
monitoring mechanisms
resource allocation and utilisation plans
resource requirements and budget


Key stakeholders may include:
Field staff
Community based organisations
Community leaders or representatives
Organisation/program personnel and managers
Local government representatives and line-agency offices
Non-government organisation representatives
International non-government organisation representatives (e.g. Oxfam, Care International, Red Cross, Water Aid)
Civil society groups
Bi-lateral and multilateral agencies (e.g. United Nations and World Bank)


General project cycle may consist of:
Assessment
Analysis
Planning
Designing
Marketing
Implementing
Monitoring
Reporting
Evaluation
Transition


Concepts and principles of aid effectiveness and community development include:
Ownership, including:
using delivery processes that support partner countries to exercise effective leadership over their development policies and strategies
coordinating development actions
involving communities and local government in decision making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
encouraging community's and local government's contribution to problem solving
Alignment, involving maintaining a comprehensive understanding of partner countries' national development strategies, institutions and procedures to guide program delivery
Harmonisation:
actively seeking to collaborate with other Official Development Assistance (ODA) partners to create added value and greater development effectiveness
Managing for results, including continuous improvement of systems to:
manage for development results
support evidence-based decision making
Mutual accountability, involving demonstration of:
full transparency and accountability for the use of development resources in program delivery


Major milestones may refer to:
Indicators in work schedule and may include:
commencement of work
completion of work
reporting dates
monitoring visits
mid and project end evaluations


Field constraints may include:
Non-availability of skilled labour
Non-availability of resources
Road blockade due to landslide or other disasters
Non-availability of volunteer labour due to peak season of cultivation, festival time and other related activities
Potential conflicts, riots and violence
Cultural and social taboos and beliefs


Methodology refers to:
Methodology used in monitoring
This may vary depending on the type of monitoring to be conducted and may involve:
participatory monitoring
monitoring by external experts
process monitoring
performance monitoring
impact monitoring
compliance monitoring
baseline monitoring


Contractual provisions may include:
Lump-sum contract
Labour contract
Build-operate and transfer contract
Item-wise contract
Material contract
Fixed-term contract


Data collection tools and techniques may include:
Interviewing
Brainstorming
Direct observation
Participatory mapping
Ranking
Focus group discussions
Venn diagram
Community meetings
Transect walk
Time-use analysis
Trend analysis
Household surveys using structured and semi-structured questionnaires
Wealth ranking
Pair-wise ranking
Matrices


Involve refers to:
How relevant stakeholders may be involved in monitoring and may include activities such as:
planning
review of project outputs
data gathering
field visits and interviews
monitoring impact
report writing


Precautionary or work health and safety (WHS) measures refer to:
Measures that need to be considered during construction work and may include:
effective supervision
carefully designed work methods and well trained workers
regular changeover of workers
safety equipment and first aid kit on site
fencing around the site
provision of a guard or watch man
Precautionary or WHS concerns may include:
lack of expert supervision
careless worker and work methods
tiredness and lack of concentration
faulty equipment
interference by casual onlookers and animals
children playing on unattended sites


Performance variations may include:
Project activities that have not been planned but could occur or are occurring, and are not reported by local staff

EVIDENCE GUIDE

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this unit of competency:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
The application of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace
Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over the required range of situations relevant to the workplace
The circumstantial or unsolicited testimony of project participants, governments or other non-government organisations regarding ethical behaviour should be considered as significant evidence in relation to this unit


Access and equity considerations:
All workers in development and humanitarian assistance should be aware of access, equity and human rights issues in their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In particular workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues facing the people and culture in which they are working
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues relating to the culture in which they are working


Context of and specific resources for assessment:
This unit may be assessed independently, however holistic assessment practice with other related units of competency is encouraged
Assessment of essential underpinning knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context
Resources required for assessment include access to actual community development context or a realistic simulation


Method of assessment:
Assessment needs to take into consideration the practical difficulties associated with attempting on-job assessment in the field
Given the nature of this unit, candidates should be expected to present evidence from within a real field environment
If this is not possible, demonstration of some performance criteria in this unit may be achieved through observing the behaviour and responses of the candidate under a stressful situation similar to those likely to be encountered in the field
Underpinning knowledge may be assessed through:
written assignments
project reports
debriefings
action learning projects
Assessment should be supported by supplementary evidence from a wide range of sources, preferably including evidence from one or more field situations