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.


Signs and symptoms of condition may include:
Physical evidence
Behavioural evidence
States of disorder
Test or examination results (physical and energetic)
Sensations
Onset
Duration
Location
Causation
Ameliorating and aggravating factors
Symptom qualities (intensity, severity, nature of complaint)
Non-verbal signs and symptoms
Functional and pathological disturbances


Patterns may refer to:
Temperaments and constitutional patterns including classical Greek, humoural theory, Indian, Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Energetic patterns - meridian imbalances
Constitutional states eg. neuresthenic
Syndromes eg. adrenal exhaustion
Functional disorders eg. functional hypoglycaemia
Disease/conditions

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 competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over a range of workplace situations
Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations
Evidence is required of both knowledge and skills application
Where, for reasons of safety, access to equipment and resources and space, assessment takes place away from the workplace, simulations used should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible
Assessment must be undertaken by an assessor who has skills and knowledge to the standard required for recognition by an appropriate aromatherapy peak body
Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender
Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:
interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace
scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units
holistic/integrated assessment including:
working within the practice framework
performing a health assessment
assessing the client
planning treatment
providing treatment


Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities


Context of and specific resources for assessment:
Resources essential for assessment include:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Relevant paper-based assessment instruments
Appropriate assessment environment
An appropriately qualified assessor


Method of assessment:
Observation in the work place
Written assignments/projects with practical demonstration
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of diagnostic technique and strategies to contribute to best practice
Questioning
Role play simulation
Diagnosis from assessment notes or simulated assessments
Short answer tests
Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting (supervised student clinic). If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision


Related units:
This unit should be assessed after or in conjunction with the following related competency unit:
HLTARO601B Manage work within an aromatic medicine framework
This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related competency units:
HLTARO603B Perform aromatic medicine health assessment
HLTARO604B Plan aromatic treatment strategy