Explanations and perspectives given by participants are grounded in:
unique socio-cultural knowledge and knowledge specific to their individual community.
Community surveys need to be developed by participants suitable to their own numeracy/literacy skills.
Some surveys may consist of pictures of identified resources which need to ticked to verify their existence in a community.
Other participants may choose to take a note-taker during implementation of their survey
Assessment should require mimial English numeracy/literacy skills and use a flexible approach relying on practical demonstration of skills wherever possible.
Participansts with limited English literacy skills may neeed the support of a tutor/mentor to aid them in collation of information collected for the Community Profile
Participants must be made aware of occupational Health and Safety issues in all situations and demonstrate safe practices at all times.

Critical Aspects of Evidence
Assessment requires evidence of the following products to be collected:
a community survey for each age group in the community together with information on identified resources.
oral short answer questions
resource folder: containing information gathered during the survey

Assessment requires evidence of the following processes to be provided
Observation of the following activities:
implementation of information gathering on survey
simulated exercises eg- mock emergency with participant implementing, and in preparation for a cyclone during a mock exercise.
group project work: analysis and discussion of the positive and negative aspects of the Community Profile

Interdependant Assessment of Units
There are no pre-requisite Units for this Unit of Competence

Required knowledge and skills
local community socio-cultural environment
local community physical environment
local communication protocols and practices
local community health issues
relevant local government and non-government agencies
cyclone alert notification procedures
team work guidleines
problem solving skills relevant to local culture and physical environment



Resource Implications
Access to equipment needed to set up a cyclone survival kit.
Community Health Learning Guides
Werner D. Bower B - Helping Health Workers to Learn The Heperian Foundation. P.G.Box 1692 Palo Alto. CA 94302. USA.

Assessment Context
This Unit is to be assessed in a classroom and Aboriginal community environment. Assessment should be flexible, use an integratred approach and require minimal English numeracy/literacy skills
Practical demonstration of skills should accompanied by short questions

Consistency of performance
Competency in this Units needs to be assessed on multiple occasions involving a series of direct, indirect and supplementary forms of evidence

Key Competency Levels

NB: These levels do not relate to the Australian Qualifications Framework. They relate to the seven areas of generic competency that underpin effective workplace practices.

* Collect analyse and organise information (Level ?)
* Communicate ideas and information (Level ?)
* Plan and organise activities (Level ?)
* Work with others and in teams (Level ?)
* Use mathematical ideas and techniques (Level ?)
* Solve problems (Level ?)
* Use technology (Level ?)

Three levels of performance denote level of competency required at perform a task.

1. Perform 2. Administer 3. Design

Performance Level 1 describes the competency needed to undertake activities efficiently and with sufficient self-management to meet the explicit requirements of the activity and to make judgements about the quality of outcome against established criteria.

Performance Level 2 describes the competency needed to manage activities requiring the selection, application and integration of a number of elements and to select from established criteria to judge quality of process and outcome.

Performance Level 3 describes the competency needed to evaluate and reshape processes, to establish and use principles in order to determine appropriate ways of approaching activities, and to establish criteria for judging quality of process and outcome.