Elements and Performance Criteria
- Conduct interview
- Determine purpose of interview
- Select and prepare venue, equipment and personnel for interview according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Inform interviewee of the interview of their rights according to legislative requirements
- Ask comprehensive questions relevant to the situation and interviewee using appropriate questioning techniques and active listening skills
- Record interview and take statement according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Review and clarify information obtained from the interview to ensure relevance and sufficiency
- Produce record of interview in appropriate format and according to workplace and legislative requirements once interview is concluded
- Seek assistance from supervisor and experts where required
- Prepare evidence
- Collect, collate and record all related information
- Analyse information to confirm its authenticity and reliability as evidence and to identify further evidence to be collected
- Separate and retain non-admissible evidence
- Prepare admissible evidence and review to confirm if sufficient to proceed to prosecution
- Secure and record all evidence according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Coordinate witnesses
- Develop a brief of evidence that contains the required information and addresses all elements of the offence
- Present evidence
- Confirm arrangements, role and involvement in proceedings
- Prepare documentation and exhibits according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Adhere to protocols and rules of evidence relevant to the organisation and case
- Present evidence in a clear, concise and articulate manner
- Note and file outcomes of the proceedings and complete reports where required according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Determine purpose of interview
- Select and prepare venue, equipment and personnel for interview according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Inform interviewee of the interview of their rights according to legislative requirements
- Ask comprehensive questions relevant to the situation and interviewee using appropriate questioning techniques and active listening skills
- Record interview and take statement according to workplace and legislative requirements
- Review and clarify information obtained from the interview to ensure relevance and sufficiency
- Produce record of interview in appropriate format and according to workplace and legislative requirements once interview is concluded
- Seek assistance from supervisor and experts where required
- Collect, collate and record all related information
- Analyse information to confirm its authenticity and reliability as evidence and to identify further evidence to be collected
- Separate and retain non-admissible evidence
- Prepare admissible evidence and review to confirm if sufficient to proceed to prosecution
- Secure and record all evidence according to workplace and legislative requirements