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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. |
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Methods may include: | Relevant housing authority surveys Community board/repairs and maintenance sheet for householders and community members to report their own repairs and maintenance requirements Indigenous environmental health worker reporting repairs and maintenance noticed as part of on the job role Householders and community members reporting repairs and maintenance requirements to the indigenous environmental health worker |
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Ongoing provision of functional and durable health hardware items may refer to, but is not limited to some of the following: | Functional household plumbing and fixtures Functional septic tanks and sewerage systems Functional hot water service Functional washing machines Functional basins for washing children under 5 years old Functional and safe electrical circulatory in the household Adequate food preparation surfaces and storage areas/cupboards Adequate fences and shelters (wind breaks) in the yard area/community |
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Reported may be: | Verbally in either first language or English Written in either first language or English ie: notes, checklists, etc. |
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Equipment/materials for presentations may include: | Community council Community clinic Other employer bodies/agencies Diagrams |
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Gaps may include: | Repairs and maintenance problems not being addressed or dealt with in a reasonable time frame of reporting a fault or problem Constant surveying without service Lack of community support for reporting processes Replacement parts and repairs being made with cheap and non-durable health hardware items Poor initial design and construction to begin with, e.g. non-graded wet areas, living areas constructed too close to wet areas, etc. Lack of community funding to address repairs and maintenance requirements |
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Additional observations may include: | Looking for patterns e.g. are other households/community members having the same problem with the same piece of health hardware Observing to see if householders/community members have a need for specific health hardware items that may not exist e.g. shelving and food storage cupboards, washing machines, etc. |
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Roles and responsibilities of the worker may include: | Obtaining information on alternative/durable health hardware items Encouraging community members to support repairs and maintenance reporting methods if required through education and community empowerment Inquiring about funding to assist with the provision of ongoing repairs and maintenance and/or durable health hardware items Ordering in supplies if necessary |
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A work plan may be: | Time table/planner Prioritising tasks and issues to be addressed Determining points of contact/networks |
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Key people and outside agencies may include: | Centre for Appropriate Technology Environmental Health Officers Housing and Local Government Aboriginal Health Workers Elders Other community workers Government agencies |
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Advice and/or support may be: | Information on where to go, or who to contact to address particular or specific issues of concern Information and/or advice on durable health hardware items appropriate for the region (community, outstations) Cost of durable health hardware items |
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Referral may be: | Verbally in either first language or English depending on the target group and whether or not the referrals take place internally within the community or outside the community to relevant others Written correspondence, i.e.: faxes, letters, etc. |
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Relevant others: | Housing Officers/managers Community council Housing and Local Government Contractors |
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Follow up procedures may include: | Monitoring reported repairs and maintenance requirements to ensure that problems are being adequately addressed and dealt with Ensuring that the work is being done within an appropriate time frame, particularly for urgent repairs and maintenance Ensuring that all repairs and replacement parts are being made with durable health hardware items appropriate for the region Monitoring community reporting processes |
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