PUAOPE013A Operate Communications Systems & Equipment RPL Assessment

This document presents a student's Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment plan for the unit PUAOPE013A, which focuses on operating communications systems and equipment. The plan includes details on the purpose of the assessment, the target group, context of assessment, a...Read More

Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

RPL ASSESSMENT PLAN
Unit name and code
PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and
equipment
Purpose of the assessment This unit covers competency in working with others and making
a positive contribution to the effectiveness and efficiency of a
team in a work environment when predominantly under direct
supervision. Limited responsibility towards others is required.
This unit applies to all workers working in the Public Safety
industry, but is particularly relevant to new workers in assisting
integration with the organizational team culture of the agency.
Target group Teachers who possess prior skills in assessing in VET
Context of assessment RPL
Specific needs of the individual
being assessed
Nil requirements
Personnel involved in the
assessment process
Rachel Fox
RPL assessment information and evidence requirements
Suggested RPL evidence to be
supplied How it will be used
Element this may
addresses
i.e. Third-party report
i.e. student will provide a third-party
report that supports their claim that they
have used a computer to develop a
Element 1

spreadsheet
Reference from the employer All the students are entitled to provide
references which support their claim
that they have developed assessment
instruments as well as tools for units of
competency in a wide range of context.
1,2 and 4
5x complete assessment tools Assessment tools will be considered in
case they are of superior quality and
covers 5 different units
All Criteria
Verbal questions at RPL interview Questions will be asked verbally for
gaining underpinning knowledge in
some areas of assessment tool
development.
Knowledge and 1,3
Assessment arrangements
Timeline for assessment – when
will each item be assessed?
Evidence needs to be supplied within 2 weeks from the interview
Privacy/confidentiality issues that
may impact on evidence portfolio
submitted?
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to
this unit at the time of publication.
No issues associated with the confidentiality of the student have
been noted.
Where will assessment outcomes be
recorded?
In the record system of the school

I have been fully briefed in this assessment plan and agree on the details of the planned assessment
RPL Candidate Name: Date:
Signature of RPL’s Candidate: Date:
Step 2 - Assessment Instructions and Instruments
RPL Assessment Task Instructions Template
RPL ASSESSMENT TASK INSTRUCTIONS
Candidate name Student’s Name
Unit code and title PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and equipment
Purpose of assessment This unit covers the competency required to transmit and receive
communications in routine and operational situations using the
organization’s communications systems and equipment. This unit applies
to a person who is required to operate an organization’s communications
systems and equipment in support of the tasks they are undertaking. This
work may occur either in the field or from a facility.
Context of assessment RPL

Advice and instructions to students as to how to use this RPL tool kit
For this unit, students are required to submit documentation as well as evidence which possess the
potential to meet the requirements of each element in the unit along with satisfying the specific
performance evidence needs. Students are requested to provide us with as much evidence possible in order
to support your claim for the RPL.
 Safety considerations
All the students will be assessed during the time of the assessment by the assessor.
All the students will be warned about any kinds of hazards present in the room during the time of
interview or assessment.
 Resources required for assessment
Personal computer
Word Document
 What needs to be submitted?
An word document
Verbal interviews
 Resubmission
In case any student is able to gain satisfactory marks after his or her 1st completed submission, he/she will
be provided with a second chance of resubmission. However, this time they have to work only on the

questions they have not gained satisfactory marks.
Reasonable adjustments (assessor to indicate):
Students are encouraged to contact their trainer prior to attempting this task in case they do not understand
any part of this task or in case they have any learning issues/ requirement that may prevent them when
attempting any part of the assessment.
Also consider:
Clear instructions so that candidate is well aware of the exact evidence they should be supplying.
You may need to discuss things such as how current the evidence needs to be
Specify the format the evidence is provided in (think video submissions. pdf’s, jpg etc.)
Assessor name Date
Assessor signature

RPL Evidence Collection Tool Template
EVIDENCE COLLATION TOOL
Candidate Name: Centre/Workplace:
Assessor Name:
Qualification TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
Type of evidence:
The evidence shows that for this unit I…
Other examples of evidence you could
request include:

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PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene
Elements
 Determination of the approach of the
assignment
 Preparation of the assessment plan
 Identification of the modification as well as
contextualization requirements
 Development of the assessment instruments
Specific Performance Evidence Requirements
 a documented plan of the assessment for 5 units
of competency
 two of the above are for a recognition of
prior learning (RPL) assessments
 a different endorsed or accredited unit of
competency (or clusters of units of competency)
for each of the five occasions
 contextualisation of the unit(s) of competency
and the selected assessment tools, where
required

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 incorporation of reasonable adjustment
strategies
 development of suitable assessment instruments
for each of the five occasions
Specific Knowledge Evidence Requirements
 obligations of an assessor
 principles of assessment
 rules of evidence
 others as per unit of competency if not
already demonstrated in the above evidence
AND/OR
Other evidence demonstrating the above
requirements.

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TICK PARTICIPANT STATEMENT
 I declare that the evidence submitted in my RPL application is my own work evidence.
 None of this work has been completed by any other person
 I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with others to prepare my
submission
 The evidence supplied is a true representation of my previous work tasks/history
 I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts (where required or
applicable)
Participant name: Student’s Name
Participant Signature: Date:
Assessor Report:

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Assessor Recommendation
Unit ID Unit Name Grade
(C / NYC)
Assessor Name:
Assessor Signature: Date:
Participant name:
Participant Signature: Date:
RPL Instruments created to support plan:

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Interview Questions
TASK SUMMARY:
The following questions are to be asked by the assessor to the candidate for clarifying the
underpinning knowledge towards the unit of competency.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT FOR EVIDENCE?
The assessor needs to record the responses the candidate along with any extra questions asked for
filling in the gaps in evidence supplied for knowledge criteria of the unit.
SUPPORT
The assessor can guide the candidate as required for ensuring a fair opportunity has been given to
demonstrate competency.
Question 1
What according to you does it mean to work as a team?
SAMPLE ANSWER
The term team work can be defined as the cooperation between the team members who are working
on a specific task. Teamwork is generally understood as the willingness of a group of individual to
work together for achieving a common aim.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 2

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What are some of the qualities of efficient team work?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Some of the major qualities associated with the effective team work includes the ability set aside the
personal prejudices as well as the willingness to take group responsibilities. One of the crucial
leadership competencies when it comes to mall as well as midsize business for any manager of the
company is the ability of creating, managing as well as leading high performing team.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 3
What are some of the key elements of a successful team?
SAMPLE ANSWER
The chief elements of a successful team are as follows
1. Commitment:
Commitment to the purpose and values of an organization provides a clear sense of direction.
Team members needs to understand how their work fits into the corporate objectives and they agree
that their goals as a team are achievable as well as aligned with corporate mission and values.
2. Contribution:
The power of an effective team is directly proportioal to the skills each of the members possess as

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well as the initiative members expend. Working teams require people who possess strong technical
as well as interpersonal skills and are willing to learn. Teams also requires self-leaders who take
responsibility for getting things done.
3. Communication:
For a team to reach to its full potential, it is highly crucial for members to be able to say what they
think, ask for help, share new as well as unpopular ideas, and risk making mistakes. This can only
happen in an atmosphere where team members demonstrate concern, trust on one another along with
focusing on solutions, not issues. Communication-when it is friendly, open as well as positive has the
potential to play a vital role in creating such cohesiveness.
4. Cooperation:
In order to overcome majority of the challenges in a team, efficient solo performance is needed. In
increasingly complex organizations, success depends upon the degree of interdependence recognized
within the team. Leaders can facilitate cooperation by highlighting the impact of individual members
on team productivity and clarifying valued team member behaviours.
5. Conflict management:
It is inevitable that teams of bright, diverse thinkers will experience conflict from time
to time. The problem is not that differences exist, but in how they are managed. If people
believe that conflict never occurs in "good" groups, they may sweep conflict under the rug. Of
course, no rug is large enough to cover misperception, ill feelings, old hurts, and
misunderstandings for very long. Soon the differences reappear.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 

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Question 4
As a team member what do you think your key roles and responsibilities are?
SAMPLE ANSWER
The key role of a team member in a team is to successfully perform his or her task while keeping the
project manager informed about the progress as well as the potential or arriving issues. This role
often requires the team members to work efficiently and demonstrate expertise. When it comes to the
responsibilities of the team members, they includes:
1. Understanding the purpose a well as objectives of the project
2. Developing an effective balance between the projects and the non project works
3. Reporting progress against the plan
4. Identifying any potential issues
5. Contributing towards successful communication
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 5
Sharing of knowledge and information within the team members is highly crucial. Name some of the
techniques that have the efficiency to do the same in an effective way.
SAMPLE ANSWER
1. Intranet: majority of the organizations, now a days depends on intranet connection for sharing of
crucial information from both the employee as well as the team leaders’ end. Intranet connect

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helps the team leaders to inform all the employees about a crucial issue at the same time. Not
only this, effective communication is also established between the employees as well as the team
leaders.
2. Open meeting: with the help of this communication style, employees got the potential to their
passion and feelings in front of their colleagues and supervisors. This approach still remains one
of the best approaches to communicate effectively with a team.
3. Emails: emails are also used by team leaders to pass crucial information to the employees without
pulling them out of the workstation.
4. One on One: it has been seen some employees prefers to taken aside for communication of
crucial issues. For this, one to one communication is used by the team leaders
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
Question 6
What are the roles and responsibilities of a team leader
SAMPLE ANSWER
The roles of the team members are as follows
1. Develop effective strategies that will be used by the team to reach the goals
2. Developing and demonstrating effective communication and conflict management skills
3. Monitoring the progress of the team and providing training to specific tm members who needs the

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same
4. Monitoring the participation rate of each of the team members for ensuring that the training is
effective and useful
5. Create reports for updating the company about the progress of the team
6. Finally, distributing the reports to the appropriate personal
Satisfactory  N
ot Satisfactory 
Question 7
What according to you are some of the major issues faced by team members that can hampers their
team work?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Some of the major issues that has the potential to hamper the productivity of the team are as follows:
1. Lack of trust: trust is a highly crucial part of teamwork and initiates with people nowing each
other. It is highly crucial to develop both professional and non professional bond between the tea
members in order to ensure trust within the team
2. Conflict and tension: lack of trust, transparency and favours within the team often leads to
conflicts and tension.
3. Lack of sharing of information : lack of sharing off crucial information has the potential to create
miscommunication and results in the success of the project

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4. Lack of transparency and engagement: Without transparency, trust within the team members
suffers. Team engagement is crucial to business success. If engaged, team members on a given
project will be interested in what they do, committed to the project mission and willing to go the
extra mile.
Satisfactory  Not Satisfactory 
RPL Instruments
Any instruments you have created to support this plan must be included here.
This may include:
 A third-party report
 5x complete assessment tools
 Verbal questions at RPL interview
 Reference from the employer

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Step 3 – Review your assessment tool
You are required to complete a review of your completed assessment tool for the unit of
competency indicated in the assessment plan you have developed in the previous step.
A template ‘assessment quality review checklist’ follows to guide you through the review.
If when reviewing you respond with a no (N) when it should be a yes (Y), make the necessary
changes on your assessment tool and add a brief comment of the review tool
(comments/suggestions) of what you altered to rectify the situation.

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RPL Quality Checklist
The following document is to be used by yourself to review the RPL assessment tool you have
created. You are to check your complete assessment tool against the criteria and amend as
required.
Please complete all areas.
RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
Unit code and
name:
PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment
List all RPL documents that are to be reviewed as part of this process.
1. Assessment Plan
2. Assessment Instructions
3. Evidence Checklist
Review Question Y/N/
NA
Comments and suggestions
a) The unit of competency is sufficiently addressed
including:
Y Actual evidence will require to
be verified for ensuring that it

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
 Performance criteria
 Required skills/performance evidence
 Required knowledge/knowledge
evidence
 Foundation skills
 Critical aspects of evidence/
Assessment requirements
Y includes everything as expected
by the plan
Assessment Plan shows criteria against which students
will be assessed
Y
The assessment instructions for the student are:
 written in plain English and are clear
and easy to follow
Y
Guidance to assessors is clear and easy to follow. Y
The evidence types and RPL arrangements used match
all details provided in the RPL Assessment Plan.
Y
A range of evidence types are suggested and they are
suitable to the intended outcomes of the unit.
Y

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
The evidence types ensure appropriate assessment of
practical skills.
Y
RPL third party reports, where provided, are:
 written in plain English so that the
third party can clearly understand what
they are being asked
 only relied upon as supplementary
evidence and not primary evidence.
Y
Principles of assessment and rules of evidence have been
considered.
Y
Evidence types appropriately reflect industry
expectations and current workplace practices
Y
The evidence types suggested allow for collection of
sufficient quality and quantity of evidence.
Y
RPL Assessment recording tools:
 are easy to use
 allow the recording of an overall
outcome for the whole unit (C/NYC).
Y

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RPL ASSESSMENT QUALITY REVIEW CHECKLIST
The RPL submission and evidence types ensure the
dimensions of competency are addressed:
 Task skills
 Task management skills
 Contingency skills
 Job role/environment skills
 Transfer skills.
Y
The RPL submission tool ensures that the assessor will
know that the assessment is based on the student’s own
submissions.
Y
Reviewer
signature:
Reviewer name: Date:
Improvements/Actions to be taken
Management to complete this section
Action Due
date
Responsibility Completed (Date)

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Step 4 – Trialling assessment tools
You are required to engage relevant personnel to trail your assessment tool. This should be your
supervising TAE qualified staff member or at least another colleague who has knowledge in the
vocational area of the unit chosen.
Have them trial the tool to validate the content and applicability (you could ask them to complete
the review checklist from above or to complete the tool as a student would to test useability).
Document the feedback you have received relating to the trail conducted. You can either
summarise the feedback in the box below or screenshot evidence of feedback received (i.e.)
email response.
Comments:
Rachel Fox who is my TAE qualified educator has trailed the mentioned assessment tool. He had
taken the test in order to understand the experience that will be gained by the student while
providing the student.
Rachel, after giving the test felt that the collection instrument are set out well and has assisted the
RPL student in an effective manner.
However as per her opinion, it would have been more beneficial if the roles and responsibilities
of the employees in order to ensure health and safety in the workplace is included in the

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questionnaire.
Amended assessment plans
If the assessment plan was amended based on feedback received, please specify into the
following space the specific changes that were made.
If no changes were required based on feedback from the candidate, please state “no changes were
required.”.
On the basis of the review provided by Rachel, a question associated with the rules and
responsibilities of an organization when it comes to maintaining the communication equipments
has been provided.

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