DEFGEN017 — Identify material suitable for publication within Defence
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What an assessment for DEFGEN017 must cover
23 assessable components: 2 elements (8 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Identify/locate sources for potential stories
- 1.1Obtain, read and analyse up to date material about Defence issues and current affairs from a wide variety of sources.
- 1.2Maintain and engage with a network of contacts.
- 1.3Maintain a library of professional publications.
- 1.4Identify and record trends in reader interests.
- 1.5Assess information for newsworthiness and likely reader appeal.
2 Identify relevant public affairs objectives
- 2.1Identify and factor into planning public affairs objectives/constraints and client needs.
- 2.2Identify relevant factors affecting research for stories.
- 2.3Identify an approach to the potential story and obtain clearance from the supervisor.
Performance evidence
- making notes from spoken and written sources
- applying communications ethics that are relevant to the audience and organisation
Knowledge evidence
- command of language structures, registers, vocabulary and idiom required in conversational exchanges
- readers’ and organisational interests
- the publication’s definition of news
- the types of stories used in Defence publications
- constraints on using information
- Defence issues
- current affairs issues
- a variety of writing genres
- the Standard Operating Procedures of relevant public affairs organisations which influence parent organisation
- ADF public affairs objectives and the characteristics of Defence public affairs organisations
- Defence News Editorial Board guidelines
- Australian Journalists Association Code of Ethics
- relevant legislation
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Questions about assessing DEFGEN017
What does an assessment tool for DEFGEN017 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for DEFGEN017 needs to address all 23 unit components: 2 elements with 8 performance criteria, 2 performance evidence requirements, 13 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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- DEFGEN010 — Supervise equity and diversity in the workplace
- DEFGEN011 — Interpret policy, legislation and regulations
- DEFGEN012 — Provide technical advice
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