FNSFLT511 — Assist customers to budget and manage own finances

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What an assessment for FNSFLT511 must cover

34 assessable components: 4 elements (13 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 7 foundation skills. 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 Assist customer to identify financial goals and priorities

1.1Identify customer’s financial situation, needs and objectives
1.2Assist customer to identify short, medium and long-term financial goals that are specific, realistic and achievable
1.3Identify and confirm financial priorities with customer, taking into consideration all aspects of customer’s financial situation

2 Discuss budgeting considerations with customer

2.1Discuss budgeting and planning for payment of regular and irregular expenses with customer
2.2Discuss purpose of developing and implementing a personal budget with customer
2.3Discuss behaviours and skills required to develop and implement a personal budget with customer

3 Assist customers to develop a budget

3.1Assist customer to identify and list all income and expenditure for required period of time
3.2Assist customer to establish and project regular and irregular items of expenditure over required time period
3.3Identify and discuss surplus or deficit financial situation with customer
3.4Assist customer to identify opportunities to allocate surplus funds towards meeting identified financial goals

4 Provide ongoing assistance to customers

4.1Provide budgeting tools to customers to assist in developing own personal budgets for required time periods
4.2Provide customers with strategies and tips for implementing and managing personal budgets and finances as required
4.3Assist customer to establish their own ongoing review of their personal budgets

Performance evidence

assist at least three customers to budget and manage their own finances.

Knowledge evidence

key principles of: budgeting and other strategies to manage income and expenditure; lending and credit
key features of budgeting tools and software, including common time periods applied in budgeting
key methods of identifying customers’ financial situations, needs and objectives
key requirements of relevant industry codes of practice and legislation relating to consumer credit and protection, debt recovery and privacy
roles and relationships between participants within the Australian financial services industry, including banks and other financial intermediaries
issues relevant to the economic environment which may impact personal budgeting considerations
key behaviours and skills required to develop and implement a personal budget
methods of identifying income and expenditure over a required period of time
methods of maintaining knowledge of basic savings and investment strategies useful in providing guidance on the achievement of short, medium and long-term financial goals
methods of conveying financial information to improve financial literacy in others
key methods of establishing ongoing reviews of personal budgets and key factors to consider in review, including ongoing relevance and accuracy of budget
techniques to interpret financial information
methods to calculate income, loan costs and repayments relevant to budget and saving plans.

Foundation skills

Numeracy: Performs a range of mathematical calculations to interpret financial information and calculate income, loan costs and repayments relevant to budgets and savings plans
Oral communication: Participates in verbal exchanges using clear language, terminology and concepts appropriate to the customer Uses questioning and active listening to elicit and clarify information Follows communication practices and protocols, adjusting personal communication style in response to the particular needs, values, beliefs and cultural expectations of others
Reading: Reviews and interprets information to determine customer needs analysing relevance, currency and accuracy
Writing: Records and prepares documents for customers using clear, concise and accurate language
Initiative and enterprise: Implements strategies for a diverse range of customers to build rapport and foster strong relationships
Planning and organising: Plans routine tasks and organises work according to defined requirements Uses systematic, analytical processes in routine and non-routine situations, gathering information, interpreting information and identifying and evaluating potential strategies
Technology: Uses digital systems and tools to conduct research, design work processes and complete work tasks

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What does an assessment tool for FNSFLT511 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for FNSFLT511 needs to address all 34 unit components: 4 elements with 13 performance criteria, 1 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.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for FNSFLT511?

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