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CHCAOD003 — Provide needle and syringe services

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What an assessment for CHCAOD003 must cover

65 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 46 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 Determine client needs

  • 1.1Follow organisation procedures to identify scope of client needs
  • 1.2Maintain client confidentiality in line with organisation and legislative guidelines
  • 1.3Assess and respond to any risks to the safety of client, self and others
  • 1.4Identify and respond to the need for emergency assistance as required

2 Provide clean needles and syringes

  • 2.1Follow organisation infection control procedures
  • 2.2Organise and provide equipment based on client needs and organisation procedures
  • 2.3Monitor client according organisation procedures
  • 2.4Accurately document details of clean needle and syringe services provided

3 Provide education on safer drug use

  • 3.1Provide information on safe needle and syringe handling and drug use to users of the service
  • 3.2Provide clients with relevant and current information on alcohol and other drugs (AOD) and related issues and discuss the issues with them
  • 3.3Discuss risks and relevant harm minimisation strategies for alcohol and/or other drug use with clients
  • 3.4Assist clients to contact and use other support services as required

Performance evidence

  • provided clean needle and syringe services and education on safer drug use to at least 2 clients, including information on:
  • safer injecting
  • vein care
  • viral hepatitis
  • other blood borne virus transmission risks
  • testing
  • treatment and support information services

Knowledge evidence

  • legal and ethical considerations (international, national, state/territory, local) in AOD work and how they are applied in organisations and individual practice:
  • children in the workplace
  • codes of conduct
  • codes of practice
  • discrimination
  • dignity of risk
  • duty of care
  • human rights
  • informed consent
  • mandatory reporting
  • practice standards
  • privacy, confidentiality and disclosure, including limitations
  • policy frameworks
  • records management
  • rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clients
  • specific AOD legislation
  • work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations
  • work health and safety
  • World Health Organisation’s Standard precautions for health care, including:
  • personal and hand hygiene
  • use and scope of personal protective equipment guidelines
  • surface cleaning
  • sharps handling and disposal techniques
  • cleaning and sterilisation procedures for equipment
  • public health benefits of needle and syringe programs
  • features and safe use of injecting equipment
  • needle stick injury procedures
  • self-care procedures
  • risks associated with injected drugs:
  • blood-borne viruses (BBV’s)
  • sexually transmitted infections (STI’s)
  • hepatitis C including transmission risks, testing, treatment and support information and services
  • strategies for self-protection including universal precautions
  • current information on AOD issues, including:
  • drugs prevalence in the local community
  • information on meeting physical, emotional, financial and social needs
  • mental health, suicide and self-harm
  • harm minimisation strategies
  • available support services and resources:
  • crisis and emergency contacts
  • available agencies and their scope of service, including:
  • self help groups
  • advocacy groups
  • resources on:
  • dependency
  • AOD issues for families or personal network

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What does an assessment tool for CHCAOD003 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CHCAOD003 needs to address all 65 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 46 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 CHCAOD003?

Auditori pulls the current release of CHCAOD003 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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