SIFXCSS003 — Advise on pre-need funeral and burial products and services
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What an assessment for SIFXCSS003 must cover
29 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 10 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 needs of clients.
- 1.1Identify particular needs of clients through consultation.
- 1.2Provide clients with information about the range of pre-need products and services.
- 1.3Locate information from other sources or refer clients to supervisor, where information is not immediately available.
2 Respond to client needs using sales principles.
- 2.1Match pre-need products or services to client needs.
- 2.2Provide information of benefits and features of pre-need product or service to clients.
- 2.3Provide options and suggestions for personalising products and services.
- 2.4Identify, monitor and respond to client objections.
- 2.5Provide information on costs and available financing arrangements.
3 Finalise the selection of pre-need products and services.
- 3.1Confirm client decision.
- 3.2Identify and access relevant documentation and agreements.
- 3.3Complete documentation according to workplace policies and procedures.
- 3.4Process financing and non-cash transactions according to relevant legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
- 3.5Check cash transactions and tender change as required.
- 3.6Prepare and issue receipts and relevant documents to clients.
- 3.7File and store documentation according to workplace policies and procedures.
Performance evidence
- interpret client requirements
- apply product knowledge to provide options and suggestions to meet client needs
- complete financial arrangements according to relevant legislation, including processing cash and non-cash transactions.
- Evidence of performance providing advice to two or more different clients is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.
Knowledge evidence
- communication techniques used in consulting with clients on products and services, including: active questioning, active listening, negotiation skills, appropriate choice and use of language, non-verbal communication
- range, benefits and features of funeral products and services, including support service options, price, materials and differences between products, including: funeral arrangements, embalming arrangements, cremation arrangements, burial arrangements, coffins or caskets, coffin or casket accessories, burial plots, mausoleum crypts, headstones, grave markers, urns, nameplates
- alternative information sources to expand on product knowledge, including: past and present staff members, relevant industry associations, books, magazines, newspapers and other references, internet
- basic principles and techniques for each stage of the sales process
- federal, state or territory, and local government legislation, regulations and codes of practice that may impact on the sale of funeral products and services, including: Australian Consumer Law (ACL), Funerals (Pre-paid Money) Act, Consumer Credit Code, Privacy Acts
- financial institution requirements, including: finance approval and processing procedures, credit card approval and processing procedures, cheque acceptance procedures
- documentation used in completing sales, including: contracts of sale, invoices, receipts, financing documentation
- workplace policies and procedures in relation to sales services, including financing and financial transaction procedures
- social, religious and cultural differences and traditions that impact on advising on funeral and burial products and services
- professional funeral services industry parameters and protocols when dealing with the bereaved.
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What does an assessment tool for SIFXCSS003 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SIFXCSS003 needs to address all 29 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 10 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 SIFXCSS003?
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