Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to supervise students in school grounds and community settings during sporting, recreational and other activities outside the classroom environment.

The unit applies to education support workers who operate under the guidance and supervision of a teacher or other educational professional. They work mainly in primary and secondary students, as defined by State/Territory legislation.

Unit mapping information

CHCEDS023 Supervise students outside the classroom

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.

No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

Education Support: Children’s Education and Care

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in the workplace:

• supervision of students must be directly observed by the assessor on at least one occasion

• remaining performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports

• observation and third-party reports must be supplemented by other forms of evidence

Skills related to risk analysis may be demonstrated outside of the workplace, but must be based on work in a primary or secondary school in Australia.

Skills related to managing conflict between students may be demonstrated through simulated activities and scenarios.

Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where the skills and knowledge within this unit would be utilised, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment.

Interactions with students must be supervised by a teacher or other educational professional.

Assessment must ensure access to:

• location for activity

• activity and student information to inform risk analysis

• organisational policies and procedures:

  • risk-management
  • behaviour expectations and management
  • incident and emergency reporting

• students in a school

• colleagues for guidance and collaboration

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations requirements for assessors.