TLIM4004

Application

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to mentor individuals or small groups (two to five people) in the workplace.

It includes preparing for and undertaking mentoring, providing practice opportunities as well as reviewing mentoring processes and progress. It includes developing the required workplace competence in other workers on a one-to-one or small group basis in an on-the-job environment.

This unit applies to experienced workers who take on a mentoring role.

Unit mapping information

This unit replaces and is equivalent to TLIM4004A Mentor individuals or small groups.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

No licensing, legislative or certification 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

M—Training and Assessment

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

As a minimum, assessment must satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, which include requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations, current at the time of assessment.

Assessment must occur in workplace operational situations where it is appropriate to do so; where this is not appropriate, assessment must occur in simulated workplace operational situations that replicate workplace conditions.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Resources for assessment include:

• a range of relevant exercises, case studies and/or other simulations
• relevant and appropriate materials, tools, equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry
• applicable documentation including workplace procedures, regulations, codes of practice and operation manuals