SIRXHRM001

Application

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify workplace recruitment needs and follow organisational recruitment processes to hire and induct new team members.

It applies to individuals working in frontline management roles in a diverse range of industry sectors and business contexts. They operate independently with some responsibility for others and decision making, and within established organisational policies and procedures.

The recruitment of staff is subject to the provisions of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) law.

Unit mapping information

No equivalent unit.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

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

Cross-Sector—Human Resource Management

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in:

• an industry workplace
• a simulated industry environment

Assessment must ensure access to:

• relevant documentation:

  • organisational policies and procedures for:

    • developing selection criteria

    • advertising vacant positions

    • interview and selection processes

    • induction process

    • recruitment documentation

    • roles and responsibilities of personnel involved in the recruitment and induction process

    • procedures for employment and referee checks

    • approval processes for recruitment of new personnel

  • equal opportunity and EEO legislation

  • awards and agreements

  • job descriptions

  • recruitment, selection and induction materials

• job applicants with whom the individual can interact; these can be:

  • individuals in an industry workplace, or

  • individuals who participate in role plays or simulated activities, set up for the purpose of assessment, in a simulated industry environment

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