Course Title: Administer court legislation

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4240 Certificate IV in Government (Court Services)

Course Title: Administer court legislation

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

JUST5182C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term1 2012

Course Contact: Lauren Weaver

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4622

Course Contact Email: lauren.weaver@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This course covers the ability to implement and administer legislation in a court, tribunal and justice workplace. In practice, this is the workplace primarily responsible for the administration and enforcement of legislation pursuant to technical statutory rules, protocols and procedures. Students are to apply legislation to the conduct of court activities in different jurisdictions, ensuring that changes to legislation are applied within required timeframes. They must be able to understand  and communicate legislative information within the limits of their own legal responsibility.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

No pre-requisite is required for this unit of competency, however this unit is part of an Industry based program, offered to trainee Court Registrars.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

PSPCRT414A Administer court legislation

Elements:

1. Access and identify applicable legal framework

2. Apply knowledge of legal framework to the workplace

3. Communicate knowledge of legal framework


Learning Outcomes

See Elements


Overview of Assessment

Assessments will incorporate a variety of methods including one or more of the following: written test, open book exam, case studies, class presentation, group project, role play scenarios, practical demonstrations, observations, reports, quizzes, and fieldwork assignments.