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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Manage visits at detention facilities 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
114020  Manage visits at detention facilities 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Corrections 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 08 - Law, Military Science and Security Safety in Society 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  8 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 2007-08-07  2010-08-07  SAQA 0160/05 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2011-08-07   2014-08-07  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. 

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
This unit standard will be useful to people who manage visits in the law enforcement sector but more relevant to detention facilities sub-sector.

People credited with this unit standard are able to:
  • Administer security arrangements before visits to inmates
  • Conduct security arrangements during visits
  • Conduct security arrangements after visits
  • Administer other visits 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    The credit calculation is based on the assumption that learners are already competent in terms of the following outcomes or areas of learning when starting to learn towards this unit standard:
  • Basic communication skills
  • Basic writing skills
  • Basic interpersonal skills
  • Basic searching skills 
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    UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
    Specific range statements are provided in the body of the unit standard where they apply to particular specific outcomes or assessment criteria. 

    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Administer security arrangements before visits to inmates. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Visitors are identified properly in accordance with the relevant policies. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Visitors are searched before being allowed into prison in accordance with policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Private items for inmates are received and registered according to relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Inmates are escorted to visiting areas in accordance with the policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Inmates are identified and search before visits in accordance with relevant policy. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Conduct security arrangements during visits. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Non-contact visits are supervised in accordance with relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Contact visits are supervised in accordance with relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. No items are to be exchanged during visits. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Unacceptable behaviour during visits is dealt with in accordance with relevant policy. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Unacceptable behaviour: aggression, noise, drunkenness and public indecency.
     

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Conduct security arrangements after visits. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Inmates are identified and counted to leave the visiting area before visitors are allowed to leave. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Visitors are identified before leaving the visiting area. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Inmates returning from the visiting area are searched before they re-enter the sections or units. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Visits are recorded in accordance with policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Visit area is secured before a next visit commences. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Searching, locked areas, spaces between chains.
     

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
    Administer other visits. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Judicial inspectorate visits are administered in accordance with relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Legal visits are supervised in accordance with relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Visits by health care professionals are administered in accordance with relevant policy. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Other visitors are administered in accordance with the relevant policy. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Chaplains, Non Government Organisations and Community Based Organisations, visits in hospitals, etc.
     


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
    1. Anyone assessing a candidate against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
    2. Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider through the relevant ETQA by SAQA.
    3. Moderation of assessment will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines and the agreed ETQA procedures. 

    UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
    The following essential embedded knowledge will be assessed through assessment of the specific outcomes in terms of the stipulated assessment criteria:
  • Searching techniques
  • Communication
  • Knowledge of Human Rights
  • Interpersonal skills
  • All legislation and policy listed under the range of assessment criteria

    Candidates are unlikely to achieve all the specific outcomes, to the standards described in the assessment criteria, without knowledge of the listed embedded knowledge. This means that for the most part, the possession or lack of the knowledge can be directly inferred from the quality of the candidate`s performance. Where direct assessment of knowledge is required, assessment criteria have been included in the body of the unit standard. 
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    UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME 
    N/A 

    UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES 
    N/A 


    Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
    Identify and solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking.
    Note: The ability to identify, solve problems one make decisions reaching administering and conducting security arrangements before, during and after visits as well as administering other visits. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others as members of a team, group, organisation or community.
    Note: The ability and willingness to work with others and to request assistance in an appropriate manner as a team member. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage themselves and their activities responsibly and effectively.
    Note: The ability to organise, manage, conduct and administer visits at detention facilities. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.
    Note: The ability to collect, analyse and critically evaluate information regarding visits at detention facilities. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate effectively, using visual, mathematical and / or language skills in the modes of oral and / or written presentations.
    Note: The ability to communicate while conducting and administering visits will be evident from completion of registers and interaction with visitors and inmates. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
    Use science and technology effectively and critically showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others.
    Note: The ability to use science and technology will be indicated by the efficient use of metal detectors, close circuit television, computers (for data capturing) and scanners in administering visits at detention facilities. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING 
    Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation.
    Note: The ability to conduct and administer visits. The effect of non-compliance will indicate the proficiency in understanding that omission will have more than one effect or consequence. 

    UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA 
    Assessors should keep the following principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:
  • Focus the assessment activities in terms of the title.
  • Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible and when simulations are used, there should be supporting evidence to show that the person is able to perform in the real situation
  • Assessment activities should focus on outcomes and should be sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.
  • The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required
  • All assessment should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent. 
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    UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
    Legal requirements
  • Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998
  • Bill of Rights (Chapter 2 of the South African Constitution)
  • Criminal procedure Act 51 of 1997 and regulations.
  • Occupational Health and Safety Act.
  • Correctional Services Regulations
  • Policies of individual institutions

    Terminology

    Terms have been clarified as far as possible through the use of range statements. Further clarification of terms is provided as follows:

    1. Judicial inspectorate - as described in the Correctional services Act 111 of 1998.
    2. Legal visits - visits by the legal representative of an inmate. 
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    QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
      ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
    Core  48553   National Diploma: Corrections Science  Level 5  NQF Level 05  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Reregistered"     		 2020-07-30  SAS SETA 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
    This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.
     
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