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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of prisoner escorting in a court environment
Level / 3 / Credits / 3
Purpose / This unit standard is for people working as officers working in a prison environment and covers the knowledge of escorting prisoners in a court environment.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of court warrants;
demonstrate knowledge of prisoner escorting in the court environment;
demonstrate knowledge of court protocol;
demonstrate knowledge of emergency management in a court environment; and
document prisoner escorting.
Classification / Offender Management > Prisoner Management
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Unit 14633, Escort prisoners, or demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge.
Explanatory notes
1This unit standard is intended for workplace assessment.
2References
Corrections Act 2004;
Corrections Regulations 2005;
Crimes Act 1961;
Crimes of Torture Act 1989;
Criminal Justice Act 1985;
Department of Corrections Code of Conduct;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Parole Act 2002;
Privacy Act 1993;
PS Operations Manual, Department of Corrections, available at
Sentencing Act 2002;
and their subsequent amendments or replacements.
3Definitions
Bailees – prisoners surrendering bail;
Community groups – may include but are not limited to – Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association, Lions, rugby union clubs, rugby league clubs, Scouts New Zealand;
Prison environment – any area, within a prison site or external to a prison site where prisoners are held, such as a cell block, within the prison perimeter, on a prison farm, in a vehicle transporting prisoners.
4Assessment range
aPerformance of the outcomes of this unit standard must meet all the principles of behaviour and criteria as detailed in the Prison Services Operations Manual (PSOM), Department of Corrections (available at the Department of Corrections Code of Conduct, other documented national policies and procedures, and prison-specific procedures.
bThe range statements in this unit standard must be applied according to prison- specific equipment, procedures, and processes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of court warrants.
Evidence requirements
1.1Describetypes of warrantsin terms of purpose.
RangeWarrant of Commitment for Sentence; Warrant of Commitment on Adjournment, SP11; Warrant of Commitment of Defendant Committed for Trial or Sentence, SP43; Warrant of Commitment Where in Default of Payment of Fine, SP28; Registrars Certificates, SC12.
1.2Describe the components of a warrant in terms of those that are valid and legal.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of prisoner management in the court environment.
Evidence requirements
2.1Describe search requirements.
Rangecourt cells, court areas that prisoners have access to.
2.2Describe restrictions on permitted prisoner attire within the courtroom in terms of the court environment.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – identifying gang regalia and insignia, badges/insignia from any community groups.
2.3Describe prisoner access and movement.
2.4Describe categories of prisoners.
Rangeat risk, bailees, segregated prisoners, on muster, off muster.
2.5Perform any prisoner handover to the NZ Police.
2.6Describeprison communication requirements in terms of court escort duties.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of court protocol.
Evidence requirements
3.1Describe relevant court procedures in terms of an officer working within the court environment.
3.2Describe officer dress standards.
3.3Describe radio communication equipment and operation.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of emergency escorting in a court environment.
Evidence requirements
4.1Describe procedures for managing emergency situations and incidents in terms of maintaining safety and security requirements.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – escape, natural disasters, bomb threat, medical emergency;
evidence of three is required.
Outcome 5
Document prisoner escorting.
Evidence requirements
5.1Complete and record escorting information concisely, accurately, and legibly, in the required format and timeframe.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 20 May 2011 / 31 December 2019
Review / 2 / 15 September 2016 / 31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0003
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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