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AK2 Contribute to advances in the body of knowledge and archaeological practice

AK2.2 Exploit opportunities to broaden the public's understanding of the historic environment

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Ensuring that communication is in an appropriate manner, level, pace, style and language for each target audience, to promote understanding and co-operation
2. Ensuring that information communicated is accurate, legible, complete and understandable
3. Ensuring that feedback is actively sought, recorded accurately and passed on to appropriate people promptly
4. Where the feedback is critical, taking, or recommending positive action
5. Respecting confidentiality
6. Where there are barriers to understanding, providing alternative forms of communication
7. Ensuring that presentation of information complies with organisational policies, and procedures and legal requirements

Occupational Context

1. Communication
   • use of correct terminology
   • use of plain English
2. Feedback
   • formal / informal
   • written / verbal
   • documented / recorded
   • covertly communicated / publicly announced

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Communicate clearly and concisely
• Use proper terminology
• Accept feedback

You need to know about:

• The audience's level of knowledge
• The organisations policies, procedures and legal requirements

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Communication: in an appropriate way for each target audience
• Presentation and interpretation

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can exploit opportunities to broaden the public's understanding of the historic environment

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:

• exploit opportunities to broaden the public's understanding of the historic environment.

Observation of the candidate or witness testimony will be essential as evidence of performance

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in contributing to advances in the body of knowledge and archaeological practice.

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