This unit describes the skills required to reduce and describe intelligence information, analyse and interpret that information and develop inferences from it.

This unit describes the performance standards required for an intelligence officer working in the correctional services industry where the analysis of information is required to assist intelligence operations. However, with contextualisation the unit may apply to intelligence officers working in other contexts.

The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to, particularly those related to working with sensitive information.

A person undertaking this role works independently and in small teams under light supervision. They make independent decisions within a procedural framework.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.