List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Apply understanding of traditional cultural frameworks when working with Aboriginal people | 1.1 Integrate the relationship to the land into daily work routines 1.2 Determine relationships of Aboriginal objects, features and cultural landscapes to Aboriginal beliefs 1.3 Determine the interrelationship of discrete Aboriginal sites to cultural frameworks 1.4 Acknowledge and respect traditional knowledge, belief systems, customs and cultural practices in managing Country |
2. Recognise traditional Aboriginal social frameworks | 2.1 Recognise different language groups and general lore/laws and customs 2.2 Identify extended family structures and clans in physical and geographical locations 2.3 Relate totemic structures and associated stories about ancestral beings from the Creation Periodto landscape features and sites 2.4 Identify social structures that define the social positions, behaviours and obligations in kinship names, sections and networks 2.5 Identify the kinship system for determining roles and responsibilities, marriage unions, ceremonial relationships, funeral roles and behaviour patterns with other kin 2.6 Determine marriage relationships resulting from the union of two moieties or skin names 2.7 Recognise and respect gender roles |
3. Relate Aboriginal spirituality to the landscape | 3.1 Acknowledge and record Aboriginal beliefs that determine Aboriginal cultural protocols 3.2 Define the connection between spirituality and the land in local and trans-local terms of identity, culture and food 3.3 Relate the historical and present living environments to Dreaming stories and cultural knowledge 3.4 Recount cultural language and customs embedded in the relationship to the land and Aboriginal sites 3.5 Define the relationships of Creation stories, oral histories, kinship and totems to the cultural landscape 3.6 Recount the sense of belonging to the land and culture embedded in landscape in culturally appropriate ways 3.7 Express elements of spirituality in ceremony, rituals, stories, dance, song, art and language |
4. Relate the interactions between Dreaming, traditional beliefs and ceremonies to Aboriginal sites work | 4.1 Record the effects of cultural disconnection with the land, spirituality and ceremonial expressions of culture 4.2 Record impacts of disintegration and disconnection on Aboriginal sites 4.3 Acknowledge and respect the evolving nature of Dreaming 4.4 Identify and document current trends in mainstream culture and heritage and opportunities and threats to the Aboriginal sites work sector |
The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.
The candidate must provide evidence that they can:
explain traditional Aboriginal belief systems of the Community
identify examples and impacts of disintegration and disconnection with Aboriginal culture
describe the relationship between the land and environment and Aboriginal peoples in culturally relevant ways
explain the relationship between Dreaming, traditional beliefs, Ceremony and sites
use Aboriginal names and standard industry terminology appropriate to the task.
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
how to source appropriate cultural and lore/law authority for specific Country and/or sites
protocols and customs relating to disclosure of knowledge about Country
Aboriginal cultural and social frameworks
Community’s ancestral beliefs
kinship names, sections and networks
totems, moieties, skin names
relationship of Community’s Dreaming to the site and how it is evolving
rules and limitations to access to cultural knowledge
different social structures of various Indigenous Communities
Indigenous cultural customs and heritage of the Community
recording and documentation procedures used by organisation.
Assessment must comply with Community protocols and be supported by Elders and Custodians of Country.
Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs.