Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

AHCOCM508 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Plan for successful cultural practice at work

Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency AHCOCM508 - Plan for successful cultural practice at work
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
Slides
PPT
Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Analyse essential features of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and cultures
  • Access and review information about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social history up to the present time
  • Research and document concepts including the Dreaming, connection to Country and other Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural practice
  • Identify and record traditional and contemporary social structures of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and societies
       
Element: Review changes to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander societies since British colonisation
  • Research and document colonisation and the impacts on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People
  • Analyse personal responses to information about the positive and negative effects of British colonisation
  • Report findings of the impacts of British colonisation, settlement and historical government policies on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People to organisation
       
Element: Identify government efforts to address continuing effects of colonisation
  • Identify and document current processes involved in government consultation with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People, Communities and organisations
  • Investigate and report on effectiveness of a chosen government policy through Community consultation
  • Develop strategies for addressing stereotyping and assumptions in relation to the chosen policy in consultation with local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community and Cultural Authorities
       
Element: Apply understanding of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols and identity to daily work routines
  • Identify and record features of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols
  • Investigate how protocols are expressed in daily work life to inform workplace relationships and interactions
  • Identify and analyse the obligations of cultural maintenance in relation to a work issue
  • Develop strategies to support absences due to cultural practices
  • Work through and deal with workplace conflicts in culturally appropriate ways
  • Develop possible strategies for cultural maintenance in work and the workplace
       
Element: Plan and support culturally appropriate work practices
  • Develop a vision and workplace goals for own work
  • Identify and discuss common culturally inappropriate work practices
  • Develop strategies to change these practices collaboratively
  • Develop an implementation and evaluation plan for the strategies
  • Support ways in which Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander practitioners can effect change to create greater cultural awareness in the workplace
       

Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assignment, checklist) and due date here

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Assessment Tasks

Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Access and review information about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social history up to the present time 
Research and document concepts including the Dreaming, connection to Country and other Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural practice 
Identify and record traditional and contemporary social structures of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and societies 
Research and document colonisation and the impacts on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People 
Analyse personal responses to information about the positive and negative effects of British colonisation 
Report findings of the impacts of British colonisation, settlement and historical government policies on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People to organisation 
Identify and document current processes involved in government consultation with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People, Communities and organisations 
Investigate and report on effectiveness of a chosen government policy through Community consultation 
Develop strategies for addressing stereotyping and assumptions in relation to the chosen policy in consultation with local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community and Cultural Authorities 
Identify and record features of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols 
Investigate how protocols are expressed in daily work life to inform workplace relationships and interactions 
Identify and analyse the obligations of cultural maintenance in relation to a work issue 
Develop strategies to support absences due to cultural practices 
Work through and deal with workplace conflicts in culturally appropriate ways 
Develop possible strategies for cultural maintenance in work and the workplace 
Develop a vision and workplace goals for own work 
Identify and discuss common culturally inappropriate work practices 
Develop strategies to change these practices collaboratively 
Develop an implementation and evaluation plan for the strategies 
Support ways in which Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander practitioners can effect change to create greater cultural awareness in the workplace 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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