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

CUAACD602 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency CUAACD602 - Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes skills and knowledge required to extend expertise across new art forms and media using exploration and integration.It applies to individuals who work as creative practitioners using experimentation and refinement to explore new ways of creating work. No licensing, legislative or certification conditions apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in creative arts industry environments. The assessment environment must include access to:

sources of relevant information

equipment, materials and tools used to produce work in chosen art form.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
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: Explore the professional potential of different art forms and media
  • Evaluate ways in which the use of different art forms or media might enhance current practice
  • Explore and analyse different connections and associations as sources of new ideas
  • Select new art forms or media to explore in own practice
  • Research and document historical and contemporary trends and influences in other art forms and media, with consideration of intellectual property requirements
       
Element: Explore and extend new skills with materials, processes and techniques
  • Explore and experiment with new materials, processes and techniques in selected art forms and media
  • Identify and resolve technical problems in new areas
  • Evaluate the results of experimentation and testing with new art forms or media
  • Produce new creative work with developed technical expertise in chosen art form or media
       
Element: Conceptualise new approaches to work
  • Apply critical and creative thinking abilityto the development of new ideas
  • Evaluate how new and existing skills might work together in own practice
  • Discuss and refine thinking through collaboration with others
  • Develop concepts for new work by combining new ideas and expertise
       


Evidence Required

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Explore the professional potential of different art forms and media

1.1 Evaluate ways in which the use of different art forms or media might enhance current practice

1.2 Explore and analyse different connections and associations as sources of new ideas

1.3 Select new art forms or media to explore in own practice

1.4 Research and document historical and contemporary trends and influences in other art forms and media, with consideration of intellectual property requirements

2. Explore and extend new skills with materials, processes and techniques

2.1 Explore and experiment with new materials, processes and techniques in selected art forms and media

2.2 Identify and resolve technical problems in new areas

2.3 Evaluate the results of experimentation and testing with new art forms or media

2.4 Produce new creative work with developed technical expertise in chosen art form or media

3. Conceptualise new approaches to work

3.1 Apply critical and creative thinking abilityto the development of new ideas

3.2 Evaluate how new and existing skills might work together in own practice

3.3 Discuss and refine thinking through collaboration with others

3.4 Develop concepts for new work by combining new ideas and expertise

Evidence of the ability to:

assess the benefits of new art forms and media to current practice

develop and refine methods of working with new materials, processes and techniques using a practical process of experimentation

apply new expertise with techniques, materials and processes to selected art forms and media in creative work

integrate new and existing skills and ideas into professional practice.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain the relationship between materials, processes and techniques in the chosen art form

identify connections and associations between different art forms and media

review work of other artists in the chosen art form

discuss cultural, sociological, philosophical, aesthetic, political and commercial influences on the chosen art form, in historical and contemporary contexts

describe processes of research and concept development used by the professional artist

review intellectual property issues and legislation associated with the chosen art form as a professional practice.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Explore the professional potential of different art forms and media

1.1 Evaluate ways in which the use of different art forms or media might enhance current practice

1.2 Explore and analyse different connections and associations as sources of new ideas

1.3 Select new art forms or media to explore in own practice

1.4 Research and document historical and contemporary trends and influences in other art forms and media, with consideration of intellectual property requirements

2. Explore and extend new skills with materials, processes and techniques

2.1 Explore and experiment with new materials, processes and techniques in selected art forms and media

2.2 Identify and resolve technical problems in new areas

2.3 Evaluate the results of experimentation and testing with new art forms or media

2.4 Produce new creative work with developed technical expertise in chosen art form or media

3. Conceptualise new approaches to work

3.1 Apply critical and creative thinking abilityto the development of new ideas

3.2 Evaluate how new and existing skills might work together in own practice

3.3 Discuss and refine thinking through collaboration with others

3.4 Develop concepts for new work by combining new ideas and expertise

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
Evaluate ways in which the use of different art forms or media might enhance current practice 
Explore and analyse different connections and associations as sources of new ideas 
Select new art forms or media to explore in own practice 
Research and document historical and contemporary trends and influences in other art forms and media, with consideration of intellectual property requirements 
Explore and experiment with new materials, processes and techniques in selected art forms and media 
Identify and resolve technical problems in new areas 
Evaluate the results of experimentation and testing with new art forms or media 
Produce new creative work with developed technical expertise in chosen art form or media 
Apply critical and creative thinking abilityto the development of new ideas 
Evaluate how new and existing skills might work together in own practice 
Discuss and refine thinking through collaboration with others 
Develop concepts for new work by combining new ideas and expertise 

Forms

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