Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify job pathways and identify strategies to seek employment.
This unit applies to individuals who need learning skills at Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) level 2 to undertake a vocational training pathway or workplace tasks.
This unit is designed for integration and contextualisation with vocational units to support achievement of vocational competency.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Plan to identify job opportunities | 1.1 Identify job and training options 1.2 Identify a range of strategies required for seeking employment 1.3 Identify own skills relevant to employment |
2. Use strategies to identify job and training options | 2.1 Identify preferred job 2.2 Identify requirements of preferred job 2.3 Match own skills to requirements of preferred job 2.4 Identify skills gaps and training options for preferred job 2.5 Review strategies |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence of the ability to:
identify job opportunities
assess own suitability for preferred job
identify job and training pathway.
Note: Where a specific volume and/or frequency is not specified, evidence must be provided at least once.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence of the following knowledge must be demonstrated:
strategies to seek employment
requirements for employment
own skills and skills needs.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment texts and tasks reflect those typically found in the workplace.
Advice and support is available if requested.
Culturally appropriate processes and techniques suited to the language, literacy and numeracy capacity of individuals and the work being performed must be used.
Reasonable adjustments can be made to ensure equity in assessment for people with disabilities.
Assessors must satisfy NVR/AQTF assessor requirements, have sound knowledge of the ACSF and have demonstrable expertise in the vocational contextualisation and assessment of the core skill - learning.
Foundation Skills
This section describes language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills incorporated in the performance criteria that are required for competent performance.
Skill | Performance | Description |
Reading | Reads simple information about job requirement | |
Planning and Organising | Identifies work and training opportunities |
Sectors
Learning