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This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Extend knowledge of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts industry

1.1 Analyse current industry trends using appropriate sources of information

1.2 Research national and international indigenous visual art movements using appropriate sources of information

1.3 Identify funding opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander visual arts projects relevant to own work

1.4 Use networking opportunities to update and expand knowledge of current issues relevant to the industry

2. Communicate effectively with key stakeholders

2.1 Use key industry terms appropriately in communications

2.2 Select effective strategies for ethical and respectful cross-cultural transactions

2.3 Communicate basic copyright and intellectual property rights information to others

2.4 Identify and manage issues that may cause conflict

2.5 Seek assistance from language interpreters and cultural brokers as required

2.6 Consult with artists, their families and/or communities about art dealings, exhibitions and events

3. Work in a legal and ethical framework

3.1. Integrate knowledge of and respect for cultural protocols into planning and implementing tasks

3.2 Apply work practices that meet legal and ethical requirements

3.3 Ensure own work practices contribute to maintaining and protecting culture

Skill 

Performance 

Criteria 

Description 

Learning

1.1, 1.2, 1.4

• Researches and analyses relevant information
• Keeps knowledge of industry trends and issues up-to-date using differing approaches to learning

Oral Communication

2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

• Seeks the ideas and opinions of others in a range of contexts and obtains information by listening and questioning
• Participates in a verbal exchange using detailed and clear language that shows depth of understanding of the industry

Reading

1.1, 1.2, 1.3

• Interprets and analyses textual information about the industry from appropriate sources

Writing

2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2

• Records complex ideas and information related to own work strategies and practices in a way that is suitable for audience and purpose

Navigate the world of work

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

• Understands how own role meshes with others and contributes to collective outcomes
• Develops a range of industry-related knowledge and identifies transferable principles and concepts
• Understands own legal rights and responsibilities and recognises and responds to cultural protocols

Interact with others

1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1

• Recognises and applies communication protocols in a range of formal and informal work contexts
• Accurately identifies the requirements of communication exchanges and begins to recognise how personal, social and cultural factors may influence people’s understanding of any communication
• Recognises and values individual differences and connects and collaborates to achieve joint outcomes
• Modifies personal communication style to show respect for the values, beliefs and cultural expectations of others
• Identifies key triggers that may initiate or escalate conflict and uses a range of strategies to moderate responses

Get the work done

2.2, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1

• Plans and implements strategies that recognise the importance of other stakeholders throughout the process
• Seeks assistance before implementing a solution
• Uses consultative processes in decision making
• Uses planning and implementation processes that show an increasingly intuitive understanding of cultural protocols

Code and title  

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Equivalence status 

CUAATS401 Develop and apply knowledge of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts industry

CUVATS401 Develop and apply knowledge of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts industry

Code updated to reflect change of training package name. Minor edits to wording of assessment conditions.

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Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.