Modification History
Not applicable.
Unit Descriptor
Unit descriptor |
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide professional leadership in improving organisational learning, and the quality of training and assessment products and services. The unit also covers leading strategy formation; designing, developing and implementing an organisational learning strategy; and reviewing and improving overall organisational learning and development. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement. |
Application of the Unit
Application of the unit |
This unit applies to senior leaders or managers working in an enterprise where learning is used to build capabilities. The unit may relate to leadership of a small to medium sized organisation or a significant unit of activity in a large organisation. Effective leadership requires the professional respect of colleagues, contacts, clients and the community. When applied to the development of organisational learning strategies this involves contributing to organisational strategies, business plans, goals, values and the bottom line by providing learning related services either directly, through partnerships or by using external providers. Learning leaders must be able to collaboratively implement relevant organisational strategies to ensure learning has a strategic role among the ever changing context and complex influences that affect learners, employees, and business and learning processes. |
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Not applicable.
Pre-Requisites
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Employability Skills Information
Employability skills |
This unit contains employability skills. |
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Provide leadership to learning strategy formation |
1.1. Evaluate approaches to learning and workplace training against organisational strategic requirements 1.2. Analyse and confirm with key stakeholders the contribution of organisational learning to competitiveness 1.3. Examine and review options relating to deploying quality policies and processes in organisational learning 1.4. Analyse and plan requirements for an organisational learning strategy to support organisational strategic and policy requirements 1.5. Analyse and plan technological and systems requirements relating to an organisational learning strategy 1.6. Analyse and align organisational learning strategy with human resources and learning requirements and plans |
2. Design and develop organisational learning strategy |
2.1. Design organisational learning strategy to achieve instructor, learner and organisational strategic requirements 2.2. Include relevant units of competency, modules from accredited courses or non-accredited training specifications in organisational learning strategy 2.3. Develop flexible organisational learning strategies to permit and promote responsiveness of the organisation to changed circumstances and priorities 2.4. Design and develop learning and assessment strategies to support organisational strategic requirements 2.5. Establish processes and procedures for allocating and managing resources and staff, required to implement organisational learning strategy 2.6. Structure compliant assessment and recognition policies and processes appropriate to organisational strategic requirements 2.7. Structure procurement and supply policies and processes appropriate to organisational strategic requirements |
3. Implement organisational learning strategy |
3.1. Implement organisational learning strategy appropriate to organisational requirements 3.2. Validate organisational assessment methods and assessment tools consistent with learning and wider operational needs 3.3. Source learning resources compliant with specific international, national, industry and workplace needs 3.4. Review policies and procedures for continuing relevance, operational effectiveness and to identify any gaps 3.5. Systematically evaluate strategic outcomes attained through organisational learning strategy and update policies and procedures accordingly |
4. Review organisational learning and development |
4.1. Develop procedures to systematically liaise with educators, learners and others to monitor how well learning strategies and learning resources achieve organisational learning targets 4.2. Monitor and incorporate national policy and system changes into organisational learning and development strategies and practices 4.3. Modify or design learning strategies and learning resources to support the implementation of improved learning policies and procedures |
5. Improve organisational learning strategy formation |
5.1. Evaluate end -to -end implementation of organisational learning strategy 5.2. Review performance of resources and people supporting organisational learning strategy implementation 5.3. Construct and present plans for improving organisational learning strategy formation |
Required Skills and Knowledge
REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE |
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. |
Required skills |
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Required knowledge |
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Evidence Guide
EVIDENCE GUIDE |
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The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. |
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Overview of assessment |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Evidence of the following is essential:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
Assessment must ensure:
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Method of assessment |
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
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Guidance information for assessment |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
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Range Statement
RANGE STATEMENT |
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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
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Organisational strategic requirements may include: |
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Key stakeholders may include: |
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Organisational learning strategy may include: |
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Technological and systems requirements may include: |
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Human resources and learning requirements may include: |
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Accredited courses may include: |
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Compliant learning resources and systems in the context of organisational learning strategy development my include: |
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Assessment methods may include: |
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Assessment tools may include: |
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Wider operational needs may include: |
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Learning resources may include: |
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End -to -end implementation of organisational learning strategy includes: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Unit sector |
Competency field
Competency field |
Workforce Development - Learning and Development |
Co-requisite units
Co-requisite units |
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