Release 

Comments 

Release 2

This version was released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package Version 4.1. Minor edits to performance criteria.

Release 1

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. Build industry networks

1.1 Attend creative arts industry events, and identify contemporary creative arts industry products and services

1.2 Talk with people in the industry to develop an awareness of typical formal and informal pathways into different job roles

1.3 Use a range of sources to establish potential contacts and to keep up to date with industry trends and career possibilities

1.4 Explore and participate in work opportunities as a way of advancing career possibilities

2. Develop a career plan

2.1 Seek advice from people working in areas of interest about career potential and any specific preparation required

2.2 Evaluate and align own skills and interests to career goals within the creative arts industry, and discuss with relevant people

2.3 Identify further skill development required to achieve career goals, and confirm with relevant people

2.4 Investigate learning opportunities to maximise career opportunities for preferred job roles within the creative arts industry

2.5 Document timelines and actions in a career plan, and discuss with relevant people

3. Develop a skills portfolio

3.1 Plan a portfolio of evidence to meet a range of purposes in consultation with relevant people

3.2 Identify appropriate presentation formats for a portfolio, and confirm with relevant people

3.3 Develop a resume or resumes to profile own ability to meet a range of job role requirements

3.4 Maintain portfolio in format appropriate to creative arts industry work contexts

Skill 

Performance  Criteria 

Description 

Learning

2.4

• Identifies professional development activities to maximise career opportunities

Reading

1.3

• Analyses industry-specific resources to identity future directions and current trends

Writing

2.5, 3.3, 3.4

• Documents own career in different formats to appeal to different job requirements

Oral communication

1.2, 2.1- 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2

• Checks own understanding and initiates conversations to further own learning and to foster work networks

Navigate the world of work

1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.5

• Takes responsibility for own professional and career development
• Identifies personal skills and appropriate networks to support personal development
• Identifies work options and appropriate steps to obtain work
• Creates a career plan and supporting documentation

Interact with others

1.1,1.2, 2.1-2.3

• Builds rapport and trust in in order to establish and clarify understanding
• Draws on others' perspectives when discussing employment and career options

Get the work done

1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.3, 2.5, 3.1-3.4

• Plans and implements routine tasks
• Recognises and responds to predictable routine problems related to career planning
• Uses appropriate digital applications to maintain sources of information and career planning documentation

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CUAIND304 Plan a career in the creative arts industry (Release 2)

CUAIND304 Plan a career in the creative arts industry (Release 1)

Minor edits to performance criteria.

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Release 

Comments 

Release 2

This version was released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package Version 4.1. Minor edits to performance criteria.

Release 1

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