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CUAIND314 - Plan a career in the creative arts industry (Release 1)

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Supersedes and is equivalent to CUAIND304 - Plan a career in the creative arts industry 15/Apr/2021

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ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier 120501 Career Development Programmes 

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Modification History

Release 

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Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package Version 5.0.

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and evaluate career opportunities in the creative arts industry, including personal skills analysis and portfolio development. It involves building networks within the creative industry and developing a personal career plan and skills portfolio for practical use.

The unit applies to those who are entering or moving into another area of the industry.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Unit Sector

Industry capability – Industry context

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. 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 and develop awareness of typical formal and informal pathways into different job roles

1.3 Establish potential contacts and keep up to date with industry trends and career possibilities using different sources

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 applicable people

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

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

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

3. Develop a skills portfolio

3.1 Plan a portfolio of evidence for different purposes in consultation with required people

3.2 Identify applicable presentation formats for a portfolio and confirm with applicable people

3.3 Develop a resume or resumes that profile own ability to meet different job role requirements

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

Foundation Skills

This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria.

SKILL 

DESCRIPTION 

Learning

  • Identifies professional development activities and maximises career opportunities

Oral communication

  • Checks own understanding and initiates conversations when furthering own learning and fostering work networks

Reading

  • Analyses industry-specific resources and identifies future directions and current trends

Writing

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

Planning and organising

  • Plans and implements routine tasks

Problem solving
  • Identifies and responds to predictable routine problems related to career planning

Self-management

  • Takes responsibility for own professional and career development
  • Identifies personal skills and applicable networks that support personal development
  • Identifies work options and applicable steps to obtain work

Teamwork

  • Builds rapport and trust and establishes and clarifies understanding
  • Draws on perspectives of others when discussing employment and career options

Technology
  • Uses appropriate digital applications to maintain sources of information and career planning documentation

Unit Mapping Information

Supersedes and is equivalent to CUAIND304 Plan a career in the creative arts industry.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guide is found on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=1db201d9-4006-4430-839f-382ef6b803d5

 

Assessment requirements

Modification History

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package Version 5.0.

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

  • develop at least one career plan that incorporates the results of self-analysis and feedback from others.
  • In the course of the above, the candidate must:
  • use different methods to establish and build contacts applicable to professional career interests
  • plan and create a skills portfolio using applicable presentation formats.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

  • sources of information about the industry and career possibilities
  • job roles and pathways into and within the industry
  • components of a typical career plan
  • information that should be included in a skills portfolio
  • different presentation formats for skills portfolios and personal resumes.

Assessment Conditions

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry.

This includes access to:

  • career information and resources
  • industry information, job roles and career pathways
  • interaction with others required to demonstrate the performance evidence.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guide is found on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=1db201d9-4006-4430-839f-382ef6b803d5

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