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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. Develop conceptual thinking

1.1 Identify potential for individualised or specialised research based on current practice

1.2 Investigate new sources of ideas, trends and research opportunities

1.3 Evaluate own practice to evolve personal ideas with due consideration of intellectual property requirements

1.4 Use critical analysis to challenge assumptions, preconceptions and norms, and evolve ideas and innovative approaches for own work

1.5 Hone and adapt ideas for work and personal goals, based on emerging ideas and research

2. Seek professional opportunities and engagement

2.1 Pursue opportunities for professional work based on established goals and aspirations

2.2 Evaluate potential commercial opportunities as part of a viable professional practice

2.3 Engage with professionals within and outside the arts community to further develop own ideas, professional identity and opportunities for work

2.4 Establish sustainable ways to support ongoing professional engagement

3. Plan an independent creative project

3.1 Integrate individual research, personal ideas and professional realities to confirm the concept and strategy for a body of creative work

3.2 Develop and implement a plan incorporating objectives, resources, risk and contingency planning, budget and timelines, adjusting plan as necessary

3.3 Consider and integrate the promotion, exhibition and communication of the work in the planning process

4. Realise the body of creative work

4.1 Integrate command of technique, materials and process to create finished work of professional standard suitable for the public domain

4.2 Deepen individual engagement with techniques, ideas and the relationships between them

4.3 Apply critical and creative thinking to challenge, adapt and refine the creative work

4.4 Further evolve and refine ideas through processes of experimentation and exploration

4.5 Address the disparate challenges of the project, adapting the project approach as required to complete work on time and within budget

5. Evaluate professional work

5.1 Seek and apply constructive feedback from others to improve own work

5.2 Evaluate work against planned strategy for own creative practice

5.3 Evaluate own work and technical skills in the context of work by others to extend own practice

5.4 Adjust work processes and practice as necessary to improve technical, conceptual and commercial outcomes

Skill 

Performance 

Criteria 

Description 

Learning

5.1, 5.3, 5.4

• Identifies and analyses completed work through self-appraisal and by seeking the opinions of others
• Considers improvements to own work by reflecting on connections between concepts, ideas and methodologies using a range of investigative and analytical techniques

Reading

1.2

• Identifies, analyses and evaluates new and contemporary information in order to develop goals and strategies for own body of work

Writing

3.2, 3.3

• Prepares documentation of work that incorporates synthesis of knowledge and ideas using appropriate terminology and cohesive language in a format appropriate to purpose

Numeracy

3.2, 4.5

• Calculates with whole numbers and routine fractions, decimals or percentages to determine and manage requirements, timeframe and cost of creative body of work
• Selects, totals and orders required resources within budgetary and time constraints

Navigate the world of work

2.1, 2.2

• Keeps abreast of trends and issues in a dynamic work environment
• Reflects on personal goals, interests and priorities and challenges and revises plans as the need arises

Interact with others

2.3, 2.4

• Actively builds formal and informal networks at a professional level to include key people with expert skills, knowledge and connections

Get the work done

1.1, 1.3-1.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1-4.5, 5.2

• Develops plans to manage complex tasks with an awareness of how they may contribute to long-term goals
• Uses systematic, analytical processes in a variety of situations to gather relevant information and identify, evaluate and refine options for work
• Uses experiences to reflect on the way in which variables impact on decision outcomes and to contribute to refinement of decision-making processes in the future
• Recognises the critical importance of the ongoing exploration of new ideas to the viability and effectiveness of own role

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Equivalence status 

CUAPPR601 Originate a body of independent creative work

CUVPRP601A Originate a body of independent creative work

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages and clarify intent. Minor edits to elements and performance criteria.

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Release 

Comments 

Release 1

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