Modification History
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CUVIND501B |
This version first released with CUV11 Visual Arts, Craft and Design Training Package version 1.0 |
Unit Descriptor
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to maintain industry knowledge and manage own professional practice within the creative arts industry.
Application of the Unit
This unit addresses the research, analysis, application and maintenance of information relevant to work roles within the creative arts industry. It involves industry structures and operations, employment obligations and opportunities, industry trends and emerging technologies, and industry laws and regulations. The unit also addresses effective monitoring and participation in industry networks.
This unit underpins effective performance within the creative arts industry sectors and requires an advanced application of creative arts industry knowledge. Basic and intermediate applications of creative arts industry knowledge are addressed in the unit CUFIND201A Develop and apply creative arts industry knowledge
Licensing/Regulatory Information
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
Pre-Requisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills Information
This unit contains employability skills.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
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Performance Criteria |
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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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1. Research and apply industry information |
1.1 Research the structure and operation of the creative arts industries using appropriate sources 1.2 Research employment obligations and opportunities within the creative arts industries using appropriate sources 1.3 Monitor trends and emerging technologies within the creative arts industries using appropriate sources 1.4 Research laws and regulations affecting the creative arts industries using appropriate sources 1.5 Analyse, critique and share industry information with relevant personnel to assist own decision making and contingency planning 1.5 Evaluate currency and credibility of information sources and ensure research scope is sufficiently broad 1.6 Maintain accurate and comprehensive details of information sources |
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2. Maintain effective industry networks |
2.1 Participate in networks and associations to maintain high standards of professional practice 2.2 Use network strategies to establish and maintain relationships that enhance own professional practice 2.3 Maintain dialogue with networks to maximise industry contacts and ensure currency and credibility of industry knowledge 2.4 Communicate benefits of network participation to relevant personnel |
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3. Enhance professional practice |
3.1 Seek feedback from relevant personnel to identify professional development opportunities 3.2 Participate in professional development activities to improve work performance and ensure currency of industry knowledge 3.3 Use industry affiliations and strategic alliances to support and maintain professional practice |
Required Skills and Knowledge
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit.
Required skills
- communication skills to:
- obtain and interpret information to ensure currency of work practice
- share industry information with colleagues and peers
- work effectively in a team and acknowledge cultural protocols
- learning skills to:
- identify opportunities to maintain and enhance industry knowledge
- identify own knowledge and information needs
- seek feedback and integrate constructive advice into own professional practice
- literacy skills to read and understand industry information and terminology
- numeracy skills to interpret relevant technical data
- planning and organising skills to monitor own work and introduce strategies to improve performance
- technology skills to access and download industry information.
Required knowledge
- the following areas and how they apply to day-to-day work activities, in relation to the particular creative arts industry sector in which knowledge is being assessed:
- industry structure and operation
- employment obligations and opportunities
- laws and regulations
- trends and emerging technologies
- key creative arts industry terminology
- copyright, moral rights, intellectual property and legislation and their impact on the creative arts industry
- protocols and ethics as they apply to the creative arts industry
- impact of technological convergence in the creative arts industry
- nature, role and functions of unions and employer associations, including rights and responsibilities of employers and employees
- OHS requirements relevant to particular work contexts
- sources of information on the creative arts industry and ways of maintaining current industry knowledge.
Evidence Guide
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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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
Evidence of the ability to:
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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:
Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy) and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities, and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties, such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling). |
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Guidance information for assessment |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended. It should be noted that this unit underpins effective performance in all creative arts industry work practices, and as such could be assessed in conjunction with other operational and technical units at an equivalent level. |
Range Statement
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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Structure and operation may include: |
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Creative arts industries may include: |
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Appropriate sources may include: |
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Employment obligations and opportunities may include: |
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Trends and emerging technologies may include: |
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Laws and regulations may include: |
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Relevant personnel may include: |
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Networks and associations may include: |
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Network strategies may include: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Industry capability – industry context
