This course has 5 Units. All Units are to be delivered. Providers will determine the time allocated to Units, to best cater for the individual needs of learners.
UNIT 1: Training, work and leisure activities: identification of information and activities related to each, and description of some features/characteristics of each
- explore training options (e.g. course outlines, fees, training facilities, transport to and from)
- explore work options (e.g. job applications, banking details, pay rates, voluntary, supported, casual, job-share, “on call”)
- explore leisure options (e.g. cinema programs, transport options, entrance fees to attractions).
UNIT 2: Understand the role of ‘work’ in your life
- financial benefits (e.g. personal savings, ability to purchase items)
- social benefits (e.g. working in a team, work picnics)
- personal benefits (e.g. making new friends, building a work history).
UNIT 3: Select and plan an appropriate work experience (with significant guidance and support)
- explore skills, talents and interests
- match skills, talents and interests to vocational choice
- visit a range of relevant workplaces
- visit a range of employment agencies
- develop an action plan for chosen occupation
- workplace health and safety topics (e.g. protective clothing, ear/eye protection, safety boots, hazards, lunch breaks, WHS signs and symbols, emergency procedures).
WORK TASK (UNIT 3)
Learners will develop a three-point “Moving Towards Work” plan covering:
a) my work skills
b) work I will be suited to
c) where I could work.
Learners will also collate a portfolio of information about at least one of their work choices (e.g. job title, type of work, where that job could be located, approximate pay rates, how to apply for that job).
The portfolio could be presented in a range of formats including (but not restricted to) scrapbooking, photo essay, pictogram, text, PowerPoint presentation, short talk.
Information can be sourced from (for example) advertisements, newspaper clippings, brochures, internet sites, job search engines, personal visits to workplaces.
UNIT 4: Undertake work experience activities
It is anticipated that learners will require significant guidance and support in undertaking this Unit.
- apply appropriate basic interpersonal skills
- follow direction and seek guidance when needed
- appropriately complete work activities
- follow workplace health and safety directives.
UNIT 5: Develop a pathway plan
- explore possible pathways and how to work towards their achievement, using (for example) diagrams, pictures, text, photographs, job ads
- identify what further training/work experience and opportunities may be suitable.
NOTATION ON EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
Some of the criteria standard elements (see below) use the terms ‘identify’ or ‘describe’.
In the context of this preliminary level course, ‘identification’ might be done via methods such as:
- correctly selecting from a given list
- correctly selecting from a set of images
- correctly naming from memory or after consulting a source such as the internet.
‘Selecting’ might be done by methods such as: pointing; nodding; circling with a pen; or matching (e.g. picture with corresponding name card).
In the context of this preliminary level course, ‘describing’ might be done via methods such as:
- a written description (e.g. a word list of characteristics)
- a series of images with simple written notations.