Assessor Resource

CUVICS05B
Lead a team to foster innovation

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This competency standard relates to employees working within a supervisory or management position in any sector of the cultural industries. This may include areas such as galleries, museums, performance spaces, manager of artist-run co-operative, community workshops in remote areas, music studio, film studio, special event organisers, fashion design companies and so on. This may include managing a team within an office, at a temporary site office, studio, back stage and/or front of stage crews, outdoor photoshoot/film location, convention centre, managing an events team, tour crew, a sales team within a marketing department and so on. Examples of how this unit works in practice can be found in the Supporting Information section of the Training Package.

This competency standard covers the skills and knowledge required to lead a workplace team in ways that foster innovative work practices in any sector of the cultural industries. It covers the skills that are needed by individuals who are leading work teams on individual projects or in work in general.

The skills cover the requirements for encouraging innovation within individual team members as well as a team as a whole. They include how to put a team together and keep it working well, how to structure work and monitor its progress, how to ensure that the staff have the information and skills they need and how to apply innovation @ work skills to the leadership role.

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

You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)

Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.




Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

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.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential:

the skills and knowledge to provide leadership to a group or work team in a way which encourages the individual and team application of innovation @ work skills within specific job contexts in any sector of the cultural industries.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure:

access to a group or work team.

Method of assessment

The following assessment method is appropriate for this unit:

direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate

direct observation of the candidate participating in team based innovation activities

oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of innovation @ work skills and methods for applying them to team based activities.

Guidance information for assessment

This competency standard could be assessed on its own or in combination with other standards relevant to management functions within a specific context in any sector of the cultural industries.

Standards may include:

CUETEM01C Coordinate production operations

BSBINN503A Build and sustain an innovative work environment

Please note: the above is a generic list which may apply across the cultural industries. Some of the units may not be included in this particular Training Package.


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

ability to apply innovation @ work skills in own work

interpersonal skills

communication and leadership skills

motivational skills

coaching skills

counselling and consoling skills

conflict resolution skills

evaluation skills

ability to give and receive feedback

listening skills

matching staff competence to task requirements.

Required knowledge

a knowledge of innovation @ work skills

an understanding and commitment to innovation

an understanding of leadership principles

a knowledge of techniques for evaluating team performance

an understanding of group dynamics in a team

knowledge of coaching and learning principles.

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.

innovation @ workskills are the skills required to come up with and develop new ideas or the new use of an old idea. They are:

collaboration

evaluation

generation of ideas

interpretation

reflection

representation.

Most work activities can benefit from the application of innovation @ workskills including:

coming up with new ideas for products, processes, services, systems, tools, work practices in all fields of work within the cultural industries

The qualities of an effective team member might include the capacity to be:

collaborative

equitable

fair

hardworking

reflective

responsible

sympathetic.

In order to match work activities to the team member, it is important to have information about individuals, which might include:

interests

lifestyle preferences

past jobs

work preferences

working styles.

The team leader can encourage and reinforce team based innovation in many ways, for example:

by allowing follow-through with ideas

by providing enough but not too much guidance and structure

by providing training and learning opportunities

through supportive communication.

Team members may collaborate with:

clients

peers

subject experts

supervisors

team members

other learners.

External stimuli and knowledge could come from:

journals

networks or technical experts, in Australia or overseas

other organisations

the Internet.

Guidance could include:

coaching

counselling

mentoring

modelling

skills training.

Evidence of the of innovation @ work skills might include:

feedback from:

clients

managers

team members

other staff

work-related statistics and reports.

Successful innovations may be celebrated or rewarded through:

articles in newsletters

positive feedback

presentation to peers and higher management

well-planned group incentive schemes.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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Assessment Record Sheet

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