TAESUS501 - Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs assessment tool

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TAESUS501
Analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify explicit, and embedded, sustainability skills within training packages and accredited courses, document, and apply requirements to learning programs and resources associated with the development of competence.

It applies to experienced practitioners responsible for the development and/or delivery of learning and assessment services.

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

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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.

ELEMENT	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Research sustainability skill requirements of an industry area	1.1 Identify sustainability issues and practices in relation to a specific industry area 1.2 Investigate current and emerging practices in relation to sustainability in the specific industry area 1.3 Evaluate various approaches to building these into training and assessment practice, and related services and resource development 1.4 Identify specialist sustainability practitioners, and seek advice as required
2. Determine sustainability skills relevant to training	2.1 Analyse and document relevant sustainability skills in the training specification 2.2 Identify potential or implicit sustainability skills in the training specification 2.3 Document these skills as part of the learning and assessment strategy
3. Customise program to incorporate sustainability skills	3.1 Select and customise, or develop, learning and assessment materials linked to the required sustainability skills, and appropriate for the training specification, and the training context 3.2 Document the customised program

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

identifying sustainability skill issues in at least two different training products

providing documentation setting out training products and learning strategies, that incorporate sustainability skills

producing outlines of how those sustainability skills are to be incorporated into training and assessment approaches.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge to effectively complete the task outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

sustainability for different contexts in which a variety of definitions can be used

training package contents, including industry-specific approaches to identifying the sustainability skills within them

national policy on sustainability, including specific policy in relation to the development of sustainability skills in the vocational education and training sector

workplace health and safety (WHS) relating to the work role, including:

reporting requirements for hazards

sources of WHS information

WHS obligations of employers and employees, including supervisors.

Gather evidence to demonstrate consistent performance in conditions that are safe and replicate the workplace. Conditions must be typical of those experienced in the training and assessment environment, and include access to different training products to be analysed for sustainability skills.

Assessors must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Submission Requirements

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assingnment, checklist) and due date here

Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENT	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Research sustainability skill requirements of an industry area	1.1 Identify sustainability issues and practices in relation to a specific industry area 1.2 Investigate current and emerging practices in relation to sustainability in the specific industry area 1.3 Evaluate various approaches to building these into training and assessment practice, and related services and resource development 1.4 Identify specialist sustainability practitioners, and seek advice as required
2. Determine sustainability skills relevant to training	2.1 Analyse and document relevant sustainability skills in the training specification 2.2 Identify potential or implicit sustainability skills in the training specification 2.3 Document these skills as part of the learning and assessment strategy
3. Customise program to incorporate sustainability skills	3.1 Select and customise, or develop, learning and assessment materials linked to the required sustainability skills, and appropriate for the training specification, and the training context 3.2 Document the customised program