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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Access employment, labour market, education and training information
   • Determine and select credible and current sources of information
   • Use formal and informal research methods to access information
   • Interpret information and numerical data, and extract and distil content relevant to own practice
3. Link employment, labour market, education and training informationto work practice
   • Evaluate potential application of information to own work practice based on client needs
   • Evaluate plans, processes and practices against current information and adjust accordingly
   • Assist clients by providing current, relevant and accurate information
   • Assist clients to develop the skills to access and interpret current, relevant and accurate information based on their needs
4. Maintain own knowledge of employment, labour market, education and training information
   • Identify and use opportunities to update knowledge of employment, labour market, education and training information
   • Monitor current issues and trends in employment, education, training and the labour market
   • Evaluate and respond to potential changes in own work based on updated knowledge

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

used critical thinking skills to review and distil information about employment, education, training and the labour market of relevance to own practice from at least 3 different credible sources

used information about employment education, training and the labour market within the scope of own job role in the provision of services to at least 3 different individuals or organisations – for example, job seekers, clients in career transition, employees, employers, internal and external clients.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and ethical considerations (national, state/territory) for the use of information, and how these are applied in organisations and individual work, including, copyright and intellectual property

key objectives and features of current policy frameworks

role of professional associations and bodies and key organisations

sources of information in Australia on:

labour market

employment

education and training

different types of labour market information and their use, including the relationship between supply (job seekers) and demand (employers)

methods for collecting labour market information

current and emerging labour market characteristics, including:

current and projected skills shortages

local labour market information including:

industry make-up

employment growth areas

skills in demand and trends in work requirements in different industries

issues impacting on the workforce in different sectors and industries

vacancy reporting

unemployment and job seeker data

recruitment analysis

basic structure and operation of the training and education system, in the following sectors:

school

vocational education and training

higher education

key employing industries in local area, including:

occupational characteristics

training and education pathways

uses of education, training and labour market information, including:

individual pathways plans

job search planning

career plans for individual clients.

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