Elements and Performance Criteria
- Adopt professional work practices
- Develop and maintain aprofessional work ethic to support graphic design practice
- Collaborate, communicate and share ideas with other professionals about creative and commercial aspects of graphic design
- Evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to operate as a professional graphic designer
- Evaluate own current skills and abilities and the need for further professional development
- Evaluate all aspects of own practice on an ongoing basis
- Develop commercial skills for graphic design
- Assess the key commercial relationships that operate in the graphic design sector, and how they are affected by changing trends
- Investigate costing practices and charges for graphic design work in different industry contexts
- Assess the opportunities used by graphic designers to promote their services
- Analyse the client perspective of graphic design and its impact on professional practice
- Evaluate relevant information to build own approach to the commercial position of own practice
- Analyse the rights and obligations of graphic designers
- Pursue professional graphic design opportunities