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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Build industry networks
   • Attend creative arts industry productions and events, and identify contemporary music products and services
   • Talk with people in the industry to develop an awareness of typical formal and informal pathways into different job roles
   • Use a range of sources to establish potential contacts and to keep up to date with industry trends and career possibilities
   • Explore and participate in work opportunities as a way of advancing career possibilities
2. Develop a career plan
   • Seek advice from people working in areas of interest about career potential and any specific preparation required
   • Evaluate and align own skills and interests to career goals within the creative arts industry, and discuss with relevant people
   • Identify further skill development required to achieve career goals, and confirm with relevant people
   • Investigate learning opportunities to maximise career opportunities for preferred job roles within the creative arts industry
   • Document timelines and actions in a career plan, and discuss with relevant people
3. Develop a skills portfolio
   • Plan a portfolio of evidence to meet a range of purposes in consultation with relevant people
   • Identify appropriate presentation formats for a portfolio, and confirm with relevant people
   • Develop a resume or resumes to profile own ability to meet a range of job role requirements
   • Maintain portfolio in format appropriate to creative arts industry work contexts

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

use a range of methods to establish and build contacts relevant to professional career interests

develop a career plan that incorporates the results of self-analysis and feedback from others

plan and create a skills portfolio using appropriate presentation formats.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

identify sources of information about the industry and career possibilities

describe job roles and pathways into and within the industry

list components of a typical career plan

summarise information that should be included in a skills portfolio

describe different presentation formats for skills portfolios and personal resumes.

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