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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Explore career opportunities and preferences.
   • Obtain information from advisory services and talk to advisory and experienced personnel to identify the nature of work in a range of pharmacy career options.
   • Explore education and training requirements for a range of pharmacy career options.
   • Assess levels of personal aptitude and fulfilment in relation to a range of retail workplace tasks and responsibilities.
   • Assess levels of personal interest in a range of retail career options.
   • Document optimum career preferences and related education and training requirements.
2. Identify skill development requirements.
   • Identify opportunities and stages of skill development for selected retail career preferences in consultation with advisory or experienced personnel.
   • Identify current stage of career development by assessing and documenting current personal skills and knowledge against competencies relevant to career preferences.
   • Discuss results of assessment with advisory or experienced pharmacy personnel and identify additional skill development requirements for career progression.
   • Document skill development options for selected career preferences.
3. Plan pharmacy career progression.
   • Review and select options for immediate and future skill development in discussion with advisory or experienced personnel.
   • Select and document skill development options and allocate timelines for progression.
   • Collate personal skill assessment and career planning documentation and update regularly with skill development evidence.

Required Skills

This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit

Required skills

critical thinking skills to assess personal skills and preferences evaluate career options communication skills to ask questions relating to career options explain personal career preferences make telephone calls to advisory services and experienced personnel share information use language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences use and interpret nonverbal communication literacy skills to find read and record information planning and organising skills to collect and collate information schedule and complete tasks set and meet timeframes technical skills to conduct internet research produce wordprocessed documents

Required knowledge

importance of skill development in career planning internet research methods sources of advice on career planning and skill development job roles in pharmacy settings qualification pathways to achieve particular job outcomes

Evidence Required

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 ability to research and document the range of pharmacy career options qualifications and possible pathways to different job roles document a personal career plan outlining skill development options for selected career preferences including timelines for progression assess and document current personal skills and knowledge
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment must ensure that competency is observed by the assessor or the technical expert working in partnership with the assessor as described in the assessment guidelines Assessment must ensure access to technology to research career information current and comprehensive information on qualifications including entry requirements and modes of study involvement with careers advisers or experienced community pharmacy staff as part of the career planning process
Method of assessment	A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit review of the individuals personal career plan written or oral questions appropriate to the language and literacy level of the learner to test knowledge such as sources of advice on career planning and skill development job roles in pharmacy settings qualification pathways to achieve particular job outcomes review of portfolios of evidence and thirdparty workplace reports of onthejob performance
Guidance information for assessment	Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended

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Range Statement

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.
Advisory servicesmay include:	career specialist websites corporate career advisory services government career services industry associations’ career services education and training institutions’ career services.
Experienced personnelmay include:	colleagues mentors supervisors trainers.
Pharmacy career options may include:	community pharmacy job roles, such as: pharmacy assistant dispensary assistant pharmacy retail manager buyer pharmacist hospital pharmacy roles, such as: pharmacy assistant pharmacy technician senior pharmacy technician dispensary technician distribution technician pharmacist.

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