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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Explore career opportunities and preferences.
   • Identify, source and review information about retail career options.
   • Explore education and training requirements for current and emerging retail career options.
   • Evaluate levels of personal aptitude and interest for retail career options, tasks and responsibilities.
   • Reflect on and evaluate levels of personal interest in different retail career options.
   • Document career preferences and relevant education and training requirements.
2. Identify skill development requirements.
   • Identify opportunities for skill development for selected retail career preferences.
   • Evaluate, record and discuss current skills and knowledge against competencies relevant to career preferences.
   • Document skill development options for selected career preferences.
3. Plan retail career progression.
   • Review and select options for immediate and future skill development.
   • Plan timelines for skill development progression.
   • Collate skills assessment and career planning documentation and update regularly with evidence of skill development.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

research information about retail career options from three different sources

explore three different retail career pathways

develop and document a personal retail career based on identified preferences outlining skill development options and timeline for progression.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

sources of credible information on the retail industry

retail industry structure and job roles at different and in different sectors:

sales

buying

visual merchandising

marketing

management

changing and emerging job roles in the retail industry

sources of advice on career planning

role of skill development in career planning and sources of advice

methods and tools for self-evaluation of skills and aptitude

internet research methods.

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