Total number of units = 12

7 core units plus

5 elective units of which:

3 units must be selected from Group A

2 units may be selected from Groups A or B or from any currently endorsed training package qualification or accredited course at Diploma level or above.

Elective units must be relevant to the work environment and the qualification, maintain the integrity of the AQF alignment and contribute to a valid vocational outcome.

Core units

BSBCRT601 Research and apply concepts and theories of creativity

CUAACD601 Extend professional expertise with drawing and other visual representation tools

CUAPPR505 Establish and maintain safe creative practice

CUAPPR601 Originate a body of independent creative work

CUAPPR603 Engage in the business of creative practice

CUAPPR604 Publicly present a body of own creative work

CUARES602 Extend cultural research expertise

Elective units

Group A

BSBCRT501 Originate and develop concepts

BSBDES501 Implement design solutions

BSBDES502 Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief

BSBDES601 Manage design realisation

BSBDES602 Research global design trends

BSBDES801 Research and apply design theory

CUAACD502 Create observational drawings

CUAACD503 Select and refine a specialised drawing technique

CUAACD504 Research and apply light and colour

CUAACD505 Work with the human form in creative practice

CUAACD506 Refine 2-D design ideas and processes

CUAACD507 Refine 3-D design ideas and processes

CUAACD508 Refine model making skills

CUAACD509 Develop and refine metalworking techniques

CUAACD510 Manage kiln operations

CUAACD511 Make moulds and casts

CUAACD512 Work with photomedia in creative practice

CUAACD513 Make mixed media artworks

CUAACD514 Refine carving techniques for creative work

CUAACD515 Manage specialised finishing processes

CUAACD602 Extend professional expertise across new art forms and media

CUACER501 Refine ceramics techniques

CUACER503 Refine throwing techniques

CUACER504 Refine handbuilding techniques

CUACER505 Develop and apply ceramic glazes

CUADES601 Design innovative products

CUADIG508 Refine digital art techniques

CUADRA501 Refine drawing techniques

CUAGLA501 Refine glassworking techniques

CUAGLA503 Refine kiln cast glass techniques

CUAILL501 Develop professional illustrations

CUAILL502 Refine illustration techniques

CUAINS601 Realise an installation work

CUAPAI501 Refine painting techniques

CUAPHI501 Apply visual communication theories to photo imaging practice

CUAPHI503 Explore the descriptive and emotive nature of photo lighting

CUAPPR602 Collaborate in professional creative projects

CUAPPR605 Evolve ideas for professional creative work

CUAPPR606 Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level

CUAPRI501 Refine printmaking techniques

CUAPUA501 Create works of art for public spaces

CUAPUA601 Realise a public art project

CUASCU501 Refine sculptural techniques

LMTDD4004A Produce woven tapestry samples

LMTTD5002A * Design and produce woven tapestry products

LMTTD5004A Design and produce experimental textiles

LMTTD5005A Design and produce printed textiles

LMTTD5007A Develop textile designs using computer based design programs

LMTTD6001A Research commercial development of textiles

LMTTD6004A Create and produce textile designs for commercial production

MEM19038A Apply traditional techniques to jewellery and 3D object production

MEM19039A Plan, conduct and supervise a jewellery and object exhibition

MEM19043A Oversee jewellery or object design production

Group B

BSBWRT401 Write complex documents

BSBINN501 Establish systems that support innovation

BSBINN502 Build and sustain an innovative work environment

BSBIPR501 Manage intellectual property to protect and grow business

BSBLDR803 Develop and cultivate collaborative partnerships and relationships

BSBPMG522 Undertake project work

BSBSMB401 Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business

BSBSMB402 Plan small business finances

BSBSMB403 Market the small business

BSBSMB404 Undertake small business planning

BSBSMB405 Monitor and manage small business operations

BSBSMB406 Manage small business finances

BSBSMB408 Manage personal, family, cultural and business obligations

BSBSMB413 Design a digital action plan for small business

BSBSUS501 Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability

CUACMP501 Manage copyright arrangements

CUAFIM501 Source funding for projects

CUAPPR504 Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice

CUARES502 Critique cultural works

SITXICT401 Build and launch a small business website

TAEDEL401A Plan, organise and deliver group-based learning

*Note the following prerequisite unit requirements:

To enter this qualification, individuals must have the conceptual, technical and organisational skills to create and present work in their chosen creative form.

Those skills and knowledge may have been acquired through experience in a creative field or through formal study.