Diploma of Museum Practice
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Subjects
Core Units |
Complete 7 core units:
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Elective Units |
Complete 10 other units with at least 7 from one or more of the following areas of the CUL04 Museum and Library/Information Services Training Package: Collection Management Public Programs Preventive Conservation Education and Visitor Services Exhibition Development and Management Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Museum Practice Arts Administration and Management Event Management Facility Management Marketing Multimedia Remaining units may be selected from any relevant endorsed Training Package. Appendix A provides guidance on suitable packaging levels for all Units of Competency. The total package of units must meet the requirements of the Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptor for a Diploma. In all cases selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome sought, local industry requirements and the level of the qualification. |
Notes on Diploma of Museum Practice
This qualification is designed to reflect the role of individuals who use a range of specialised, technical or managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate the work of self and/or team.
The workplace context for this qualification will vary, and this context must guide the selection of elective units. An example of appropriate units for a particular job at this level follows.
Manager of Small Museum/Gallery
CULMS011B Develop a disaster preparedness plan
CULMS502C Acquire/dispose of cultural material
CULMS506C Plan and develop activities, events and programs
CULMS605C Develop and implement procedures for the movement and storage of cultural material
CULMS609C Develop policies and strategies
CULMS610C Research, describe and document cultural material
CULMS611C Lend/borrow cultural material
CUEFIN01C Develop a budget
CUSADM06A Develop and implement an operational plan
THHGLE12B Develop and manage marketing strategies
Pathways...
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Entry Requirements
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Licensing Information
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Employability Skills
Employability Skills Summary
CUL50204 Diploma of Museum Practice
The following table contains a summary of the Employability Skills required for a manager of a small museum/gallery. The Employability Skills facets described here are broad industry requirements that may vary depending on qualification packaging options.
Employability Skill | Industry requirements for this qualification include: |
Communication | negotiating, for example, with owners of cultural material, or with organisations about lending and/or borrowing cultural items writing descriptions of cultural material writing workplace policy and procedural documents |
Teamwork | consulting and collaborating with stakeholders and team members over work-related issues managing a team |
Problem Solving | consulting on and adjusting operational procedures to minimise risk developing approaches to shortcomings in record keeping systems |
Initiative and Enterprise | developing cost effective procedures to meet limited budgets tailoring lending/borrowing conditions to suit different situations/clients |
Planning and Organising | assessing risk factors, and organising disaster response and recovery procedures developing and managing budgets, operational plans and marketing strategies establishing, monitoring and evaluating OHS systems and procedures organising lending/borrowing procedures organising the process for acquiring and disposing of collection items |
Self-management | assessing the condition of cultural material within the scope of own expertise developing policies and strategies that reflect the workplace vision and mission following workplace procedures managing own time effectively projecting a professional image when representing the organisation to the community |
Learning | monitoring skill development needs providing workplace training such as OHS taking responsibility for keeping one's own industry knowledge up-to-date |
Technology | taking account of emerging technologies in the planning process using electronic communication methods using the internet for research |