Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to make recommendations for improving organisational systems for describing material
initiative and enterprise skills to devise and apply innovative systems of analysis, description and classification to optimise use of information
learning skills to keep up-to-date with current industry developments and practices
literacy skills to:
interpret highly specialised and complex information
use wide-ranging analysis and description methods
planning and organising skills to use and adapt analysis and description concepts to create practical operational improvements
problemsolving skills to identify, analyse and develop solutions to systemic analysis and description issues
self-management skills to:
prioritise work tasks and meet deadlines
follow workplace procedures
technology skills to develop user-friendly interfaces for customer use when accessing information.
Required knowledge
different customer groups, their specialist information needs, and types of libraries and information agencies
variety of contexts in which users need access to information
techniques and protocols for creating appropriate information description and classification systems
ways of maximising the interface between technology and information in developing useful systems of description and classification
copyright, moral rights and intellectual property issues and legislation that apply to analysis and description of materials in a wide range of contexts
specialist cataloguing and classification knowledge
processes for indexing and abstracting
national and international standards, precedents, interpretations and processes.
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.
Specialist and complex material may be: | in languages other than English nonprint media, such as: photographs music recordings art prints computer software material in electronic formats internet, intranet and other networkbased resources print, such as: monographs and serials textbooks scientific journals theses technical works newspapers manuscripts rare books or maps. |
Contextsmay include: | academic business cultural intellectual research social. |
Analysis and description may relate to: | cataloguing classification devising or adapting headings specific to an organisation’s needs facilitating ease of access to information by customers indexing and abstracting manipulating and enhancing metadata situations where classification system and terms need to be supplemented to reflect new fields of knowledge or changes in subject matter situations where subject categories are too specialised to be included in published and commonly used subject headings. |
Authority filesmay relate to: | full name full subject reference only name reference only subject. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist