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 liaise with others about work requirements
critical thinking and analytical skills to:
evaluate ways of achieving required effects and results
experiment with different media and materials
literacy skills to interpret information from a variety of sources about mixed media work
planning and organising skills to select and organise materials, tools and equipment for mixed media work
problem-solving skills to identify and resolve technical issues in mixed media work
self-management skills to evaluate the quality of own work and identify opportunities for improvement
technical skills to safely use materials, tools and equipment relevant to chosen media
technology skills to use the internet as a research tool.
Required knowledge
historical and contemporary examples of mixed media work relevant to own practice
properties and applications of selected media relevant to work being produced
intellectual property issues and legislation associated with artistic practice at a professional level
safety and sustainability issues associated with relevant materials and equipment
OHS requirements for mixed media work.
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.
Historical and contemporary examples may be: | combinations of traditional visual media works that combine visual and other media two and three-dimensional. |
Potential may relate to: | affinity between media already used and new media availability of equipment availability of materials commercial opportunities own professional development own skills profile. |
Others may include: | experts in particular types of media mentors peers teachers. |
Safety issues may relate to: | ergonomic issues, such as: ability to pour moulds size and weight of moulds personal protective equipment (PPE) use of chemicals use of hot materials use of safe casting techniques and materials when life casting ventilation work environment. |
Relationships may relate to: | creative considerations, such as: colour complementary nature of materials in communicating ideas juxtaposition texture technical considerations, such as how different media might be fixed together. |
Technical challenges may relate to: | durability finishing functionality skills required for production time required for production. |
Coherence with the work ideas may relate to: | connection of ideas within the work connections or divergence in process between initial concept and final product materials processes techniques. |
Opportunities for refinement and re-thinking may relate to: | collaboration ideas materials processes techniques workflow. |
Efficiency and effectiveness may relate to: | completion on budget completion on time positive or negative impact on own health quality of the work success in communicating ideas technical standard of work. |
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