Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to access, interpret and use information about employment, education, training and the labour market in Australia.
This unit applies to individuals working in employment services, career development, workforce planning and other environments. Information may be used to support individual job seekers, employees, employers or internal and external clients depending on the job role.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand Standards and industry codes of practice.
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements define the essential outcomes | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Access employment, labour market, education and training information | 1.1 Determine and select credible and current sources of information 1.2 Use formal and informal research methods to access information 1.3 Interpret information and numerical data, and extract and distil content relevant to own practice |
2. Link employment, labour market, education and training information | 2.1 Evaluate potential application of information to own work practice based on client needs 2.2 Evaluate plans, processes and practices against current information and adjust accordingly 2.3 Assist clients by providing current, relevant and accurate information 2.4 Assist clients to develop the skills to access and interpret current, relevant and accurate information based on their needs |
3. Maintain own knowledge of employment, labour market, education and training information | 3.1 Identify and use opportunities to update knowledge of employment, labour market, education and training information 3.2 Monitor current issues and trends in employment, education, training and the labour market 3.3 Evaluate and respond to potential changes in own work based on updated knowledge |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:
used critical thinking skills to review and distil information about employment, education, training and the labour market of relevance to own practice from at least 3 different credible sources
used information about employment education, training and the labour market within the scope of own job role in the provision of services to at least 3 different individuals or organisations – for example, job seekers, clients in career transition, employees, employers, internal and external clients.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations (national, state/territory) for the use of information, and how these are applied in organisations and individual work, including, copyright and intellectual property
key objectives and features of current policy frameworks
role of professional associations and bodies and key organisations
sources of information in Australia on:
labour market
employment
education and training
different types of labour market information and their use, including the relationship between supply (job seekers) and demand (employers)
methods for collecting labour market information
current and emerging labour market characteristics, including:
current and projected skills shortages
local labour market information including:
industry make-up
employment growth areas
skills in demand and trends in work requirements in different industries
issues impacting on the workforce in different sectors and industries
vacancy reporting
unemployment and job seeker data
recruitment analysis
basic structure and operation of the training and education system, in the following sectors:
school
vocational education and training
higher education
key employing industries in local area, including:
occupational characteristics
training and education pathways
uses of education, training and labour market information, including:
individual pathways plans
job search planning
career plans for individual clients.
Assessment Conditions
Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions. The following conditions must be met for this unit:
use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including
online sources of labour market and training and employment information
organisation policies and procedures
modelling of industry operating conditions, including scenarios involving application of knowledge to varied work situations.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.