People working in many industries apply the skills and knowledge in this unit.
Ideas for communication are diverse and may include design concepts for objects, processes or spaces, or movement sequences for performances or screen productions. Drawings may be for personal use or for presentation in exhibitions, tender bid proposals or publications. Drawing may be electronic or hand drawn.
At this level, the individual would take some responsibility for experimentation with a range of drawing techniques and be expected to show some command of those techniques.
Not applicable.
1. Plan drawing work | 1.1 Explore drawing requirements with reference to relevant reference material and appropriate people when required 1.2 Identify factors that may impact on how drawing work is undertaken 1.3 Gather information about drawing techniques, materials and equipment from a range of sources and determine how they may be used to communicate ideas 1.4 Evaluate information for its application to specific drawing briefs |
2. Experiment to represent ideas | 2.1 Assess the capabilities of techniques, materials and equipment through exploration 2.2 Select approaches that best suit the purpose of drawings and their presentation context 2.3 Follow safety procedures for particular techniques, materials and equipment |
3. Create drawings | 3.1 Organise materials, tools and equipment for selected techniques 3.2 Produce preliminary drawings and discuss their effectiveness with relevant people 3.3 Finalise drawings, incorporating feedback on work in progress as required 3.4 Prepare drawings for the presentation context |
Required skills
communication skills to impart information through drawing
learning skills to improve own drawing technique through feedback and experimentation
literacy skills to interpret varied information about drawing as a visual representation tool
numeracy skills to:
determine layout issues
calculate measurements
planning and organising skills to:
organise resources
prepare drawings for presentation
problem-solving skills to select drawing techniques that best meet project needs
technical skills to use a range of drawing techniques.
Required knowledge
physical properties and capabilities of the range of materials, tools and equipment used in drawing
different approaches to drawing and how other practitioners use drawing to represent ideas
cleaning and maintenance techniques for tools used in drawing
elements and principles of design and their specific application to drawing
intellectual property issues and legislation in relation to drawing
ways to minimise waste in drawing projects
OHS issues associated with tools and materials used for drawing.
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the ability to: produce a series of drawings that: show a command of selected techniques successfully communicate the required ideas. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure access to: equipment and materials required to produce drawings. |
Method of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: direct observation of the development of drawings evaluation of drawings in terms of their effectiveness in communicating ideas questioning and discussion about candidate’s intentions and the work outcome review of portfolios of evidence review of third-party reports from experienced practitioners. Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy) and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities, and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties, such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling). |
Guidance information for assessment | Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended. |
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.
Drawing requirements may include: | diagrams illustrations sketches. |
Reference material may include briefs or specifications with information, such as: | audience background information about clients budget clients’ needs considerations, such as: contractual copyright ethical legal creative objectives materials personnel involved in the project purpose technology timeframe. |
Appropriate people may include: | clients colleagues industry practitioners managers mentors supervisors teachers. |
Factors may include: | aesthetic considerations availability of personnel availability of resources available budget complexity of project expectations of target users of drawings own level of skill presentation context technical requirements timelines. |
Techniques may include: | digital drawing techniques integration of text and drawing linear marks of differing intensity and character linear marks to produce illusion of form in space linear perspective positive and negative space scaling techniques tonal range to produce illusion of form in space washes. |
Materials may include: | boards charcoal coloured pencils crayons graphite pencils inks natural ochres pastels and chalks pigments range of papers solvents watercolour wood or bark. |
Equipment may include: | blades computer digital camera drawing and design applications printer rags range of brushes, including air brushes scanner sponges sticks. |
Sources may include: | catalogues colour charts and boards nature stories or narratives technical texts work of other artists and designers. |
Ideas may relate to: | crafted objects design concepts digital work installations movement sequences narrative paintings or prints performance sculptures story technical solutions for a work or design. |
Presentation contexts may include: | exhibition proposals grant applications projections proposals for product development proposals in response to a brief publications visualisation of an object, product or idea. |
Preparing drawings for presentation may include: | adding captions or text to drawings cleaning drawings mounting drawings preparing drawings for printing or reproducing scanning drawings and preparing them for electronic storage or transmission. |
Visual communication – art, craft and design
This unit contains employability skills.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.