Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to work within an Indigenous cultural framework.
The unit of competency applies to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who wish to produce culturally-specific textile products and identify business opportunities. It applies to key cultural practices and processes used for the design and development of textile works, garments and accessories.
The unit of competency should be customised according to the customs and protocols of the relevant communities. Work should accommodate the image use and design protocols and techniques specific to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Access information on cultural influences | 1.1 | Identify sources of information on local cultures relevant to individual |
1.2 | Use appropriate cultural practices to access cultural information | ||
1.3 | Identify cultural influences, ethics and law relating to production of cultural works | ||
2 | Apply relevant work and cultural practices to design and develop textile products | 2.1 | Identify relevant procedures and materials common to design and development of textile works, garments and accessories |
2.2 | Identify customary structure, organisation and business procedures of relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community | ||
2.3 | Determine production processes for converting materials into textile products | ||
2.4 | Comply with cultural protocols, personal rights, responsibilities and legal obligations to design and produce culturally-specific textile products | ||
3 | Investigate business opportunities for cultural works | 3.1 | Identify significant people to support design and development of textile works, garments and accessories |
3.2 | Identify opportunities for production and sale of cultural textile products | ||
3.3 | Identify potential supply chain components | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:
using appropriate sources and cultural practices to access cultural information
applying protocols for developing culturally-specific designs
identifying relevant procedures and materials common to design and development of textile works, garments and accessories
identifying customary structure, organisation and business procedures of relevant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
complying with cultural protocols, personal rights, responsibilities and legal obligations to develop textile products
identifying at least two (2) opportunities for production and sale of textile products
identifying potential supply chain components.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:
protocols on access to culturally specific information
safe work practices and procedures
cultural protocols for using images, designs and printing techniques
procedures and materials common to design and development of textile works, garments and accessories
supply chains:
product flow
raw material
production
distribution
marketing
customers
business support and administrators
people to support design and development of textile works, garments and accessories
production processes:
textile printing and dyeing
making patterns
marking and cutting fabric
sewing
finishing
colour mixing
potential opportunities for product sales
supply chain components.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must:
satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment, as set by the VET regulator
have vocational competency in Indigenous cultural knowledge, at least to the level being assessed, with relevant industry knowledge and experience.
Assessment should occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible, or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment reflecting realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range Statement
This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. | |
Information sources include one or more of the following: | community elders family members artworks and artists stories community members government agencies and services written, electronic and audio visual material art centres and galleries |
Cultural information includes one or more of the following: | stories creative processes and practices symbols themes processes and practices protocols and procedure region, environment cultural rites artworks economic systems |
Design and development procedures include one or more of the following: | sourcing and uses of raw materials dyeing printing use of tools and equipment use of culturally significant themes and stories involvement and endorsements from significant people respect for traditional laws and values |
Protocols include the following: | the set of rules applying to behaviour/practices in a specific cultural context cultural protocols for image use, design and printing techniques recognising and adapting to cultural differences communication with individuals and community |
Materials include one or more of the following: | natural, man-made and synthetic fibres and fabrics animal hides componentry such as buttons and zips ochres and other sources of natural dyes acrylic colours and dyes objects used for print designs |
Significant people include one or more of the following: | community and family members people with skills in design, production, marketing or business trainers, educators, mentors customers funders or business supporters |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Fashion design and technology