VU23151 - Develop a career plan for technology and digital futures

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Unit code: VU23151 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to navigate multiple careers and meet the challenges of the rapidly changing world of work. It includes assessing personal interests, capabilities, passions and aspirations to identify potential career and educational pathways resulting in the development of a career action plan and portfolio.It requires the ability to collect and synthesis information to make informed career and educational pathway decisions.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• Develop a career portfolio to support transition from school to post-secondary education/training programs or work. The career portfolio must include but not be limited to the following:

  • Personal Profile
  • Career-Education Matrix showing link between career
    choices, education and transferrable skills for career planning
  • Career Action Plan
  • Transition Plan
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Samples of work-related documents

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• Sources of reliable career information
• Factors influencing personal goal-setting such as:

  • Self-concept
  • Behaviours and attitudes
  • Career gender bias and stereotypes
    • Transferable skills and knowledge across occupations
    • Impact of workforce trends, skill shortages, new technologies and the changing nature of work on occupations and their availability
    • The relationship between education/training pathways and career options
    • Evaluation strategies to align educational and career decisions to personal capabilities, goals, values and passions
    • Strategies to combine information and resources from a range of online sites
    • Methods for developing plans including a career action plan, transition plan and career portfolio

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Emerging Technologies
22589VIC | Certificate iii | Duration:
Certificate III in Enabling Technologies
22588VIC | Certificate iii | Duration:

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