VU23536 - Observe and report on workplace activities

Unit code: VU23536 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
50
Location
Footscray Nicholson
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required by EAL learners to plan and organise practical workplace observations, collect and record observations, report observations to others, evaluate the experience, and reflect on own learning goals for the Australian workplace. The focus of the workplace observation is on development of language skills in the context of work.
The outcomes described in this unit relate to:

  • the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). They contribute directly to the achievement of ACSF indicators of competence in Oral Communication, Reading and Writing at Level 2, and
  • the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) are not applicable for this unit.This unit applies to EAL learners needing to develop skills and knowledge to familiarise themselves with Australian workplaces including different job roles in the Australian workplace.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's 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:

  • plan and observe two workplace activities
  • record and report on information collected during each observation
  • review observation experience in relation to own learning goals.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • vocabulary including adjectives, adverbs, some adverbial phrases or common phrasal verbs to discuss workplace observation and to describe workplace activities
  • simple or compound sentence structures
  • common high frequency verb tenses and forms
  • a range of common phrasal verbs to discuss workplace procedures, such as She's turning off the computer
  • modals or modal forms, such as should, would, could, might, need to
  • high frequency discourse markers or cohesive devices, such as first, then, by the way, anyway, so, after that
  • prepositions and prepositional phrases, such as on the first day of the month, at the end of the shift.
    Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
  • politeness conventions in conversation
  • some awareness of register in workplaces
  • use and choice of address forms.

Required reading

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

As part of a course

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

Certificate II in EAL (Employment)
22642VIC | Certificate ii | Duration:

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