VU23537 - Prepare to work effectively in an Australian workplace

Unit code: VU23537 | 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 participate effectively in an Australian workplace.
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 at Level 2, and
  • the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings) descriptors for Speaking and Listening. They contribute directly to the achievement of ISLPR Speaking 2 and Listening 2.This unit applies to EAL learners needing to develop cultural knowledge to familiarise themselves with Australian workplaces to support effective participation.

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:

  • identify and discuss at least two cultural features of the Australian workplace and at least two strategies to support effective workplace participation
  • identify skills required in the Australian workplace and own skills that support workplace participation
  • outline at least two common conditions of employment in the Australian workplace and at least two sources of relevant support.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • vocabulary to describe and discuss cultural features of the workplace and skills required in the workplace including a limited range of common phrasal verbs, adjectives, adverbs or some adverbial phrases
  • prepositions and prepositional phrases, such as at the end of the shift
  • simple sentence structures, such as
  • simple or compound sentences to describe the workplace, or
  • simple questions, for example to seek clarification in a conversation, ask for repetition or restatement
  • common high frequency verb tenses or imperative forms, such as
  • giving and following instructions, or
  • explaining a series of events
  • modals or modal forms, such as should, would, could, might, need to
  • conjunctions, such as when, but, if, although, so, When you arrive, you need to open all the blinds
  • high frequency discourse markers or cohesive devices, such as first, then, by the way, anyway, so, after that
  • simple paralinguistic features, such as body language, to interpret and convey meaning and acknowledge understanding.
    Sociolinguistic and Cultural Knowledge:
  • use of register in Australian workplaces
  • some idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms typically used in the workplace.

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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