This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to mentor individuals or small groups (two to five people) in the workplace. It includes preparing for and undertaking mentoring, providing practice opportunities as well as reviewing mentoring processes and progress. It includes developing the required workplace competence in other workers on a one-to-one or small group basis in an on-the-job environment. This unit applies to experienced workers who take on a mentoring role.
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each competency unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of project and 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:
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.