VU22576 - Undertake a work placement

Unit code: VU22576 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Footscray Park

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to select and undertake a work placement to support the development of work ready skills.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

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

participate in discussions with an appropriate support person;
participate in an interview if required;
ask questions to clarify information in the workplace;
report issues as required;
determine travel requirements and appropriate personal items;
review the work placement;
self management skills to review own performance, and;
numeracy skills to determine travel arrangements that support punctuality.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

requirements of a typical workplace, and;
interview format, where required.

Required reading

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.