CUADES413 - Develop and extend design skills and practice

Unit code: CUADES413 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

City Campus

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and extend skills as a practising designer. It involves obtaining and developing conceptual and technical skills, developing an individual style in these skills and evaluating the use of these skills in own work tasks. Designers must continually refine, develop and evaluate their own conceptual and technical skills. Research, experimentation and collaboration are key factors in this process.The unit applies to those who work as a designer, in any industry context, either independently or employed by an organisation.

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:
*develop and use strategies to develop or extend skills, ideas and a unique voice.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:
*identify adjustments to work processes as a result of peer feedback and self-evaluation
*research work options, networking and promotional opportunities and identify how to incorporate information into own work and career development.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*current and emerging designers in the applicable design discipline
*current and emerging trends and technologies in the applicable design discipline, and the opportunities and challenges they represent
*professional development information and resources available to designers in the applicable design discipline
*sources of information relating to work opportunities and career planning.

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.