UEECO0023 - Participate in electrical work and competency development activities
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Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to participate in electrical work and related activities that contribute to the ongoing development of competency.
It includes complying with electrical industry and organisational policies and procedures, undertaking work and related activities in accordance with a competency development plan, documenting and periodically reporting work activities, and participating in periodic reviews to monitor one's own competency development.
Competency development activities in this unit are subject to regulations directly related to licensing. Where a licence or permit to practice is not held, a relevant contract of training, such as an Australian Apprenticeship, may be required.
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, incl 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:
*participating in the development of a competency development plan for a specified electrotechnology work function, including:
*identifying competencies to be undertaken
*identifying responsibilities of all relevant parties/stakeholders
*undertaking electrical work relevant to the scope of competencies specified in the competency development plan, including:
*experience in relevant work areas
*exposure to a relevant range of equipment
*periodically documenting and reporting electrical work activities to the relevant parties/stakeholders, including:
*the workplace activities that have been undertaken
*the range of equipment used for the work
*the level of supervision under which the work was undertaken
*submitting work activities records for verification by authorised personnel
*participating in regular periodic reviews to evaluate progress in competency development, including:
*consultation with relevant parties/stakeholders overseeing the administration of the competency development plan
*review of participation in undertaking, documenting and reporting electrical work activities
*review of progress against agreed benchmarks
*develop and implement strategies in consultation with appropriate personnel to address any difficulties or deficiencies.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*competency development plans, including:
*formal training agreements, including:
*state/territory regulations
*employer, learner and training organisation roles and responsibilities
*training plans or individual learning plans, including:
*parties involved
*scope of competencies specified
*nominal training periods
*roles of electrotechnology industry bodies applicable to the context and conditions under which the competency development plan will be undertaken, including:
*unions
*employer associations
*work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) regulatory bodies
*electrical regulatory bodies
*training organisation policies and procedures applicable to the context and conditions under which the competency development plan will be undertaken
*electrotechnology workplace policies and procedures applicable to the context and conditions under which the competency development plan will be undertaken, including:
*health and safety
*anti-discrimination
*effective work outcomes
*customer relations
*conflict resolution
*supervision and competency development
*documenting and reporting evidence of work activities, including:
*methods of documenting evidence of workplace activities
*aspects of work activities evidence, including:
*work task/area
*degree of participation
*range of equipment
*levels of supervision
*learner responsibilities in relation to periodic reporting of work activities and consequences of failing to meet obligations
*employer responsibilities in relation to verifying work activities evidence
*training organisation responsibilities in relation to monitoring work activities evidence
*procedures for periodic review of work activities evidence
*procedures for addressing difficulties or deficiencies in various aspects of work activities evidence.
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):