Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to work in partnership with industry, enterprises and community groups to provide a range of learning and development services. It covers preparing for the partnership, as well as negotiating, implementing, maintaining, evaluating and reviewing the partnership arrangement.
It applies to individuals in a registered training organisation (RTO) who are planning to work in partnerships, or who are already working in partnership, with an organisation such as an industry body, enterprise or community group, to provide a learning and development service, or related service.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

The individual must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:
• develop and maintain key aspects of a partnership between a registered training organisation (RTO) and:
• at least 1 industry body
• at least 1 enterprise or community group.

Knowledge Evidence

The individual must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:
• features of effective partnerships between RTOs and industry, enterprises and community groups, and key aspects of those partnerships
• methods used to learn about:
• organisation’s business and complexity
• organisation’s services and products
• emerging technologies, and trends, in the industry area that may affect the organisation’s operations
• features of the partner organisation, including:
• purpose of the organisation, and its strategic direction and plans
• staffing numbers and organisational structure
• reporting and recordkeeping requirements
• policies and procedures relevant to the partnership, including quality and work health and safety (WHS) procedures
• importance of responding to the client organisation’s needs efficiently and effectively
• training and assessment practices and procedures, including how customisation of units of competency, resources and assessment tasks can be undertaken to meet organisational needs
• evaluation methodology relevant to partnership described in performance evidence, including:
• measurable objectives relating to agreed partnership outcomes
• evaluation criteria that determine:
• participant satisfaction
• learning and development outcomes
• changes arising from learning and development.

Assessment Conditions

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a real or simulated vocational education and training environment.
This includes access to:
• RTO’s strategic plan
• RTO’s policy relating to partnerships with external organisations.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Digital literacy', 'description': 'Uses main features and functions of digital tools and electronic applications required in own role in a range of contexts to access and exchange information, design work processes, manage data and records and to complete work tasks'}
• {'skill': 'Learning', 'description': 'Reflects on skills and knowledge of others, to seek opportunities for learning, development and improvement'}
• {'skill': 'Oral communication', 'description': 'Leads communication to effectively provide and elicit information, confirm understanding, explore partner requirements, maintain professional relationships, and support staff and clients'}
• {'skill': 'Reading', 'description': 'Identifies, analyses and interprets written information presented in a variety of formats to identify relevance to requirements'}
• {'skill': 'Writing', 'description': 'Prepares appropriate documentation in a detailed and logical manner using language, format and style appropriate to a specific audience'}
• {'skill': 'Initiative and enterprise', 'description': 'Facilitates the development of organisational goals, roles and responsibilities; Facilitates the development and implementation of contracts or agreements'}
• {'skill': 'Self-management', 'description': 'Recognises the importance of consultation and negotiation, while collaborating to achieve required outcomes'}
• {'skill': 'Planning and organising', 'description': 'Organises and completes work according to defined requirements, taking responsibility for decisions and sequencing tasks to achieve efficient outcomes'}

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