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Australian Blueprint for Career Development (the
Blueprint)
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The Australian Blueprint for Career Development provides guidelines for helping to integrate and strengthen career development learning in a wide variety of settings throughout the nation.It contains two main components: 1. The career competencies that all Australians need to develop in order to effectively manage life, learning and work.2. Processes for planning, implementing and evaluating career programs and resources.
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Although the Blueprint has multiple goals, its primary aim is to have users work with a national framework of competencies to create comprehensive, effective and measurable career development programs which help Australians to better manage their lives, learning and work.
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Career Keys have developed a comprehensive career development resource comprising of three transition workbooks used in schools across Australia. Each workbook uses innovative easy to follow activities designed to complement classroom practices and stimulate discussion.
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With the Blueprint trial funding, Career Keys assigned two Career Advisers to review each book against the 11 competencies and the four developmental life phases.
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A focus group was formed to assist in this process which consisted of:
- Deputy Principal of Browns Plains SHS - Deputy Principal of Marsden SHS - Teacher at Marsden SHS - Career Advisers at Career Keys
BLUEPRINT OVERVIEW
Main aims:
• A national framework of career competencies
• Facilitate service consistency• Challenge assumptions about career development• Accelerate the establishment of a career development
culture in Australia
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From a national perspective the Blueprint will
facilitate national consistency and assist efforts to
provide all Australians with opportunities to
develop to their full potential.
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CAREER MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
11 competencies that are needed to build and manage a career are identified. These competencies are grouped across 3 key areas
Area A: Personal Management
Area B: Learning and Work Exploration
Area C: Career Building
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A: A: PERSONAL MANAGEMENTPERSONAL MANAGEMENT
Career Competency 1. Career Competency 1. Build and maintain a positive self conceptBuild and maintain a positive self concept
Career Competency 2. Career Competency 2. Interact positively and effectively with othersInteract positively and effectively with others
Career Competency 3. Career Competency 3. Change and grow throughout lifeChange and grow throughout life
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Career competency 4. Career competency 4. Participate in lifelong learning supportive ofParticipate in lifelong learning supportive ofcareer goalscareer goalsCareer Competency 5. Career Competency 5. Locate and effectively use career informationLocate and effectively use career informationCareer Competency 6. Career Competency 6. Understand the relationship between work, Understand the relationship between work, society and the economysociety and the economy
AREA B: AREA B: LEARNING AND WORK EXPLORATIONLEARNING AND WORK EXPLORATION
AREA C:AREA C: CAREER BUILDINGCAREER BUILDING
• Competency 7 Secure/create and maintain work• Competency 8 Make career enhancing decisions• Competency 9 Maintain balanced life and work roles• Competency 10 Understanding the changing nature of
life and work roles• Competency 11 Understand, engage in and manage the
career building process
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There are 4 developmental levels or phases
Phase 1 (primary school)
Phase 2 (middle school)
Phase 3 (senior secondary college)
Phase 4 (adulthood)
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… and a 4 stage learning taxonomy
Stage 1 Acquisition
Stage 2 Application
Stage 3 Personalisation
Stage 4 Actualisation
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EXAMPLE – PHASE II
Area B Competency 5.2 – Locate and use career information
P.I.- 5.2.4 - explore the differences between occupations and industry sectors by locating and using available career information resources
Local Standard: Given a list of 20 occupations (e.g. plumber,
waiter, doctor) , students will match them to a list of corresponding industry sectors using available career information
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The career competencies of the Blueprint align with virtually all of the important initiatives currently underway in schools including:
• The Educational Goals for Young Australians• The development of Social Competencies• The New Framework for Vocational Education in
Schools• The Employability Skills Framework
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The Blueprint makes the benefits of participating in VET in Schools Programs, enterprise education activities and of developing employability skills and attributes obvious. It also places considerable emphasis on the importance of acquiring lifelong learning habits.
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WORK EDUCATION CERTIFICATES 2006
With the reaccredidation of the following certificates
• 30625 QLD Certificate I in Work Readiness• 30626 QLD Certificate I in Work Education• 30627 QLD Certificate II in Workplace Practices
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30626QLD Certificate I in Work EducationStructure
CodeUnits of Competency Nominal Hours
Supervised Unsupervised
CORE UNITS OF COMPETENCY – 110 nominal hours
GENPCD101B Develop career and learning development plan 10
GENENP101B Apply an enterprising approach in a team project 20
GENIWR101B Develop basic knowledge of workplace relations 15
GENJSI101B Apply job search and interview skills 10
GENOHS101B Follow fundamental OHS principles and procedures 10
GENPAS101B Present a positive image in the workplace 5
GENSWL101B Participate in structured workplace learning 40
We have mapped the CATS – Step Two against Certificate I in Work Education and found that the book addresses some of the performance criteria for 2 competencies:
GENPCD101B Develop career and learning development plan.
GENJSI101B Apply job search and interview skills.
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The Blueprint provides an excellent starting point for schools that are establishing, redesigning or examining a career development program because it is very much about identifying and confirming the positive activities that are already occurring.
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Implementing the Blueprint will not only facilitate the career development of individuals, it will also assist schools to achieve many of the overarching goals of schooling.
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