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Workplace Practices Task 1: Career ResearchAssignment 2011

Purpose: To research 4 possible career optionsbased on your owninterests, abilities and aspirations.

Task Description: You are to research and discuss the following informationfor each separate career and present it as an A4 report with the following

headings and subheadings:

Heading (example): Career Choice 1: Nursing (new page per careeroption)

The following subheadings are needed per career option:

o Description/Definition of Career, What exactly does the job involve?o Personal Skills Required,

o Technical or Industry Specific Skills Required,o Educational and Training Requirements (course titles + campus +

TER / ATAR needed if applicable),o Subjects Required in Year 12,

o Subjects Required in Year 11,

o Issues and/or trends / job availability present in this industry.

The Reflection questions are to be answered for your top career optiononly (on a new page).

Heading (example): Reflection: Top Career Option

o What is the career in which you are most interested?o Why are you interested in this career?o What does this career offer you in relation to your interests, personality

and ideal lifestyle?o In what ways are you suited to this career; what skills do you believe you

already possess if you are to follow this career pathway?

Learning

Requirements

Assessment Design

Criteria

Capabilities

Demonstrateknowledge andunderstanding ofindustry and work.

Identify andinvestigate processesand issues related towork, industry andthe workplace.

Review, reflectand report on

experiences, abilities,interests andaspirations in relationto planning for workand future pathways.

Knowledge andunderstanding

Interaction andcommunication

Application Reflection

ASSESSMENT TYPE:Folio

ASSESSMENT

WEIGHTING: 25%.

Communication

Work Learnin

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o What skills will you need to develop further if you are to follow this career

pathway? Why?o What are the various workplaces that you could seek employment in this

field?

You are to format your work as justified, 12-14 size font with 1.5 line spacing.

You may use information from reliable sources such as the Australian Governments

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website,http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/careersandtransitions/careerdevelopment/Pages/default.aspx which has links to many industry and career websites andimportantly has a direct link to the on-line Job Guide.http://www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au/

If you are unsure as to which careers to research, a good place to start is to reviewthe 40 job possibilities generated by the Career Voyage program (Jiig-cal). Thisprogram also has relevant information in regards to each of the generated careers.

Performance Standards for Stage 1 Workplace Practices

Knowledge andUnderstanding

Application Interaction andCommunication

Reflection

A In-depth knowledge andunderstanding of industryand work.

Consistent application ofappropriate generic workskills.

Detailed and well-constructedcommunication of a range ofindustry knowledge, workskills, and/or observationsabout a workplace.

Insightful reflection on processes,values, and issues related to work,industry, and the workplace.

Discerning and perceptive review of,and reflection on, the students ownabilities, interests, and aspirations inrelation to planning for work and futurepathways.

B Some depth of knowledgeand understanding ofindustry and work.

Mostly consistentapplication of generic workskills.

Mostly well-constructedcommunication of industryknowledge, work skills, and/orobservations about aworkplace.

Considered and thoughtful reflection onprocesses, values, and issues relatedto work, industry and the workplace.

Considered review of, and reflection on,the students own abilities, interests,and aspirations in relation to planningfor work and future pathways.

C Informed level ofknowledge andunderstanding of industryand work.

.

Application of a number ofgeneric work skills.

Informed communication ofindustry knowledge, workskills, and/or observationsabout a workplace.

Appropriate reflection on processes,values, and issues related to work,industry, and the workplace.

Appropriate review of, and reflectionon, the students own abilities, interests,and aspirations in relation to planningfor work and future pathways.

D A narrow understanding ofindustry and work.

Recognition, withattempted application, ofgeneric work skills.

Basic communication of someaspects of industry knowledgeand workplace skills, and/or ofsome detail of one or moreobservations about aworkplace.

Some evidence of reflection (probablymore personalised in content) on oneor more aspects of processes, values,or issues related to work, industry,and/or the workplace.

Brief review, with some description, ofthe students own abilities, interests,and aspirations in relation to work orfuture pathways.

http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/careersandtransitions/careerdevelopment/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/careersandtransitions/careerdevelopment/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au/http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/careersandtransitions/careerdevelopment/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/careersandtransitions/careerdevelopment/Pages/default.aspxhttp://www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au/

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Knowledge andUnderstanding

Application Interaction andCommunication

Reflection

E A limited understanding ofindustry or work.

.

Limited recognition ofgeneric work skills.

Some attempt to communicateon one or more aspects ofindustry knowledge, workskills, and/or an observationabout a workplace.

Limited description of an experienceand/or observation of processes,values, or issues related to work,industry, and/or the workplace.

Some attempted recount of thestudents own abilities and interests.