Course Title: Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2009
Course Code: BUSM6211C
Course Title: Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6083 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering
Course Contact: William Lau
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254703
Course Contact Email: william.lau@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
William Lau
+61 3 9925 4703
Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit covers the application of skills and knowledge in
taking responsibility for ones own competency development.
It encompasses understanding the structure of a competency
development plan, participating the development of a personal
competency development plan, understanding responsibilities
and obligation under competency development plan, following
activities for developing competency, self-monitoring
competency development and meeting trainee obligations for
periodic reporting of competency development activities.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE038B Participate in development and follow a personal competency development plan |
Element: |
1. Participate in the development of a personal competency |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 The nature of competency-based training is sought from discussions with appropriate persons and understood. |
Element: |
2. Follow a personal competency development plan. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 All aspects of the competency development plan are put into practice and followed diligently. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate participation in development, and ability to follow a personal competency development plan.
This will include:
• Classroom group discussions to analyse a specified competency and underpinning knowledge
• Consultations with a teacher to identify gaps in one’s skills and knowledge in the specified area
• Self-initiated development of a draft competency development plan
• Peer review of the draft plan
• Maintaining training diary to document training activities and achievements
• Practical demonstrations of achieved competency
Teaching Schedule
This unit will be delivered in conjuction with a specialised unit of competency, for which a personal development plan will be developed.
1-2 Analysis of underpinning skills and knowledge; development of the draft plan; peer review Accumulative assessment
3 Development of the draft of competency development plan.
4 Group discussions. Plan presentation and submission (40%)
5 - 9 Following personal competency development plan.
10 Group discussions. Plan review and proposed adjustments (10%)
11 -16 Following personal competency development plan Accumulative assessment
17 Revision; preparation for final assessment in the specified competency. Maintaining training diary ( 30%)
18 Final assessment if the specified competency. Training report/self-assessment (20%)
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Learning materials and examples will be available on the course Blackboard.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment in this unit will include
• Written assessment – personal competency development plan
• Accumulative assessment which includes participation in class activities and maintaining training diary
• Practical demonstrations of competency in the associated specialised unit
Assessment Tasks
Plan presentation and submission (40%)
Plan review and proposed adjustments (10%)
Maintaining training diary ( 30%)
Training report/self-assessment (20%)
Assessment Matrix
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