Course Title: Work with time, money and directions in familiar situations

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C2181

Course Title: Work with time, money and directions in familiar situations

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 50.0

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.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

GEDU5898

City Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

GEDU5922

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

360T Education

Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Soosan Kian

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9494

Course Contact Email: soosan.kian@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This course is part of a full time integrated program.

The focus of this unit is on interpreting, using and calculating with money and time in familiar situations. It also focuses on interpreting and using position, location and maps to give and follow oral and written directions.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This unit must be co-delivered and assessed with at least one of the language (Listening and Speaking or Reading and Writing) units from the Certificate II in ESL.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

VBQU139 Work with time, money and directions in familiar situations

Elements:

1 Interpret, use and calculate costs in familiar situations

2 Interpret, use and calculate with time in familiar situations

3 Interpret and use position, location and maps to give and follow oral and written directions

Learning Outcomes

The required outcomes described in this unit relate directly to the Australian Core Skills Frame Works (ACSF).

 http://www.deewr.gov.au/SKILLS/PROGRAMS/LITANDNUM/ACSF/Pages/default.aspx  

They contribute directly to the achievement of ACF indicators of competence at Level Two.


Overview of Assessment

You must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of the competencies in order to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

You may be assessed by:

  • ability to interpret, use and calculate costs in familiar situations.
  • ablity to interpret, use and calculate with time in familiar situations 
  • ability to interpret and use position, location and maps to give and follow oral and written directions
  • present a profolio
  •  a mid semester interview.


Feedback:


Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.


If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
An assessment charter (http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf ) http://www.deewr.gov.au/SKILLS/PROGRAMS/LITANDNUM/ACSF/Pages/default.aspx summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your courses assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ln1kd66y87rc