Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: EMPL5588C
Course Title: Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C3286 - Certificate III in Laundry Operations
Course Contact : Peter Bonnell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259171
Course Contact Email:peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 40
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
In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge to identify key production processes within a textiles, clothing and footwear (TCF) sector.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTGN2003B Work in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear industry |
Element: |
1 Identify key industry representatives |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Relevant TCF sectors are identified. |
Element: |
2 Identify relevant legislation and guidelines |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Relevant legislation and guidelines common to employment |
Element: |
3 Identify production processes and supply chains |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Workplace materials are identified. |
Element: |
4 Describe workplace processes |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Workplace practices are identified. |
Element: |
5 Learn skills for productive work |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Required skills for current work role are identified. |
Element: |
6 Manage own work |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Responsibility is taken for own work tasks and role. |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to identify key industry representatives, identify relevant legislation and guidelines, Identify production processes and supply chains, describe workplace processes, learn skills for productive work and manage your own work.
Details of Learning Activities
6.1 Responsibility is taken for own work tasks and role.
6.2 Initiative is used to articulate ideas and suggestions for improvements in own work processes
6.3 Problem-solving strategies are used to address problems, inconsistencies or concerns when fulfilling work role
6.4 Own work is monitored against workplace standards and areas for improvement identified and acted upon
6.5 Work effectively and cooperatively with others in work team.
Teaching Schedule
In general you will be taught by 6 means within a workplace training context, as follows:
1. Introduction and overview of course. Basics of skills required and course content 2 hours
2. Use of learning resources and basic skills development 2 hours
3. Workshop 6 hours
4. Complete manuals 4 hours
5. Supervised skill development to competency 24 hours
6. Consolidation of skills and assessment 2 hours
You will practice skills and understanding as a part of your workplace duties between sessions. Activities and work performed between visits are reviewed in the following session and further training is undertaken accordingly.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be in the form of observation of your ability to identify relevant legislation and guidelines, identify production processes and supply chains, describe workplace processes, learn skills for productive work and manage your own work. Also by questioning for underpinning knowledge.
Assessment Tasks
You will be assessed by observation as you identify relevant legislation and guidelines, identify production processes and supply chains, describe workplace processes, learn skills for productive work and manage your own work (you can check the performance criteria above for more details of these skills). You will also be questioned or underpinning knowledge for all these operations.
Assessment Matrix
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