Course Title: Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry

Part A: Course Overview

Course ID: 038930

Program: C5178

Course Title: Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 30.0

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)
SOSK5138C	City Campus	TAFE	650T TAFE Business	Face-to-Face or Internet

Course Contact: Michelle Mosiere

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5455

Course Contact Email: michelle.mosiere@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit covers the fundamental principles that underpin professional practice. It examines the legal framework and its industry applications, company procedures, guidelines, policies and standards. The content is contextualised within the financial services industry.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This Unit of Competency is taught in conjunction with:

FNSICGEN304A Apply health and safety practices in the workplace [OHTH 5089C]

National Competency Codes and Titles

FNSICIND401A	Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry
Elements:	Develop and maintain personal competency. Identify and apply financial services industry guidelines, procedures and legislation. Identify the scope, sectors and reponsibilities of the industry. Manage information. Plan work to be completed taking into consideration time, resources and other contraints.

Learning Outcomes

Please refer to Elements of Competency.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment may include group presentations, oral reports, problem solving activities, case studies, research assignments and / or open-book tests.

Tutorial activities may also include problem solving, researching and responding to case studies. Such activities may be conducted verbally or in writing.

The aim is to provide the opportunity for formative feedback so that students may determine how well they are progressing in the course.