Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5287

Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 60.0

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)

EMPL5829C

Brunswick Campus

TAFE

320T Design (TAFE)

Face-to-Face or Internet


Course Contact: Garry Amy

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: design.tafe@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage own performance and professional development. Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing
information and using a range of strategies to develop further competence.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

BSBWOR501A Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Elements:

1.     Establish personal work goals

2.     Set and meet own work priorities

3.     Develop and maintain professional competence


Learning Outcomes

This unit applies to managers and focuses on the need for managers to be organised, focussed and skilled, in order to effectively manage the work of others. As such it is an important unit for most managers, particularly as managers serve as role models and have a significant influence on the work culture and patterns of behaviour.


Overview of Assessment

Evidence of the following is essential:

• systems and processes (electronic or paper-based) used to organise and prioritise tasks, which show how work is managed
• personal development plan, with career objectives and an action plan
• knowledge of relevant legislation.