Course Title: Present products

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5235

Course Title: Present products

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 45.0

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)

MKTG5866C

City Campus

TAFE

320T Design (TAFE)

Face-to-Face

 Term2 2012

Course Contact: Sue Robinson and Justin Compton

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4672

Course Contact Email: sue.robinson@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to present a variety of products in retail, exhibition and photo styling settings.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

SIRXMER006A Present products

Elements:

Maintain and use a display tool kit.
 

Produce a range of product presentations.

Produce and suspend simple styrene shapes and display cards.

Produce simple displays.

 

Learning Outcomes

Required Skills: 
 

  • creative thinking skills
  • interpersonal communication skills to:
    • communicate display ideas to others through clear and direct communication
    • use language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences
    • use and interpret non-verbal communication
  • effectively displaying merchandise

Required knowledge:

  • display fundamentals
  • design principles
  • principles of grouping and product placement
  • the audience for the display and what the display needs to communicate
  • organisational requirements in terms of product display


Overview of Assessment

Evidence of the following is essential:
 

  • styrene shapes produced and suspended in vertical and horizontal formats
  • display cards suspended in vertical and horizontal formats
  • visual displays incorporating suspension and under-staging techniques for a range of product categories
  • individual visual displays to demonstrate the effective use of colour and the application of design principles of flow, unity and depth in their composition and grouping
  • adherence to safe working practices