Course Title: Work effectively in the creative arts industry

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4405 Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing

Course Title: Work effectively in the creative arts industry

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 50

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.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEDU6190C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face	Term2 2021
GEDU6190C	City Campus	TAFE	515T Creative Industries	Face-to-Face	Term2 2022, Term2 2023, Term2 2024, Term2 2025

Course Contact: Dzintra Boyd

Course Contact Phone: +61399254269

Course Contact Email: pwecoordinators@rmiteduau.onmicrosoft.com

Course Description

Do you want to break into the publishing, arts or communications industries? Make a living as a freelance writer or editor? Be strategic about your new creative career? This class covers everything from effective networking to making contracts, managing competing deadlines and creating professional business plans. You’ll learn from industry professionals and build the skills and knowledge you need to treat the business of writing and editing...like a business.

This course is titled Working in the Arts Industry and comprises two competencies, which are co-delivered and co-assessed:

• CUAPPR301 Produce creative work
• CUAIND311 Work effectively in the creative arts industry

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUAIND311 Work effectively in the creative arts industry
Elements:	1. Maintain current knowledge and skills in the creative arts industry 2. Establish effective work and contractual relationships in the creative arts industry 3. Complete work tasks effectively

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.

You will be able to:

• launch and manage a freelance business
• quote for jobs and negotiate terms of contracts
• develop arts industry knowledge and networks
• gain a comprehensive overview of the writing and publishing industry, and a chance to explore and develop your own writing craft.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include participation in class exercises, oral presentations and practical writing tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided.