Endorsed to 2019 Achievement The total number of hours completed in the workplace is reported on a descriptors of Student Achievement. student’s Western Australian Statement Unit equivalence Unit equivalence is allocated on the basis of 1 unit equivalent for each 55 hours completed in the workplace, to a maximum of 4 units. That is: Less than 55 hours = 0 unit equivalents 55 -- 109 hours = 1 unit equivalent 110 164 hours = 2 unit equivalents – 165 219 hours = 3 unit equivalents – 220 + hours = 4 unit equivalents. Open to All schools and all work-ready students in years 10, 11 and 12 Contact details Leanne Meldrum Principal Consultant - Curriculum (Endorsed Programs) School Curriculum and Standards Authority Email: Web: www.scsa.wa.edu.au 27 Walters Drive OSBORNE PARK WA 6017 Phone: 92736746 or 92736379 From 1 June 2014 303 Sevenoaks Street (Cnr Grose Avenue) CANNINGTON WA 6107 An electronic copy of the Workplace Learning program outline and support documents are available from: Program details Rationale The Workplace Learning endorsed program provides an opportunity for a student to demonstrate, and develop increasing competence in, the core skills for work, often referred to as generic, transferable or employability skills. A student learns to apply and adapt the workplace skills that are necessary to understand and carry out different types of work, and that play a key role in lifelong learning. Developing competence in workplace skills assists an individual to gain employment, and in the longer term, to progress within the organisation or industry area in which they are employed, and to contribute successfully to the and to the wider organisation’s objectives community. The endorsed program is based on the skills, knowledge and understandings that underpin successful participation in work. These skills are documented in the Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework, developed collaboratively by the Department of Industry and the Department of Education. The Core Skills for Work encompass the Employability Skills outlined in the National Employability Skills Framework. The Core Skills for Work can be accessed via the website: . The Workplace Learning endorsed program enables a student undertaking a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification to collect evidence of the attainment of units of
Endorsed to 2019 Achievement descriptors The total number of hours completed in the workplace is reported on a student’s Western Australian Statement of Student Achievement. Unit equivalence Unit equivalence is allocated on the basis of 1 unit equivalent for each 55 hours completed in the workplace, to a maximum of 4 units. That is: Less than 55 hours = 0 unit equivalents 55 -- 109 hours = 1 unit equivalent 110 – 164 hours = 2 unit equivalents 165 – 219 hours = 3 unit equivalents 220 + hours = 4 unit equivalents. Open to All schools and all work-ready students in years 10, 11 and 12 Contact details Leanne Meldrum Principal Consultant - Curriculum (Endorsed Programs) School Curriculum and Standards Authority Email: Web: www.scsa.wa.edu.au 27 Walters Drive OSBORNE PARK WA 6017 Phone: 92736746 or 92736379 From 1 June 2014 303 Sevenoaks Street (Cnr Grose Avenue) CANNINGTON WA 6107 An electronic copy of the Workplace Learning program outline and support documents are available from: Program details Rationale The Workplace Learning endorsed program provides an opportunity for a student to demonstrate, and develop increasing competence in, the core skills for work, often referred to as generic, transferable or employability skills. A student learns to apply and adapt the workplace skills that are necessary to understand and carry out different types of work, and that play a key role in lifelong learning. Developing competence in workplace skills assists an individual to gain employment, and in the longer term, to progress within the organisation or industry area in which they are employed, and to contribute successfully to the organisation’s objectives and to the wider community. The endorsed program is based on the skills, knowledge and understandings that underpin successful participation in work. These skills are documented in the Core Skills for Work Developmental Framework, developed collaboratively by the Department of Industry and the Department of Education. The Core Skills for Work encompass the Employability Skills outlined in the National Employability Skills Framework. The Core Skills for Work can be accessed via the website: . The Workplace Learning endorsed program enables a student undertaking a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification to collect evidence of the attainment of units of