Action Learning to identify Employability Skills E'S in the Retail Training Package

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Action Learning to identifyEmployability Skills
(E.S)in the Retail Training Package

• Gwen Moroney - Assessment Coordinator
• gwenmoroney_at_fir.edu.au

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Keypoints

• Project overview
• Project Process
• Employability Skills learning
• Project team learning
• Project Manager Learning
• Organisational learning
• Summary

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Project Overview

• Identify specific E.S. in 60 units of competency
  in the Retail Training Package
• Validate E.S. at qualification level with a range
  of retail employers

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Project Process
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Employability Skills learning

• Identification of
• All relevant E.S. in each unit
• One key E.S. in each unit
• Importance of E.S. to a range of employers
• E.S. trends
• Communication Team work Most identified by
  Employers and most commonly found in units
• Technology least important to employers
  least identified in units
• Planning/organising, Problem solving
  Initiatve/enterprise become more frequently
  identified in higher AQF level units

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Project team learning

• Communication
• Communication within team with employers
• Teamwork
• Coordinate negotiate with validating team
  member
• Problem solving
• Develop/use strategies to identify E.S.
• Initiative Enterprise
• Identify E.S. where it has not been done before

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Project team learning

• Planning Organising
• Incorporate project into work load territory
• Self management
• Achieve deadlines for project progress and
  completion
• Learning
• Knowledge skill increases in ability
• Attitudinal development to embrace change,
  promote E.S. and courage to make decisions
• Technology
• Use of Web/NTIS site and Survey Monkey

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Project Manager Learning

• Team appreciated a clear overview of project
• Pre-reading and activity helped to set the scene
  for project learning
• Group workshop enhanced learning and
  communication
• Employers were delighted to be involved
• Team enthusiasm was overwhelming
• for opportunity to participate
• Action Learning Model is an effective way to
  manage this type of business project

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Organisational learning

• Continuous improvement by
• Enhanced responsiveness to current/emerging
  workplace needs
• Development of data to improve training and
  assessment practices and tools
• Empowering of staff by sharing the learning
  experience
• Forming/enhancing cooperative links with industry

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Summary

• Sharing development work allowed the
  knowledge/skill base in the business to be
  enhanced for individuals and the organisation as
  a whole.
• From here -
• This project is just the start of the
  incorporation of E.S. into the organisations
  processes, resources and tools.so the learning
  journey has only just started.