Design Capability for TAFE Professionals Applied Design in Industry a Qualifications Framework

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Design Capability for TAFE Professionals
Applied Design in Industry a Qualifications
Framework

• Frances Lamb Jane Cussen
• 27 July 2005

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Policy Directives

Innovation Statement Bright ideas. Brilliant
future Ministerial Statements Knowledge
Skills for the Innovation Economy the state of
design future directions
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Applied Design
integrates the technical and conceptual
aspects of design is situated in
manufacturing, production and other
operational context value adds to work
processes and outcomes
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Applied Design Qualifications

• Are responsive to
• contemporary production methods
• and new technologies
• changing work structures and
• practices
• convergence
• interdisciplinary
• multi-disciplinary

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from Competence to Capability
Source Emerging Futures - Innovation in
Teaching Learning in VET, John Mitchell
Associates, et al ANTA 2003, page 57
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Applied Design in Industry

• Suite of 4 qualifications
• 21633VIC Certificate II in Applied Design in
  Industry
• 21634VIC Certificate III in Applied Design in
  Industry
• 21635VIC Certificate IV in Applied Design in
  Industry
• 21636VIC Diploma of Applied Design in Industry

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Applied Design in Industry Qualifications
Template with four interdependent strands
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Applied Design Practice Strand

• Core units Certificates II III
• VBP201 Source information on design in the
  industry context
• VBP202 Develop knowledge of design terminology
  and concepts for industry context
• VBP203 Follow design process in relation
• to own work
• VBP204 Apply design process to own work

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Applied Design Practice Strand

• Core units Certificates IV Diploma
• VBN517 Generate design solutions
• VBN518 Implement design solutions
• CUVDSP04A Research and apply the history and
  theory of design to design practice
• PMLORG602B Manage complex projects

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Industry Practice Strand

• occupational capabilities for current and
• future work roles
• eg. OHS, communication, working with
• others, team work, collaboration, client
• service, innovation, business skills
  
  
  development

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Practical Design Skills Strand

• design related skills relevant to
• occupational needs and industry
• eg. CAD, technical drawing, sketching,
• reading plans, calculating measurements

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Technical/Specialist Skills Strand

• technical/specialist competencies in
• relation to materials, products,
• processes, services and systems
• eg. Using tools, equipment,
• patternmaking, organising production
• processes, developing prototypes

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Using the Qualifications

• Certificate II
• foundation, introduction to vocational
• areas
• Certificate III
• to be undertaken subsequent to or in
• conjunction with another vocational
• qualification at AQF 3

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Using the Qualifications

• Certificate IV
• post trade for those with substantial
• industry experience and expertise
• Diploma
• emerging vocations eg. Convergence
• of several industry areas

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• Curriculum is available from
• Lina Robinson
• CMM Human Services
• Swinburne Institute of Technology
• PH 03 9214 8501
• FAX [phone]
• Email lrobinson_at_swin.edu.au

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Next steps..
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Implementation Projects

• Industry advice
• Promotion

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Industry Sectors
Amenity horticulture Automotive Bus, truck
trailer Aviation Beauty Chemical,
hydrocarbons oil refining Community
recreation Competitive manufacturing
Electrotechnology
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Industry Sectors contd
Engineering Funeral Furnishing
Manufactured mineral products Outdoor
recreation Plastics, rubber cable making
Rural production Transport distribution
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Guidelines

• generic
• industry specific
• Contents
• getting to grips with the qualifications
• framework
• putting it all together
• sample programs

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Applied Design in Industry Advisory Service
Advice direction to all RTOs Materials,
ideas, tools, information, support
materials Facilitating networking Based at
Box Hill Institute Introducing ..