FSKWTG010

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to write complex workplace texts, which may be in printed or digital formats, such as reports, technical or design briefs, induction manuals, standard operating procedures and instruction manuals.

An individual performing these tasks works independently and uses support from a range of established resources.

This unit applies to individuals who use, or are preparing to use, writing skills to complete workplace activities. This includes existing workers and individuals preparing for employment through vocational education and training. This unit should be integrated and contextualised with vocational training to support achievement of vocational competency.

This unit is aligned to, but does not fully address, the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) writing core skill indicators .05 and .06 at level 4 in the workplace and employment domain of communication.

Unit mapping information

Supersedes and is equivalent to FSKWTG10 Write complex workplace texts.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Foundation skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Unit sector or competency field

Writing

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

Competency is to be assessed in the workplace, a workplace simulated environment or a vocational training context.

Skills must be demonstrated independently using complex texts and tasks that reflect those typically found in a workplace and aligned to ACSF writing level 4.

The following resources are to be made available:

• paper-based or electronic dictionary
• paper-based or electronic thesaurus
• own familiar support resources
• functioning computer and keyboard when digital text is being completed in performance evidence
• resources to support research required to complete the performance or knowledge evidence
• automated writing assistance tools utilised in the knowledge evidence

Assessors must:

• satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards, and
• have sound knowledge of the ACSF and performance features of the ACSF level being assessed, and
• have demonstrable expertise, knowledge and skills in the vocational contextualisation and assessment of the core skill, writing, and
• have completed the following or equivalent:

  • TAESS00009 Address Foundation Skills in Vocational Practice Skill Set; or

  • a higher level education qualification, such as:

    • TAE80113 Graduate Diploma of Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice (and its equivalent TAE70111); or

    • Bachelor of Education, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Education, or higher. This may include qualifications relating to TESOL, adult education or vocational education.