Employability Skills

A CDU VET graduate has:
Personal practical knowledge	Technology skills that contribute to effective execution of tasks
	Problem-solving skills that contribute to effective outcomes
	Planning and organizing skills that contribute to productive outcomes
	Self-management skills that contribute to employee satisfaction and growth
	Initiative and enterprise skills that contribute to innovative outcomes
	Learning skills that contribute to ongoing improvement and expansion in employee and company operations and outcomes
Citizenship	Communication skills that contribute to productive and harmonious relations between employees and customers
Citizenship	Team work skills that contribute to productive working relationships and outcomes

From July 2006, the eight Employability Skills will progressively replace Key Competencies in all training packages. Training packages will have an Employability Skills Summary for each qualification that provides general information about industry application of the skills. Application is further embedded in the units of competency.

What will be required of VET staff?

CDU VET staff will need to demonstrate clearly how Employability Skills are developed and assessed in learning and assessment. This will mean identifying relevant industry application of these skills and then 'unpacking' units of competency to develop learning and assessment strategies and tools. Of course, many staff will find that they are already doing these things well.

The CDU approach

Building Employability Skills into practice is an opportunity for lecturers and teams to review and improve delivery and assessment, looking at how to bring it all together - technical skills and knowledge, and employability skills - resulting in improved outcomes for students.

Further information

Further information can be found at the Accreditation and Quality Team website.

Visit the Australian Government Employability Skills webpage

Resources

Employability Skills: From Framework to Practice (.pdf)The Australian Government's introductory guide for trainers and assessors.

Unlocking Employability Skills (.pdf)Ballarat University provides words and phrases that help to indicate Employability Skills within units of competency.