Employability skills
The VCE Accounting study provides students with the opportunity to engage in a range of learning activities. In addition to demonstrating their understanding and mastery of the content and skills specific to the study, students may also develop employability skills through their learning activities.
The nationally agreed employability skills* are: Communication; Planning and organising; Teamwork; Problem solving; Self-management; Initiative and enterprise; Technology; and Learning.
The table links those facets that may be understood and applied in a school or non-employment related setting, to the types of assessment commonly undertaken within the VCE study.
| Assessment task | Employability skills selected facets |
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Structured questions |
Communication (reading independently; writing to the needs of an audience; using numeracy)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Problem solving (testing assumptions, taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Technology (using ICT to organise data; being willing to learn new ICT skills)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options, initiating innovative ideas)
|
Folio of exercises |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; using numeracy)
Problem solving (testing assumptions; taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Technology (using ICT to organise data; being willling to learn new ICT skills)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options, initiating innovative ideas)
|
Case study |
Communication (sharing information; speaking clearly and directly; using numeracy)
Problem solving (testing assumptions; taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Technology (using ICT to organise data; being willling to learn new ICT skills)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options, initiating innovative ideas) |
A report |
Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience; speaking clearly and directly; using numeracy)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Self-management (having knowledge and confidence in own performance)
Problem solving (testing assumptions; taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Technology (using ICT to organise data; being willling to learn new ICT skills)
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*The employability skills are derived from the Employability Skills Framework (Employability Skills for the Future, 2002), developed by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia, and published by the (former) Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training.