Employability skills
Assessment task and Employment skills selected facets
| Assessment task | Employability skills selected facets |
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A multimedia presentation |
Communication (speaking clearly and directly, persuading effectively, sharing information, writing to the needs of the audience, using numeracy)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Self​ Management (articulating own ideas and visions; evaluating and monitoring own performance)
Technology (using IT to organise data) |
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A case study |
Communication (reading independently, sharing information, writing to the needs of the audience)
Problem Solving (testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Self Management (articulating own ideas and visions)
Learning (managing own learning, having enthusiasm for ongoing learning) |
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An essay |
Communication (sharing information, writing to the needs of the audience, persuading effectively)
Problem Solving (testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Self Management (evaluating and monitoring own performance, articulating own ideas and visions)
Learning (managing own learning, having enthusiasm for ongoing learning)
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A report |
Communication (sharing information, reading independently, writing to the needs of the audience, persuading effectively)
Problem Solving (developing practical solutions, testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Planning and organising (planning the use of resources including time management; collecting, analysing and organising information)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options, being creative)
Self-management (evaluating and monitoring own performance, taking responsibility)
Learning (managing own learning, having enthusiasm for ongoing learning)
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Short answer questions |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience, persuading effectively)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Learning (managing own learning) |
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An extended response |
Communication (reading independently, writing to the needs of the audience; persuading effectively)
Problem Solving (testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information) |
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.