Assessment Tasks

Submission details

The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.

Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details.

Performance objective

The candidate will demonstrate the ability to communicate the strategy they have developed for sustainable development project.

Specifications

You are to submit a copy of the communication strategy you have developed. It must include the promotional tools you have developed for the strategy and a detailed explanation of each tool. It must discuss all of the considerations mentioned in the assessment description

Your assessor will be looking for the knowledge of:

environmental or sustainability legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to the organisation

internal and external sources of information and how they can be used to plan and develop the organisation’s sustainability policy

policy development processes and practices

organisational systems and procedures that relate to sustainability

typical barriers to implementing policies and procedures in an organisation and possible strategies to address them.

Assessment description

Having now completed your workplace sustainability policy for your organisation, you are to develop a communications strategy. The purpose of this strategy is to help you communicate the contents of the policy to a wide range of stakeholders.

As part of a communications strategy, you are to develop promotional tools to communicate the workplace sustainability policy. Promotional tools may include:

· Presentations

· Flyers for noticeboards/suppliers

· Videos

· Newsletters

When developing the communication strategy for your sustainability policy you must consider:

· Individuals and groups both inside and outside of the organisation who have some direct interest in the organisation

· Key personnel within the organisation who may have particular technical expertise to support the introduction of the policy

· The entire sustainability policy

· The range of activities to be undertaken

· Different promotional tools for different organisational areas and different audiences

· Responsibilities for communicating the policy

· Desired and expected outcomes of the communication strategy

Assessment Task 2 – Student self-assessment checklist

This checklist is similar to the one being used by your assessor during this assessment. This checklist should be reviewed by you to evaluate your readiness for assessment, and to confirm your understanding of the criteria by which this assessment task will be judged.

Once you feel you have the required skills and knowledge to demonstrate each of the following assessment criteria, you are ready to be assessed. Please speak with your assessor if you feel you are not ready to be assessed before the assessment has commenced.

You may refer to this checklist at any stage PRIOR to the commencement of your assessment. You may not refer to this checklist whilst you are being assessed.

Assessment Task 2 – Assessor instruction

Developing communication strategy

The assessment may be undertaken in the following format:

Classroom / Simulated environment.

These assessments must

· Simulation is a form of evidence gathering that involves the candidate in completing or dealing with a task, activity or problem in an off-the-job situation that replicates the workplace context. Documented definitions (such as in the TAA Glossary) state "Simulations vary from recreating realistic workplace situations such as in the use of flight simulators, through the creation of role plays based on workplace scenarios to the reconstruction of a business situation on a spreadsheet. In developing simulations, the emphasis is not so much on reproducing the external circumstance but on creating situations in which candidates are able to demonstrate:

· technical skills

· underpinning knowledge

· generic skills such as decision making and problem solving

· workplace practices such as effective communication"

· In conducting training and assessment in a simulated workplace environment, trainers and assessors must make sure that the simulated environment gives the learner the opportunity to meet the following critical criteria:

· Quality – The work is of the standard required for entry into the industry.

· Productivity – The work is performed within a timeframe appropriate for entry to the industry.

· Safety – The work is performed in a manner that meets industry safety standards.

· Each assessment has taken the following aspects into consideration, to ensure any simulations provide for integrated assessment of competence. This includes:

· performing the task (task skills)

· managing a number of tasks (task management skills)

· dealing with workplace irregularities such as unexpected problems, breakdowns and changes in routine (contingency management skills)

· fulfilling the responsibilities and expectations of the job and workplace, including working with others (job/role environment skills)

· transferring competencies to new contexts.

· Assessment activities must be realistic and reasonable in terms of scale. Assessment conducted under simulated conditions should reflect those typically found in the workplace. Where appropriate to the UOC, simulated environment should allow the learner to:

· deal with typical customers, including difficult customers and diverse types of customers

· use facilities, equipment and materials that meet current industry standards

· plan and prioritise multiple tasks to meet deadlines

· experience the typical workflow for the industry

· require adherence to service standards, workplace procedures, health and safety requirements

· work with others as part of a team

· consider constraints and pressures met in the workplace, e.g. budget, time, availability of resources

· If a simulated workplace is used, it must allow for distractions such as background noises, ringing telephones, interruptions, etc. As this is a business unit, a simulated environment may also include an office environment with office equipment and computers. Each student must dress appropriately and professionally in line with workplace standards.

· For each assessment, you are not to interfere. In the event that the assessment activities will impact on the safety of a student or bystander, the assessment must be stopped immediately

Assessment Task 2 – Assessor checklist

This checklist is to be used when assessing the students in this task. This checklist is to be completed for each student. Please refer to separate mapping document for specific details relating to alignment of this task to the unit requirements.

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RTO 41297 | CRICOS 03444C

Dec 2017 version: 2.0