Employability skills
Assessment tasks and employability skills
| Assessment task | Employability skills selected facets |
|---|
Essay |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; reading independently; persuading effectively)
Self management (having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; articulating own ideas and visions)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Problem solving (testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account) |
Short-answer responses |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Problem solving (applying a range of strategies)
Self management (articulating own ideas and visions) |
Written reflection |
Communication (listening and understanding; reading independently)
Problem solving (developing creative, innovative solutions)
Self management (having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; articulating own ideas and visions; evaluating and monitoring own performance)
Learning (managing own learning) |
Presentation
(oral, multimedia) |
Communication (sharing information; speaking clearly and directly)
Technology (having a range of basic information technology skills; using information technology to organise data; being willing to learn new information technology skills)
Teamwork (coaching and mentoring skills including giving feedback) |
Dialogue (oral/written) | Communication (sharing information; speaking clearly and directly; writing to the needs of the audience)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Teamwork (working as an individual and as a member of a team)
Problem solving (developing creative, innovative solutions) |
| Written analysis |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience; reading independently; persuading effectively)
Self management (having knowledge and confidence in own ideas and visions; articulating own ideas and visions)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Problem solving (testing assumptions taking the context of data and circumstances into account; applying a range of strategies to problem solving)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options) |
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.