Employability skills
The VCE Industry and Enterprise 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 |
|---|
A folio of annotated texts |
Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience)
Self-management (evaluating and monitoring own performance)
Learning (managing own learning; having enthusiasm for ongoing learning) |
An essay |
Communication (reading independently; writing to the needs of the audience)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Initiative and enterprise (generating a range of options; initiating innovative solutions; being creative)
Learning (managing own learning; having enthusiasm for ongoing learning)
Self-management (evaluating and monitoring own performance) |
An investigative report |
Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience; using numeracy)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Technology (using IT to organise data) |
An analytical commentary |
Communication (sharing information; writing to the needs of the audience; using numeracy)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Technology (using IT to organise data) |
Short-answer questions |
Communication (writing to the needs of the audience)
Planning and organising (collecting, analysing and organising information)
Learning (managing own learning) |
*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.