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138 I Subject Details
Aims & Objectives
This is part of a general education program for people with a disability. The program
provides an opportunity to develop the skills required for employment and further
education. Students negotiate an individual program plan containing learning objectives
relevantto their aspirations.
Content
Functional numeracy skills for day to day use at home and in the community, based on
individual needs.
0046PCS01 Personal and Community Skills
114 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
This is part of a general education program for people with a disability. The program
provides an opportunity to develop the skills required for employment and further
education. Students negotiate an individual program plan containing learning objectives
relevant to their aspirations.
Content
Discussion class covering differenttopics that affect people in the community,
including adult roles, responsibilities and rights.
0046PS01 Psychology
60 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Content
This module introduces some ofthe major approaches to psychology, including its
methods of research, and provides a broad overview ofthe field. Individual differences
are explored, and human development is examined in the light of current research. The
application of psychology to social welfare work is explored.
0046PSYE1 Psychological Inquiry
72 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Aims & Objectives
To provide the skills needed to conduct scientific research as applied to psychological
research, and as applied to psychological inquiry. Also provides skills in identifying,
comparing and applying approaches to psychological inquiry.
00460M1
Management Responsibilities
50 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: NGMSI 02, NGMS103, NGMS104, NGMS105
Aims & Objectives
To enable participants to identify the various aspects required forthe planning and
management for quality within an industry or organisation, developing customer and
supplier relationships, and assessing situational change and organisational risk, to
optimise organisational outcomes.
Content
Plan and manage for quality.
Develop customer and supplier relationships.
Demonstrate the various leadership styles.
Describe the nature and consequences of risks.
Analyse potential risk incidents.
Risk management strategies.
00460M2 Process Management
50 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: NGMSI 02, NGMS103, NGMS104, NGMS105, plus
completed Graduate Certificate in Quality management modules in 0046QM1.
Aims & Objectives
To enable participants to manage processes, identify opportunities for improvement and
recommend action plans within an industry or organisation:
Apply a framework for innovation, improvement and long term success, to assess
and industry or organisation, designed to assess current performance levels
against a proven benchmark, and develop a road map identifying areas forfuture
improvement This is achieved by employing the organisational self-assessment
model of the Australian Quality Council's Business Excellence framework.
Applya framework to an industry or organisation, involving a business oriented
process approach, that is customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
focussed with the compatibility for environmental management and other
management system elements with wider applicability for organisations. This is
achieved by applying the framework of the ISO 9000 for 2000 process model.
Identify an industry or organisation's opportunities for improvement, from both the
organisational self assessment employing the Australian Quality Council's
Business Excellence framework and the ISO 9000 for 2000 Process Model, and
prepare and present action plans to achieve the planned outcomes.
00460M3 Management Analysis and
Improvement
50 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: NGMSI 02, NGMS103, NGMS104, NGMS105. Plus
completed Graduate Certificate in Quality management modules in: 0046QM1,
0046QMZ
Aims & Objectives
To enable participants to identify the various aspects of management analysis and
improvement required within an industry or organisation, incorporating measurable
outcomes, leading and lagging performance indicators, various management systems,
continuous improvement opportunities, actions plans to achieve planned outcomes, plus
various benchmarking opportunities.
Content
Evaluate and report on the measurable outcomes ofthe holistic approach to
system perfomance, incorporating the measurement of customer satisfaction and
internal audits.
Evaluate and report on an industry or organisation's approach to leading and lagging
indicators.
Analyse and report on the variety of management systems employed in an
industry or organisation.
Evaluate and present a comprehensive report on the identified continuous
improvement opportunities for an industry or organisation, and compile action
plans to achieve the planned outcomes.
Evaluate and report on an industry or organisation's benchmarking opportunities to
achieve world's best practice.
00460M4 Resource Management
50 nominal hours, plus approximatelv 60 hours project assignment. Prerequisite:
Competencies in the national management modules NGMSI 02, NGMS103, NGMS 1 04,
NGMS105, plus completed modules: 0046QM1, 0046QM2, 0046QM3.
Aims & Objectives
To enable participants to manage resources and complete projects in accordance within
specifications and performance parameters. The students are presented with various
projects, such as:
Assess an industry or organisation and presentthe findings ofthe current
perfomance levels for the people category, plus one other category ofthe
Australian Quality Council's Business Excellence Framework.
Assess an industry or organisation and present the findings of the current
performance levels forthe resource management criteria of the ISO 9000 in 2000
Framework.
Assess an indUstry or organisation and present the finding of the current
peformance levels for the people category of the Australian Quality Council's
Business Excellence Framework.
Assess an industry or organisation and presentthe findings ofthe current
performance levelsforthe resource management criteria of the ISO 9000 in 2000
Framework.
0046RL01
60 nominal Hours· Prerequisite: Nil
Recreation Leadership
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