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PD Kit
1.1 Purpose
This Professional Development Kit has been created to help career development
practitioners and others working with adults in learning institutions, career and
employment centres, the workplace and other environments supporting the career
development of adults, to gain a better understanding of the Australian Blueprint for Career
Development and its many applications.
During the 2006–2007 trial of the Australian Blueprint, participants identified a number of
implementation challenges as had facilitators of the Canadian Blueprint for Life/Work
Designs, the framework which was adapted to create the Australian Blueprint for Career
Development.
This guide responds to the experiences of these earlier users and provides information and
resources that will help career development service providers to use it fully in their
organisation. It has been developed to assist career practitioners, adult educators,
employment service providers, career resource specialists, human resource professionals
and others involved in supporting the career development of adults.
The resources contained in this kit:
• explore the importance of career development learning in assisting adults to
develop and manage fulfilling careers in the dynamic and challenging 21st century
work environment
• provide information, advice and practical instructions on the ways in which the
Blueprint can be used to enhance the career development learning of adults
• illustrate how others in this sector have used the Blueprint
• present tools and guidance which provide practical assistance to users of the
Blueprint, and
• assist users and advocates of the Blueprint to explain and market its benefits and
applications to other key stakeholders in their organisation.
6 AUSTRALIAN BLUEPRINT FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT – ADULTS PD KIT