Assessment Type 1: Work Skills Portfolio (50%)

For a 10-credit subject, students should provide evidence of learning from the completion of at least two tasks.

For a 20-credit subject, students should provide evidence of learning from the completion of at least four tasks.

For this assessment type students undertake tasks that focus on their knowledge, understanding and practical skills development related to an industry. They demonstrate evidence that shows specific learning from the industry context and addresses their development of:

• knowledge and concepts related to the selected industry area
• specific skills related to the industry area.

The tasks can be designed specifically to suit the industry focus co-designed by the teacher and student(s) and may focus on a process and/or product and/or skill that has relevance to the selected industry. Skills developed and tasks carried out in an industry and/or workplace setting can be included.

Tasks may also be adapted from practical activities that may relate to VET competency assessment, but for which the VET training is not accessible or available.  Where this occurs, VET competency related assessment is not sufficient evidence to meet the performance standards. Refer to the ‘Examples of Industry Connections programs’ section.

Students can submit a combination of written, oral, or multimodal evidence. Video recordings with commentary are encouraged to demonstrate skills development.

As a set, the tasks for this assessment type must show evidence of students’ learning in relation to the following assessment design criteria:

• Knowledge and Understanding (KU1, KU2).