Certificate III in Library/Information Services (CUL30104) - Casuarina - Northern Territory - Charles Darwin University Casuarina Campus - I849

The Certificate III in Library/Information Services will provide students with the basic knowledge and skills required for employment as a library assistant. The certificate forms part of the VET Museum and Library/Information Services Industry Training Package which leads to qualifications at Certificate II, III, IV and Diploma. The professionally recognised outcome of the training package is a Diploma. Although the delivery of training for students is structured around this outcome, students are able to exit at any qualification level, provided that they have met all the competencies at that level. Usually students will enter at the Certificate III level and progress through to the Diploma. Students can achieve competency through a range of assessment methods carried out in the formal training environment at Charles Darwin University, on the job, and through recognition of prior learning. Total Contact Hours listed above are nominal hours only. Total hours for a course will depend on the elective units for which a student enrols. A number of units in the course are available for external study.

Students are expected to have the underpinning knowledge and skills required to meet the competencies at Certificate III level. Entry is assessed on existing level of competency through successful completion of the Certificate II or other relevant experience.

Certificate III in Library/Information Services (CUL30104)

Course Structure

To achieve a Certificate III in Library/Information Services students must complete a total of TWELVE (12) units of competency. This comprises NINE (9) core units of competency plus THREE (3) elective units of competency (2 specialist and 1 general elective unit of competency selected from any relevant endorsed Training Package) as detailed in the packaging rules and listed below.


Total Nominal Course Hours: 380 (total nominal hours will depend on the elective units selected). The total Nominal Course Hours for the sequence listed below is: 390

CORE UNITS OF COMPETENCY
Code    Module/Unit of Competency    
Hours
BSBCMN205A    Use business technology    
30
CUECOR03A    Provide quality service to customers    
20
CUFSAF01B    Follow health, safety and security procedures    
15
CULLB001B    Develop and apply knowledge of the library/information services industry    
60
CULLB203C    Develop own information literacy skills    
40
CULLB205C    Process and maintain information resources    
30
CULLB206C    Assist with circulation services    
15
CULLB302C    Use cataloguing tools    
40
CULLB307C    Use multimedia    
30
   
Total nominal contact hours    
280

ELECTIVE UNITS OF COMPETENCY (2 specialist and 1 elective from a relevant endorsed Training Package)
CULMS207C    Assist with the presentation of public activities and events    
50
CUECOR04A    Deal with conflict and resolve complaints    
20
CULLB004B    Process information resource orders    
40
   
Total nominal contact hours    
110


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Skills Recognition

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

RPL is the acknowledgement of a person's skills and knowledge acquired through previous training, work or life experience, which may be used to grant status or credit in a subject regardless of how and where they were attained, including overseas.
This can include skills from:

    * Previous study excluding courses at another VET/TAFE institution, but including courses at school or college,
    * through adult education classes or training programs at work;
    * Work experience (including both work that is paid and unpaid); and/or
    * Life experience (for example leisure pursuits or voluntary work).

RPL is a form of assessment. It is used to determine whether a person has acquired, through formal or informal learning, the skills and experience consistent with the stated competency standards that comprise a qualification. RPL is not time referenced, so there are no parameters on how or when the skills are acquired. However, the skills that have been acquired through life experience etc., must be current and must match the elements and performance criteria contained in the individual unit.

Students seeking RPL need to indicate this on their enrolment form at the time of enrolment.

See the RPL Guide for Applicants for further information on the RPL application process.


Credit Transfer or Recognition of Previous Study

Charles Darwin University as a Registered Training Organisation recognises the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications and Statement of Attainments issued by any other Australian Registered Training Organisation.
Students are encouraged to submit any requests for credit from previous studies at the time of enrolment, to ensure they are not enrolling in units they may not need to undertake.

In order to apply for exemption/credit transfer from units completed at another training organisation, you will need to complete an Application for Exemption Form available from any campus, centre, or team, or a copy of the form can be obtained from the web.

Your completed Application for Exemption form together with attached documentary evidence (certified copy of Qualification/Statement of Attainment) to support your request for exemption/credit transfer should be submitted directly to the University either in person or by mail. Requests without documentary evidence will not be processed and will be returned to students. There are no fees attached to Credit Transfers.
Credit transfer is available for all library and information services training package competencies attained through any recognised training organisation (RTO), or for other relevant study in other training packages that may have been completed at Charles Darwin University or through another RTO.

Credit through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is also available for units of competency in the training package. Recognition of prior learning may be granted on application to the course coordinator where the student can clearly demonstrate to the coordinator competency through work experience, life experience, award or non award studies.