Review of VCE Industry and Enterprise
Summary of proposed changes
General changes
The review of VCE Industry and Enterprise focused on:
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Updating of key knowledge and key skills across Units 1 to 4 in order to build on the F-10
Victorian Curriculum Humanities - Economics and Business.
Reinforcement of the mandated nature and importance of Structured Workplace Learning,
(SWL), in Units 1, 2 and 3.
Updating of SWL requirements in line with amended DET requirements (Ministerial Order
55).
Assessment tasks for Units 1 and 2 have been clarified to recommend assessment task
types to be used during SWL.
Proposed changes
Unit 1: Workplace participation
Unit 1 retains three areas of study with additional content proposed.
Area of Study 1: Contributing to the workforce
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the role of universities and training providers in creating a skilled workforce
Requirement to classify and explain statistical data related to employment
Area of Study 2: Developing work-related skills
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Overview of the range of different work settings and of methods of sourcing work
Self-assessment tools now included in both key knowledge and key skills
Area of Study 3: Workplace effectiveness
Unit 2: Being enterprising
Unit 2 retains three areas of study with additional content proposed:
Area of Study 1: Enterprising individuals and leadership
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Characteristics of successful leaders
Leadership behaviour demonstrated by individuals in personal, social and community
settings
Area of Study 2: Enterprise and innovation in industry
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Innovation and its importance to industry competitiveness
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importance of enterprising behaviour in a work-related settings
major stakeholders in industries and the roles they play in key knowledge.
Examples of recent people based and technology focused innovation in an industry or
work setting occurring within the past four years must be studied
Area of Study 3: Industry issues
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application of problem solving processes now required.
Unit 3: Enterprise culture
Unit 3 retains two areas of study with additional content proposed:
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Two tasks required for Outcome 1. A mandated workplace journal or report based on
participation in structured workplace learning to be worth 20 marks of the 60 marks
available for school-assessed coursework Outcome 1.
Area of study 1: Enterprise culture
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the importance of enterprising behaviour from stakeholders in community and/or work
settings
Area of study 2: Creating an enterprise culture
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advantages of implementation of management of quality and workplace flexibility
higher order thinking and application required in key skills.
Unit 4: Industry change and innovation
Unit 4 retains two areas of study with additional content proposed:
Area of Study 1: The need for change
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current government initiatives in promoting change in Australian industry and supporting
innovation
recent industry responses to pressures and opportunities are proposed to be within the past
four years
Area of Study 2: Innovation
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Assessment
Outcome statements in all areas of study across Units 1 to 4 have been altered to reflect the focus
of the unit.
Units 1 and 2 Outcome statements
Current Study Outcome Statements
Consultation Draft Outcome Statements
Unit 1
Unit 1
Area of study 1
Area of study 1
Investigate career pathways and
analyse current and future work
options.
Explain the importance to Australia of
having a skilled workforce, investigate
career pathways and analyse current and
future work options
Area of study 2
Explain the entry level requirements
for obtaining work in a selected
industry, and discuss the importance
of developing personal work related
skills.
Area of study 2
Explain entry-level requirements for
obtaining work in two selected industries,
discuss the importance of developing
personal work-related skills, and conduct a
self-assessment in order to gauge personal
work performance.
Assessment
The recommended assessment task
for this unit is a workplace journal or
workplace learning report
demonstrating the development of
work related skills in the structured
workplace setting
Additionally at least two assessment
tasks for assessment in this unit may
be selected from the following
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Area of study 3
Explain a work related issue for a
selected occupation in a specific
workplace, and discuss ways that
work related skills may be used to
deal with this issue.
Area of study 3
Explain the OH&S requirements and one
other work related issue for a selected
vocation in a specific workplace, and
discuss ways in which work-related skills
may be used to deal with that issue
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A career investigation
and profile
A work related skills
portfolio
A curriculum vitae
presented in a digital
(ICT) format
A work-related skills
portfolio including a
critically reflective selfassessment
A short written report
(media analysis, research
inquiry, case study
analysis)
A video or podcast
A written blog
An I CT based
presentation
An essay
Structured questions
Current Study Outcome Statements
Consultation Draft Outcome Statements
Assessment
Unit 2
Unit 2
The recommended assessment task
for this unit is a workplace journal or
workplace learning report
demonstrating the development of
work related skills in the structured
Area of study 1
Identify and discuss enterprising
behavior in individuals and explain the
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Area of study 1
Identify and discuss enterprising behavior in
individuals and explain the relationship
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relationship between enterprising
behavior and leadership
between enterprising behavior and
leadership.
Area of study 2
Describe the characteristics of a
selected industry, evaluate the extent
to which enterprising behavior are
applied in selected work settings within
this industry and explain the role of
work related skills in supporting
innovation in the industry
Area of study 3
Analyse the impact of one or more
significant issue/s on an Australian
industry and discuss how the industry
has responded to the issue/s in an
enterprising way
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Area of study 2
Explain what innovation is, describe the
characteristics of a selected industry,
evaluate the extent to which enterprising
behaviour is applied in selected work
settings within this industry, and explain the
role of work-related skills in supporting
innovation in the industry.
Area of study 3
Analyse the recent impact of two significant
issues on an Australian industry and
discuss how the industry has responded to
the issues in an enterprising way.
workplace setting
Additionally at least two assessment
tasks for assessment in this unit may
be selected from the following
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A career investigation
and profile
A work related skills
portfolio
A curriculum vitae
presented in a digital
(ICT) format
A work-related skills
portfolio including a
critically reflective selfassessment
A short written report
(media analysis, research
inquiry, case study
analysis)
A video or podcast
A written blog
An I CT based
presentation
An essay
Structured questions
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Unit 3 Outcome Statements
Current Study Outcome
Statements
Consultation Draft Outcome
Statements
Outcome 1
Describe and discuss enterprise
culture in a community and or work
setting and explain and evaluate
how the development of workrelated skills by individuals
contributes to an enterprise culture.
Describe and discuss enterprise
culture in a community and / or
work setting, and explain how the
development of work related skills
by individuals contributes to an
enterprise culture
Marks
allocated
20
Assessment tasks
Task 1
A workplace journal
demonstrating personal
development of work related skills
in a structured workplace learning
environment.
40
Task 2
The outcome is assessed using
one or more of the following
formats:
• A case study
• written responses (web
discussion forums)
• A report
A video or podcast
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• a written blog
An ICT based presentation
An essay
Structured questions
Outcome 2
Outcome 2
Discuss the role of the
management of quality, workplace
flexibility, technology, and training
and workplace learning in
developing an enterprise culture in
work settings in one or more
industries
Discuss and evaluate the role and
importance of the management of
quality, workplace flexibility,
technology and training and
workplace learning in developing
an enterprise culture in work
settings in one or more industries.
40
The outcome is assessed using
one or more of the following
formats:
• A case study
• written responses (web
discussion forums)
• A report
A video or podcast
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• a written blog
An ICT based presentation
An essay
Structured questions
Total marks
*School-assessed Coursework for Unit 3 contributes 25 per cent.
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Unit 4 Outcome Statements
Current Study Outcome
Statements
Consultation Draft Outcome
Statements
Outcome 1
Describe and discuss enterprise
culture in a community and / or
work setting, and explain how the
development of work related skills
by individuals contributes to an
enterprise culture
Outcome 1
Describe and analyse pressures
and opportunities creating a need
for change in Australian industry,
evaluate recent responses to
change in an Australian industry
and discuss how development of
work-related skills assists the
industry in responding to change.
Outcome 2
Discuss the role of the
management of quality, workplace
flexibility, technology and training
and workplace learning in
developing an enterprise culture in
one or more work settings
Outcome 2
Discuss the extent to which
innovation is occurring in Australian
workplaces, evaluate examples of
innovation occurring in one or more
workplaces within industry and
discuss the relationship between
innovation and an enterprise
culture.
Total marks
*School-assessed Coursework for Unit 4 contributes 25 per cent.
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Marks
allocated
Assessment tasks
50
50
100
The student’s performance on
each outcome should be
assessed using one or more of
the following
• a case study
Structured questions…
• written responses (web
discussion forums)
• A report
A video or podcast
A written blog
• An ICT based presentation
An essay