Advanced Diploma of Library/Information Services

Unit of Competency Details

Core

BSBFLM503A – Establish effective workplace relationships - (60 hours)

Frontline management plays an important role in developing and maintaining positive relationships in internal and external environments so that customers, suppliers and the organisation achieve planned outputs/outcomes.

CUEFIN02B – Manage a budget - (40 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to take responsibility for the management of a budget where others may have developed the budget. The skills and knowledge required for budget development are found in the unit CUEFIN01B Develop a budget. combined assessment of these units is appropriate.

CULLB505B – Analyse and describe information materials - (30 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to analyse and describe material by indexing and abstracting the content and format of materials to ensure the efficient retrieval of information by customers.

CUVADM05A – Plan and develop information management systems - (60 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and implement information management systems within an organisation. This role would generally be undertaken by administrators and managers. The unit is generic in nature and may be applied in a range of industry contexts.

CULLB510B – Develop and maintain community stakeholder relationships - (50 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain community and customer links. As such, the unit focuses on the need for regular and ongoing community/customer consultation to maintain the quality of service provision.

CULLB708B – Manage information access - (40 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor and evaluate customer information needs, and to develop and implement appropriate access policies within the organisation.

CULLB701B – Analyse and describe specialist/complex material - (60 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge to apply creative, whole systems thinkging to cataloguing, classification, indexing, abstracting or otherwise describing specialist and complex material.

Electives

Select 8 from the following:

BSBADM502A – Manage meetings - (30 hours)

This unit covers managing the preparation of meetings, chairing the meetings, organising the minutes and reporting outcomes.

BSBFLM404A – Lead work teams - (50 hours)

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to lead a team or work group in a business environment. It includes developing plans, providing leadership and supervising the performance of a group.

BSBHR402A – Recruit and select personnel - (40 hours)

This unit covers the overall planning of personnel recruitment, writing job descriptions, and recruiting and selecting staff. This role may be carried out by the manager or the task may be delegated to others.

CUEMAR03B – Undertake marketing activities - (60 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to co-ordinate a range of marketing and promotional activities with some limited short term planning.

CUETEM09A – Manage diversity - (60 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide leadership in a diverse workplace where customers and staff may be from a wide range of backgrounds. It builds on the unit CUSGEN02B Work in a culturally diverse environment, and reflects the importance of diversity in all of the cultural industries. This unit is closely based on, and equates to, the unit THHGLE09B Manager workplace diversity in the Tourism and Hospitality Training Packages.

CULMS011A – Develop a disaster preparedness plan - (30 hours)

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop an disaster preparedness plan for any collection of cultural material. As such the unit applies to museums, libraries and other organisations and sites which hold significant collections of cultural material both indoor and outdoor.