MEM16006A: Organise and Communicate Information  Home
Nominal Hours: 18 | 9154 Dip/9163 Adv Dip: Compulsory (Group 1) | Competency Based  Updated TL: Mar, 2010
This unit covers accessing, organising and communicating information related to processes or tasks.
ASSESSMENT

OPTION 1: Assessment Task Schedules (Based on Mt Druitt 1st year Robto Project)
MEM16006A: ORGANISE AND COMMUNICATE INFO
Task Description and Link Quiz ID Due Week  Workload
%
Must
Pass 
1 Materials Report  (1.2,  2.1,  2.2,  3.1) n.a.-25Y
2Complete Lab Reports  (1.2,  2.1,  2.2,  3.1)n.a.-25Y
3 Develop and post Robot Website  (1.2,  2.1, 3.1) n.a. - 25 Y
4 Research Engineering  (1.1,  2.1,  3.1) n.a. - 25 Y
TOTAL - - 100 -

Assessment is a combination of multiple choice tests and hand-in reports.

OPTION 2: Assessment Task Schedules (Based on Work-Based Activities)
MEM16006A: ORGANISE AND COMMUNICATE INFO
Task Description and Link Quiz ID Due Week  Workload
%
Must
Pass 
1 Access information and/or records. Choose a work project/task/role and demonstrate that you have accessed information from at least 6 of the following:
  • Job instructions, 
  • Specifications, 
  • Standard operating procedures, 
  • In house charts, lists, tables
  • Computer programs 
  • Drawings, sketches, 
  • Technical manuals 
  • Other applicable reference material 
n.a. - 20 Y
2Using Terminology. Give a toal of 20 examples of terminology used in your workplace. Include terminology in each of the following 4 areas.
  • equipment, 
  • processes, 
  • workplace areas, 
  • staff and procedures – specific to the processes and equipment used in the workplace
n.a.-20Y
3 Organise information. Show 6 examples where you have interpreted and organised information in accordance with enterprise and work requirements.    n.a. - 20 Y
4Analyse information. Show 6 examples where you have used simple determinations of relevance of information for a work task. (For example, when you had to look something up you decided some information was not suitable because it did not match employee’s immediate work requirements).
n.a.-20Y
5 Communicate organised information using established workplace methods. Give 6 examples where you have communicated information using established workplace methods, such as;
  • Proforma (tentative future based) reports
  • Standard reports 
  • Data entry e.g. bar coding and simple keyboard operations
  • Verbal
  • Drawings
n.a. - 20 Y
TOTAL - - 100 -




MEM16006A UNIT INFORMATION (CIDO)

Elements of Competency and Performance Criteria

1. Access information and/or records 

1.1 

Information requirements of tasks are determined and relevant information is accessed from a range of sources. 

  

1.2

Workplace terminology is correctly recognised.

2. Organise and analyse information 

2.1

Information is interpreted and organised in accordance with enterprise and work requirements. 

 

2.2
 

Information is analysed according to enterprise and work requirements. 

3. Communicate organised information using established workplace methods 

3.1
 

Information is communicated using established workplace methods.

 
Glossary (Range Statement) 

Range of sources  Job instructions, specifications, standard operating procedures, charts, lists, documents, computer data, drawings, sketches, tables, technical manuals and/or charts and other applicable reference material
Workplace terminology Terminology – referring to equipment, processes, workplace areas, staff and procedures – specific to the processes and equipment used in the workplace
Analyse Analysis for this unit involves simple determinations of relevance and implication for the employee’s immediate work requirements
Established workplace methods

Proforma reports
Data entry e.g. bar coding and simple keyboard operations
Verbal
Drawings



Knowledge and Skills 
Skills
  1. accessing relevant information from a range of sources
  2. recording, where appropriate, the accessed information
  3. recognising and using workplace terms
  4. reading, interpreting and following information in workplace documentation
  5. checking and clarifying information
  6. organising, categorising and sequencing information
Knowledge
  1. types of information
  2. available sources of information
  3. information analysis techniques
  4. methods of categorising and organising information
  5. methods of recording and communicating information

Delivery Plan

1. Information and/or records
  1. determined and accessed
  2. workplace terminology
2. Organisation and analysis
  1. accordance with enterprise and work requirements
3. Communication
  1. established workplace methods


RESOURCES

Teaching and Learning Resources 

TAFE library catalogue is available online: TAFE NSW Library Network Catalogue

Useful reference materials/learning resources are:

Learner resources for some Communication modules are available from OTEN. 
Elder, Bruce 1994. Communication Skills. Macmillan Education Australia 
Francis, Sally E B 1993, Workplace Communication: A Teacher’s Guide, Pitman, South Melbourne. 
Resource Package 1993, Work Team Communication, ACTRAC, Frankston, Victoria. 
Sadler and Tucker 1993, Common Ground- A Course in Communication, Macmillan, Australia