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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
6
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
School/College
Pre-requisites
ENG62001 - Civil Construction Career Development AND 168 credit points in any SCU unit
Unit aim
Develops advanced workplace skills in a live construction site environment. Students will practise and reflect on aspects of workplace behaviour related to cultural competence, working with a diverse workforce, and leadership.
Unit content
Cultural stereotypes
Unconscious bias
Cross-cultural communication
Workplace diversity
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate competence in working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds | Cultural competence | ||||||
| 2 | apply leadership skills to support cultural diversity in a civil construction workplace | Ethical practice | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | ||||
| 3 | deliver an oral presentation to workplace managers in a professional manner. | Communication and social skills | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- demonstrate competence in working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds
- GA7: Cultural competence
- apply leadership skills to support cultural diversity in a civil construction workplace
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
- deliver an oral presentation to workplace managers in a professional manner.
- GA6: Communication and social skills