Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways

Course overview

This qualification is designed for individuals who require significant foundation skills support to access a vocational learning pathway.

The qualification is suitable for individuals who require:

• a prevocational pathway to employment and vocational training
• reading, writing, numeracy, oral communication and learning skills at Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) Level 1
• entry level digital technology and employability skills.
• Foundation Skills Training Package qualifications may not be listed as an entry requirement for vocational qualifications.

Packaging rules

Total number of units = 11
1 core unit plus 10 elective units. The electives are to be chosen as follows:

• up to 4 units may be selected from Group A
• at least 5 units must be selected from Group B
• 1 unit must be selected from any currently endorsed training package qualification or accredited course other than FSK
• remaining units may be selected from the FSK training package or any currently endorsed training package qualification or accredited course.
• Elective units must be relevant to vocational pathways and not duplicate the outcomes of already selected units.

Core units

• FSKLRG004 Use basic strategies for work-related learning

Elective units

Group A: Numeracy Units

• FSKNUM001 Use beginning whole number skills and money up to 100 for work
• FSKNUM002 Use beginning skills related to time and 2D shapes for work
• FSKNUM003 Use whole numbers and halves for work
• FSKNUM004 Locate, compare and use highly familiar measurements for work
• FSKNUM005 Use familiar 2D shapes for work
• FSKNUM006 Use simple and highly familiar spatial information for work
• FSKNUM007 Use simple data for work
• FSKNUM008 Use whole numbers and simple fractions, decimals and percentages for work
• FSKNUM009 Use familiar and simple metric measurements for work
• FSKNUM010 Use common shapes for work
• FSKNUM011 Use familiar and simple spatial information for work
• FSKNUM012 Use familiar and simple data for work
• FSKNUM013 Construct simple tables and graphs for work
• FSKNUM040 Identify and interpret common chance events for work

Group B: Reading, writing, oral communication, learning and digital technology units

• FSKDIG001 Use digital technology for short and basic workplace tasks
• FSKDIG002 Use digital technology for routine and simple workplace tasks
• FSKLRG001 Prepare to participate in a learning environment
• FSKLRG002 Identify strategies to respond to short and simple workplace problems
• FSKLRG003 Use short and simple strategies for career planning
• FSKLRG005 Use strategies to plan simple workplace tasks
• FSKLRG006 Participate in work placement
• FSKLRG007 Use strategies to identify job opportunities
• FSKLRG008 Use simple strategies for work- related learning
• FSKLRG016 Use short and simple strategies to organise highly familiar workplace tasks
• FSKLRG017 Identify simple strategies to respond to familiar workplace problems
• FSKOCM001 Participate in highly familiar spoken exchanges
• FSKOCM002 Engage in short and simple spoken exchanges at work
• FSKOCM003 Participate in familiar spoken interactions at work
• FSKRDG001 Recognise extremely short and simple workplace signs and symbols
• FSKRDG002 Read and respond to short and simple workplace signs and symbols
• FSKRDG004 Read and respond to short and simple workplace information
• FSKRDG005 Read and respond to simple and familiar workplace procedures
• FSKRDG006 Read and respond to simple informal workplace texts
• FSKRDG007 Read and respond to simple workplace information
• FSKWTG001 Complete personal details on extremely simple and short workplace forms
• FSKWTG002 Write short and simple workplace formatted texts
• FSKWTG003 Write short and simple workplace information
• FSKWTG005 Write simple workplace formatted texts
• FSKWTG006 Write simple workplace information