CUATEX401 — Experiment with techniques to produce textile work
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What an assessment for CUATEX401 must cover
44 assessable components: 5 elements (22 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 8 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Develop proficiency with a range of textile techniques and media
- 1.1Evaluate potential for new approaches to textile work based on capabilities of known techniques
- 1.2Adapt or introduce new equipment, tools and materials to achieve different effects
- 1.3Extend own capability with textile techniques through experimentation on samples, practice pieces or a work in progress
- 1.4Assess safety and sustainability issues for different techniques and media
2 Develop ideas for textile work
- 2.1Discuss creative and other goals for own textile work with key people
- 2.2Research, adapt and use relevant ideas and approaches from other practitioners and comply with intellectual property requirements
- 2.3Use knowledge of different textile techniques to inform ideas
- 2.4Consider how different techniques and ideas can best work together
- 2.5Assess the professional potential and presentation requirements of own work to inform ideas
- 2.6Refine and confirm ideas based on research, experimentation and collaboration with others
3 Organise textile resources
- 3.1Identify specific resource requirements for the chosen work
- 3.2Research potential sources of supply for textile resources
- 3.3Evaluate cost and other constraints that impact on development of the work
- 3.4Evaluate and respond to presentation considerations for finished textile work
- 3.5Coordinate required resources and set up according to safety requirements
4 Create finished textile work
- 4.1Create textile work using techniques and media selected from research and experimentation, considering and applying elements and principles of design
- 4.2Review and refine ideas and approaches based on ongoing experience with production of own work
- 4.3Handle equipment, tools and materials safely; minimise and safely dispose of waste throughout all processes
- 4.4Document development of own work and the research and ideas that informed it
5 Evaluate own textile work
- 5.1Reflect on own conceptual development and technical execution of the work
- 5.2Identify areas for future skill development and options to learn
- 5.3Discuss completed work with others and consider all feedback
Performance evidence
- use a process of thorough research and experimentation to confirm ideas for own work
- identify and acquire resources required to complete chosen work
- adapt and use a range of textile techniques to create a single major work or multiple pieces of textile work that: • shows technical proficiency in chosen techniques • reflects understanding of elements and principles of design • demonstrates innovation and the emergence of an individual style
- review and document the research and development process.
Knowledge evidence
- describe intellectual property requirements relevant to producing textile work.
- summarise methods used to research creative and technical approaches to textile work
- explain how the works of other practitioners may be used to inform individual practice
- describe the role of experimentation in developing and refining ideas for textile work and how it relates to the development of an individual style
- explain ways to adapt, extend and combine the capabilities of a wide range of textile techniques
- describe, for the elements and principles of design, the detailed characteristics, key interrelationships, use in textile work and how they may be challenged
- summarise, for a range of tools and equipment used to produce textile work, key physical features and uses, cleaning and maintenance techniques and storage requirements
- describe the physical properties and capabilities of a range of materials and techniques used to produce textile work
- list suppliers of resources for professional textile practice with particular emphasis on raw, part-processed and processed textile materials
- describe practices and procedures for working safely and sustainably with materials, tools and equipment for textile work.
Foundation skills
- Learning: • Identifies own skills gaps and may initiate a learning plan to progress professional career
- Reading: • Interprets and evaluates complex and unfamiliar information to support design ideas and to identify key information about resources
- Writing: • Uses clear, specific and industry related terminology to document a comprehensive record of research, conceptual idea development and production
- Oral Communication: • Clearly represents ideas for designs and techniques using relevant industry and conceptual language • Uses questioning and active listening techniques to elicit different perspectives about creative ideas and feedback and to confirm understanding
- Numeracy: • Uses basic calculations to measure and record dimensions of display areas and appropriate size of art pieces to suit • Uses basic calculations to determine and record quantities of equipment, tools and materials • Interprets budgetary constraints and supplier prices and calculates sometimes complex order costs
- Navigate the world of work: • Takes responsibility for compliance with legal, safety and sustainability practices associated with creative work
- Interact with others: • Discusses design concepts and collaborates with other artists to generate new ideas and solutions to achieve best outcomes for own creative work • Engages in an open conversation to elicit and consider the merit of feedback from peers and others to enhance future performance
- Get the work done: • Takes responsibility for completing own creative works from design inception to realisation, efficiently and logically sequencing the stages of preparation and production • Manages own decisions about appropriate design ideas and techniques by experimentation with a range of explored options • Resolves problems with technique through experimentation and analysis • Reviews work in progress resolving problems through refinement of approach • Creates opportunities to use a more innovative approach and personal style.
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What does an assessment tool for CUATEX401 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CUATEX401 needs to address all 44 unit components: 5 elements with 22 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 10 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CUATEX401?
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