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22091VIC Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing Modification History Version Date Details 2 June 2018 Course accreditation extended to 30th June 2019. 2 October 2017 Course accreditation extended to 31st December 2018. 2 September 2016 Course accreditation extended to 31st December 2017. 2 2012 As a result of course modification, 3 units have been added to the elective bank. These units are: • VU20832 Write fiction • VU20833 Coordinate editing and pre-production processes for a publication • BSBCRT403A Explore the history and social impact of creativity As a result of training package updates, the following units: • ICAD4209B Write content for web pages • CUVCOR04B Originate concept for own work and conduct critical discourse • CUVCOR13B Research and critically analyse history and theory to inform artistic practice have been replaced with • ICAWEB420A content for web pages • CUVPRP405A Develop and discuss ideas for own creative work • CUVRES401A Research history and theory to inform own arts practice These units are updated and equivalent. Please refer to ICA11 and CUV11 Training Packages on the National Register of VET, training.gov.au (TGA) website for further details. Nominal hours for CUFRES401A Conduct research have been corrected to 30 hours. Minimum and maximum hours for 22091VIC now 595 – 840 hours Transition It is recommended that Registered Training Organisations make these units available to students enrolled on or after 1/07/2012. 1 1 January 2011 Initial release
franchise You are free to use, copy and distribute to anyone in its original form as long as you attribute the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development as the author, and you license any derivative work you make available under the same licence. Copies of this publication can be downloaded free of charge from the Department of Education and Childhood Development website . 6. Course accrediting body Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority 6, 35 Spring Street Melbourne Vic 3000 Telephone: 03 9637 2806 Facsimile: 03 9651 3266 Email: VRQA’s website can be found 7. AVETMISS information ANZSCO (Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations) 212200 - Authors and book and script editors ANSZIC code (Australia and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification – industry type) 9002 - Creative artists, writers, musicians and performers Code – 4 digit (Field of Education) 1007 - Communication and Media Studies National course code 22091VIC 8. Period of accreditation 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2015 Section B: Course information 1. Nomenclature Standard 1 for Accredited Courses 1.1 Name of the qualification 22091VIC Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing 1.2 Nominal duration of the course 595 - 840 2. Vocational or educational outcomes of the course Standard 1 for Accredited Courses This course is designed to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge to work as professional writers and editors. There is a wide range of vocational opportunity for the exercise of writing and editing skills including technical writing , corporate writing, writing in electronic media, speechwriting, educational writing , creative writing in myriad forms, part-time journalism, copy editing, structural editing and publishing. Employment possibilities range