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Engage in the business of creative practice

Engage in the business of creative practice

Unit of competency
National Code
CUAPPR613
State Code
ODH63
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
16/04/2021
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
26/11/2021
Field of Education
080301 - Business Management
Original Release Date
26/11/2021
Nominal Hours
65
Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to approach the business aspects of working as a creative practitioner in a professional manner. It involves developing professional work practices, evaluating different business practices, investigating financial and legal aspects of creative practice and evaluating own professional opportunities.The unit applies to those who, depending on the creative practice, operate as sole practitioners, in artist cooperatives, or as freelance or contract workers. Regardless of the business model, all practitioners earning income from their practice engage with the professional business requirements for a sustainable creative practice. Independent creative practitioners sometimes work as employees in small and large organisations.No licensing, legislative or certification conditions apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Develop and apply professional work practices
  • 1.1 Develop a professional work ethic when practicing creatively
  • 1.2 Collaborate and communicate with other professionals about the business aspects of creative practice
  • 1.3 Determine the skills and knowledge needed to operate as a successful creative practitioner
  • 1.4 Evaluate own current skills and knowledge and the need for related professional development
  • 1.5 Identify own skills and knowledge and assess potential for using specialist expertise
2. Evaluate different business practices
  • 2.1 Investigate different ways that creative practitioners do business
  • 2.2 Investigate different business practices, systems and procedures that need to be considered as part of professional creative practice
  • 2.3 Assess relevance and implications of particular business structures
  • 2.4 Identify physical resources required by own creative practice and how they might be accessed
  • 2.5 Develop an overall approach to business aspects of own practice based on evaluation of applicable information
  • 2.6 Evaluate all aspects of own practice as a key component of business and personal growth
3. Address financial aspects of creative practice
  • 3.1 Investigate financial considerations for creative practice
  • 3.2 Research and assess different ways of commercialising work and ideas
  • 3.3 Evaluate different ways of costing and selling creative work
  • 3.4 Assess broader financial management requirements and their application to own practice
  • 3.5 Develop and apply individual approaches to financial management of practice
4. Analyse the rights and obligations of creative practitioners
  • 4.1 Evaluate legal and moral rights and obligations of professional creative practice
  • 4.2 Practise work and business in ways that meet legal and moral obligations
  • 4.3 Pursue own rights as a creative practitioner consistent with own professional and ethical standards
  • 4.4 Establish and maintain sound approaches to safety and sustainability in professional practice
5. Evaluate and pursue professional opportunities
  • 5.1 Evaluate work opportunities within and beyond the creative sector
  • 5.2 Identify and pursue potential work opportunities beyond established patterns of work
  • 5.3 Identify and access sources of professional advice
  • 5.4 Evaluate local and global opportunities for own practice
  • 5.5 Identify and evaluate opportunities offered by current and emerging trends in the consumption of culture and creative products
  • 5.6 Analyse the experiences of others as a way of discovering different opportunities
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
AWH17 CUAPPR603 Engage in the business of creative practice Unit of competency