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Where do I find the literacy/numeracy requirements of training packages?

All competency standards in a Training Package include information about the communication skills needed for satisfactory performance of work roles and tasks.

Sometimes the language, literacy and numeracy requirements are obvious - there may be a separate unit such as 'Communicate in the workplace' devoted to them, or an element within a unit may focus on literacy/numeracy skills.

More often, LLN requirements are embedded throughout the unit, including in Range Statements or Critical Evidence.

A good way to identify the LLN requirements is to review the unit and ask the following questions:

  • What do people have to listen to and understand?
  • What do they have to say?
  • What do they have to read?
  • What do they have to write?
  • Do they need to understand any diagrams, pictures or symbols?
  • What maths calculations do they need to do?

What are the literacy/numeracy requirements of the units you are teaching?

First, click on the link below for an example of how language, literacy and numeracy requirements may be identified in a unit of competency.

After looking at the example, try Activity 3.
  Example: Forestry training package - Store and dispatch seed (63 kb)
Activity 3  
What about the LLN requirements of the units you are delivering?

Choose several units of competency that you have to deliver.

Using highlighter pens (as indicated below), mark out the language, literacy and numeracy requirements for each unit according to the following questions:

  • What do people have to listen to and understand?
  • What do they have to say?
  • What do they have to read?
  • What do they have to write?
  • Do they need to understand any diagrams, pictures or symbols?
  • What maths calculations do they need to do?

Having identified the LLN requirements of your units, consider:

  • Which LLN skills do students need before they commence training?
  • Which LLN skills can students learn through the training program?
  • To what extent have you planned to develop these communication and numeracy skills in your delivery strategy?

Once again, the final two sections in this program will give you a range of strategies to address these questions.