Creative arts training can ask learners to develop a piece of work, take feedback, revise it and explain their choices. The CUA collection includes screen and media, professional writing and editing, graphic design and visual arts qualifications. The resources an RTO chooses should reflect how learners will practise their craft and how the assessor will review the process and the finished work.
Plan access to tools and feedback
A screen and media program may use a studio, a controlled production exercise or supervised work with a team. A writing course can combine a workshop, online feedback and independent revision. A visual arts or design cohort may need a studio or computer lab and approved software or materials. List what learners can access and what the RTO will supply. Identify how trainers will demonstrate a technique and how assessors will see the work when some of it is completed independently.
Use training briefs and examples that learners can access lawfully. Decide which images, production files and sample texts the course may use. Where a collaborative project is planned, arrange a way to distinguish each learner's contribution. Ask the assessor whether a completed work, working files, observations or a record of decisions is needed for the selected task. Compare the resource against that evidence plan before ordering.
Worked example: developing a visual design concept
Give learners a fictional client brief and a set of constraints. Ask them to produce an early concept, receive structured feedback and prepare a revision. Have the trainer review how the sample material introduces the concept development process. Have the assessor look for a way to record the response to feedback and the learner's own contribution. Confirm which tools and file types the RTO can support and what source files staff expect to review. If the team already has a suitable design project, consider reviewing the Assessment Kit separately.
Worked example: editing a professional text
Provide a short draft written for a fictional publication and agree the style and audience. Ask learners to make changes, explain their decisions and return a version the trainer can compare with the original. A Learner Guide can support the discussion of editing choices, while the assessment documents may show how staff record the evidence. Plan how learners will receive feedback and what they will submit in a remote or blended setting. Keep the brief, revised version and decision record together when reviewing the example.
Choose a resource that fits the production cycle
Use the qualification or unit code to identify the work and compare options for explanations, practice and assessment. A combined kit can be worth reviewing where your team needs material for the full cycle. If the trainer already uses an established set of briefs, check whether an Assessment Kit can be contextualised to that approach. For an enquiry, state the delivery setting, tools and type of work learners will produce. That gives staff a concrete basis for deciding whether the sample meets the needs of the program.
CUA catalogue and qualification examples
CAQA Resources lists 2,861 active products in this collection. The five qualification codes with the most listings in the verified membership are below. Counts identify catalogue listings and can include multiple resource formats or specialisations.
- CUA41225 Certificate IV in Screen and Media · 8 listings
- CUA50125 Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing · 8 listings
- CUA50725 Diploma of Graphic Design · 8 listings
- CUA60325 Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design · 8 listings
- CUA60725 Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts · 8 listings
CUA Training Package collection
Active listings by resource type
- Assessment Kit · 257
- Class Activity Book · 154
- ERF Checklist · 180
- LLN Kit · 6
- LLND Kit · 231
- Learner Guide · 154
- Learner Resources · 257
- Learning and Assessment Kit · 262
- PowerPoint · 155
- RPL Kit · 232
- SCORM · 154
- Self-Study Guide · 154
- Session Plan · 155
- Training and Assessment Strategy · 102
- Unit Knowledge Guide · 154
- Vocational Placement Kit · 254
Review a sample
Samples are available on request. Ask the trainer and assessor to work through one activity together, check the resource against the intended delivery setting and record any inclusions or formats they need confirmed.
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