This document provides information about several Foundation Skills qualifications from the Foundation Skills Training Package. It describes the structure and units of FSK10113 Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways, FSK10213 Certificate I in Skills for Vocational Pathways, and FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways. It explains that these qualifications aim to develop foundation skills to prepare students for further vocational training or employment. The document also provides details about core and elective units, packaging rules, and the Australian Core Skills Framework levels addressed in each qualification.

1. Foundation Skills in the Workplace

2. Foundation Skills Training Package
FSK10113 Certificate I in Access to Vocational Pathways
FSK10213 Certificate I in Skills for Vocational Pathways
FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for Work and
Vocational Pathways

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4. FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for Work
and Vocational Pathways
This qualification is designed for individuals who require further
foundation skills development to prepare for workforce entry or
vocational training pathways.
It is suitable for individuals who require:
 a pathway to employment or vocational training
 reading, writing, numeracy, oral communication and learning skills at Australian
Core Skills Framework (ACSF) Level 3
 entry level digital literacy and employability skills
 a vocational training and employment plan.

5. What is the qualification structure?
PackagingRules: Total numberof units = 14 with 8 core units and 6 elective units
CORE UNITS
FSKDIG03 Use digital technology for routine
workplace tasks
FSKLRG09 Use strategies to respond to routine
workplace problems
FSKLRG11 Use routine strategies for work-related
learning
FSKNUM14 Calculate with whole numbers and
familiar fractions, decimals and percentages for work
FSKNUM15 Estimate, measure and calculate routine
metric measurements for work
FSKOCM07 Interact effectively with others at work
FSKRDG10 Read and respond to routine workplace
information
FSKWTG09 Write routine workplace texts
ELECTIVE UNITS
Two elective units must be vocational units from
other training packages.
The remaining electives units may be selected as
follows:
 up to 4 vocational units from other training
packages, and their prerequisite units where
applicable
 up to 4 units from the Foundation Skills
Training Package
 up to 3 units from accredited courses.

6. ACSF LEVEL 3
Plans, implements and adjusts processes when seeking new
challenges, experimenting with new strategies in both familiar
and unfamiliar situations
 Applies a range of reading approaches then evaluates and
integrates information and ideas to construct meaning from a
range of familiar, and some unfamiliar, texts and text types
 Communicates relationships between ideas and information
using the appropriate vocabulary, grammatical structures and
conventions for specific audiences and purposes
 Selects and uses appropriate strategies to derive meaning, to
establish and maintain oral communication, in both familiar
and some unfamiliar contexts
 Employs the appropriate problem-solving skills, mathematical
language and representations to interpret mathematical
information that may be partly embedded in a range of
familiar, and some less familiar, tasks and texts
SAMPLE ACTIVITIES
Expresses a desire to improve skills
Follows simple written or pictorial
instructions
Writes routine, everyday workplace
specific vocabulary and abbreviations
Expresses a personal opinion or
preference in a discussion with co-
workers
Gives oral directions, using common
language of space, distance and
direction, for getting from one familiar
place to another
FSK20113 Certificate II in Skills for
Work and Vocational Pathways

7. For participants assessed at Pre- Level 1
Electives:
4 at pre-level 1
(select from 5 available)
FSKLRG01 Prepare to participate in a
learning environment
FSKNUM01 Use beginning whole
number skills and money up to one
hundred for work
FSKOCM01 Participate in highly
familiar spoken exchanges
FSKRDG01 Recognise highly familiar
workplace signs and symbols
FSKWTG01 Write personal details on
basic workplace forms
Program
Electives delivered and assessed first and
providing:
• Significant support
• Works alongside an expert/mentor
• Prompting, advice and modelling provided
• Highly familiar contexts only
• Concrete and immediate
• Extremely restricted range of contexts
• Short and simple
• Highly explicit purpose
• Limited, highly familiar vocabulary
• Single step, concrete tasks
• Processes include copying, naming, matching, ordering

8. Foundation Skills at Pre-Level 1

9. For participants assessed at Level 1 - FS
Focus on developing across the
core skills
- reading
- writing
- oral communication
(used constantly in the training
environment)
- learning
- numeracy
Electives:
FSKLRG02 Identify strategies to
respond to basic workplace
problems
FSKRDG02 Read and respond to
basic workplace signs and symbols
FSKWTG02 Write basic workplace
formatted texts
FSKNUM07 Locate specific
information in highly familiar tables,
graphs and charts for work

10. Core units - Learner and Assessor Guide

11. Elective units – Learner and Assessor Guide

12. Tailoring the Qualification to introduce
industry sectors and a specific core skill
Focus on developing
numeracy and problem
solving skills for entry in a
range of vocational areas so
include Level 1 workplace
focused training
E.g.
Automotive
Cleaning
Hospital Care
Child care
Electives:
FSKLRG02 Identify strategies to
respond to basic workplace problems
FSKNUM05 Identify and use some
common 2D shapes for work
FSKNUM06 Use highly familiar maps
and diagrams for work
FSKNUM07 Locate specific
information in highly familiar tables,
graphs and charts for work

13. Foundation Skills at ACSF Level 1- Generic

14. Foundation Skills at ACSF Level 1 –
tailored to Cleaning & Automotive

15. Foundation Skills at ACSF Level 1 –
tailored to Childcare & Hospital Care

17. Foundation Skills for Industry
- Communication

18. Foundation Skills for Industry- OHS

19. Foundation Skills Resources
for Business & Industry

20. FSK10213 Certificate I in Skills for
Vocational Pathways
This qualification is designed for individuals who need skills to
prepare for a vocational pathway qualification or further foundation
skills development.
It is suitable for individuals who require:
 a prevocational pathway to employment and vocational training
 reading, writing, numeracy, oral communication and learning
skills at Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) Level 2
 entry level digital technology and employability skills
education, training and employment goals

21. What is the qualification structure?
PackagingRules: Total numberof units = 11 with 7 core units and 4 elective units
CORE UNITS
FSKDIG02 Use digital technology for simple
workplace tasks
FSKLRG08 Use simple strategies for work-related
learning
FSKNUM08 Identify and use whole numbers and
simple fractions, decimals and percentages for work
FSKNUM09 Identify, measure and estimate familiar
quantities for work
FSKOCM03 Participate in simple spoken interactions
at work
FSKRDG07 Read and respond to simple workplace
information
FSKWTG06 Write simple workplace information
ELECTIVE UNITS
Elective units may be:
up to 4 units from the Foundation Skills Training
Package
up to 4 vocational units, and their prerequisite
units where applicable, from other training
packages
up to 2 units from accredited courses.

22. ACSF LEVEL 2
Demonstrates some awareness of learning strengths and areas
of need, and begins to plan and manage the learning process.
Then applies a limited range of learning strategies in structured
and familiar contexts
 Identifies and interprets relevant information and ideas from
texts on familiar topics using a number of reading strategies to
identify and interpret relevant information within familiar text
types
Conveys intended meaning on familiar topics for a limited
range of purposes and audiences and produces familiar text
types using simple vocabulary, grammatical structures and
conventions
Uses everyday language to provide information or maintain a
conversation in familiar spoken contexts as well as listening for
relevant information in oral texts across familiar contexts
Identifies and comprehends relevant mathematical
information in familiar activities or texts; selects and uses
appropriate familiar mathematical problem solving strategies
to solve problems in familiar contexts and uses informal and
some formal oral and written mathematical language and
representation to communicate mathematically
SAMPLE ACTIVITIES
Discusses work goals with the supervisor
and identifies possible strategies to
achieve them
Locates specific information from a short
text
Records simple and routine information
Participates in straightforward face to
face discussions with customers or co-
workers
Measures familiar and predictable
quantities using simple and routine
measuring instruments and units
FSK10213 Certificate I in Skills for
Vocational Pathways

23. For a program introducing participants to a
vocational sector
Electives:
SITXCOM201 - Show social and cultural sensitivity
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to be socially aware
when serving customers and working with colleagues. It requires the ability to communicate with
people from a range of social and cultural groups with respect and sensitivity and address cross-cultural
misunderstandings
AGFCMN102A - Apply effective work practices
This unit covers the skills and knowledge needed to apply effective work practices in an agri-food
industry. It includes planning, organising and completing work, communicating effectively, working
with others, solving problems and adapting to change.
SIRXCCS202 - Interact with customers
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to deliver service to
customers. It involves being able to communicate effectively with customers, respond to their
complaints, receive and process sales orders, and identify special customer requirements.
The unit covers the consistent application of store policies and industry codes of practice to provide a
quality service environment by treating customers and team members in a courteous and professional
manner through all stages of the service and sales procedure, and to identify and resolve customer
complaints.
TLID1001A - Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to shift loads using manual handling methods,
including assessing the risks associated with relocating the load, planning the relocation process and
carrying out the relocation in accordance with the plan. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification
requirements are applicable to this unit.
Program
If the group is from a
school or early leavers or
job seekers or migrants
moving into the workplace
you can choose specific
units from one vocational
area or a range
The FSK core units are
delivered first then the 4
elective units that have
been assessed at ACSF level
2 from other industries
E.g. AgriFoods or
Hospitality or Retail or
Transport

24. Agri-foods at ACSF Level 2

25. Hospitality at ACSF Level 2

26. Retail at ACSF Level 2

27. Transport at ACSF Level 2

29. The structure of the FSK Learner Guides

31. Assessment tasks in the Learner Guide

32. The structure of the FSK Assessor Guides

33. Sample Answers and marking criteria
Conveys a simple idea, opinion, factual
information or message in writing
Displays limited vocabulary, grammatical
accuracy and understanding of
conventions of written text
Gives or elicits basic information in a short,
simple spoken context
Listens for basic information in short,
simple oral texts
ACSF Level 1 – Writing &
Oral Communication

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