Certificate II in Museum Practice

Course overview

This course is for people working or seeking work in a museum or gallery. You will learn how to monitor and maintain collections and displays; provide visitor information and assistance, and how to work in a team environment in accordance with health safety and security procedures.

Course structure

The course structure below shows what you must do to complete this course. units/modules are arranged in groups and sometimes also in subgroups.

You must complete each group as specified as well as following the course completion instructions. If a course contains optional groups there will be a statement at the top of the course indicating how many you must do. At the top of any group containing optional subgroups there will be a statement saying how many you must do.

Distance Study Option

A total of 7 units must be completed - 4 core units plus 3 elective units.

CORE UNITS

All 4 module/units must be completed

Modules/Units	Name
CUECOR02C	Work with others
CUFSAF01B	Follow health, safety and security procedures
CULMS201C	Develop and apply knowledge of the museum industry
CULMS205C	Observe and report basic condition of collection

ELECTIVE UNITS

All 3 module/units must be completed

Modules/Units	Name
CULMS003B	Move/store cultural material
CULMS202C	Provide visitors with venue information and assistance
CULMS207C	Assist with the presentation of public activities and events

Career Opportunities

Employment, possibly in a voluntary capacity, in art galleries, museums, community arts centres, arts consultancy and administration.

Entry Requirements

There are no formal educational requirements for entry to this course.

Articulation

When you finish this course you can do other TAFE NSW courses in museum practices, fine arts, ceramics, visual arts, or courses at university.

Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is the process of assessing a candidate’s competence based on evidence other than a recent testamur listing identical or equivalent units. Evidence that may be used for recognition includes (but is not limited to)

older testamur listing identical or equivalent units together with evidence of currency

current testamur listing similar, but not equivalent, units of competence together with evidence of competence in the gaps between those units and the target units

evidence of competence gained through informal learning and/or work experience

Credit Transfer is the process of acknowledging successful completion of one or more units of competence with TAFE NSW or any other RTO. To have those units credited towards the current qualification, the student must be able to provide a testamur with transcript of competencies achieved.

If the date of the testamur is more than three years prior to the current enrolment the candidate will need to demonstrate that their competencies are still current. This changes the process from credit transfer to recognition.

Note: For Credit Transfer and RPL - Units are only considered ‘equivalent’ if the current Training Package lists them as such in the mapping of units from the immediately previous version of that Training Package.

Sub courses
Follow health, safety and security procedures	CUFSAF01B
Move/store cultural material	CULMS003B
Develop and apply knowledge of the museum industry	CULMS201C
Assist with the presentation of public activities and events	CULMS207C
Work with others	CUECOR02C
Observe and report basic condition of collection	CULMS205C
Provide visitors with venue information and assistance	CULMS202C