Professional Year - SMIPA Course components
The PY-SMIPA program will consist of four modules:
- Business Communication Skills
- Australian Workplace Skills
- Professional Internship
- Professional Element (PY- offered online and SMIPA- An Industry Networking component)
Business Communication Skills (BCS)
Core competency codes and titles in this module are:
- BCS-1: Participation in Meetings
- BCS-2: Oral Business Communication
- BCS-3: Oral Presentation for Informational Purposes
- BCS-4: Written Business Communication
- BCS-5: Business Text Analysis
The aim of this module is for you to be able to reach a level of communicative competence required to participate appropriately in key communication practices common in business operations in the Australian workplace.
The Business Communication Skills module will assist you to:
- become more fluent, accurate and strategically competent speakers of English when communicating in formal and informal business and workplace situations
- develop competency in reading and writing a range of business/workplace texts
- gain an awareness of cross-cultural differences and how these affect business dealings, particularly in the Australian workplace context
- develop listening skills and strategies to comprehend authentic business/workplace conversations, discussions, meetings and interviews
- develop independent learning skills
- apply computer skills to workplace settings
- engage actively in learning inside and outside the classroom.
Australian Workplace Skills (AWS)
Core competency codes and titles in this module are:
- AWS-1: Prepare a CV
- AWS-2: Write a Business Proposal
- AWS-3: Interview Skills
- AWS-4: Facilitation Skills
- AWS-5: Awareness of Cultural Values
- AWS-6: Personal Skills Training
The aim of this module is for you to be able to reach a level of communicative competence required to participate in familiar, social and business operations in the Australian workplace.
The Australian Workplace Skills module will assist you to:
- produce a range of business documents including CVs, letters, memos and proposals
- demonstrate appropriate behaviour in a business context
- enhance your awareness of cross-cultural practices and how these relate to the Australian workplace
- learn strategies for collaborating effectively as part of a team
- organise and participate appropriately in workplace meetings
- prepare and practise for a prospective job interview
- learn and use techniques to plan and manage a project
- engage actively in learning in and outside the classroom.
The Professional Internship and Professional Element
The Professional Internship will allow you to gain vital, practical experience during the 12 week working internship. The Professional Element component for PY will be completed online and will help you to consolidate the skills and practical knowledge that you will acquire within the Australian workplace.
The Professional Element component for SMIPA will involve direct engagement with Industry through talks, seminars and networking opportunities that will help you to consolidate the skills you require for participation within the Australian workplace.