Retail

The Retail Curriculum Framework is designed to provide students with appropriate learning opportunities that will enable them to acquire a range of technical, personal and interpersonal skills valued both within and beyond the workplace. They will also acquire underpinning skills and knowledge related to functional areas within the retail industry. Through study in this subject, students will gain experience that can be applied to a range of contexts, including work, study and leisure and that can be used in making informed career choices.

The Retail Curriculum Framework has been developed in response to the needs of the industry and to provide training and education opportunities for the full range of Higher School Certificate students. It is based on units of competency in the National Retail Training Package. Qualifications available to students who achieve competence in the appropriate units of competency and who successfully complete integrated competency assessment for those units are the AQF Certificates I and II in Retail Operations. Students who do not qualify for Certificates I or II may be eligible for an AQF Statement of Attainment showing partial completion of these certificates.

The inclusion of industry recognised courses in retail in the HSC course will allow students to access both long-term and short-term employment opportunities. Certificates I and II are recognised qualifications for employment in the retail industry at an operational level but also lead on to further qualifications in supervision, specialist occupations and management in the industry. They also provide students with skills and experience that are useful in a range of personal contact and personal service occupations and are relevant to a number of related professional careers, including business management, marketing, advertising and finance.

A syllabus is a document that gives teachers an outline of what students are to be taught in a specific learning area.

The syllabus and other supporting material for Retail 11-12 is available from the Board of Studies.