This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide literacy advice to vocational education and training (VET) teachers, trainers and assessors; and assist them to identify and support learners and candidates in vocational training and assessment with support needs in relation to their digital literacy, learning, reading, writing, and oral communication skills.

This unit includes analysing the literacy skill demands of nationally recognised training products, and workplace, learning and assessment context tasks and texts, and using current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks.

This unit applies to experienced VET teachers, trainers and assessors who use a range of technical and training competencies to lead other VET teachers, trainers and assessors and support the development of literacy skills in vocational training and assessment.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.