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Project Update
19 December 2008

Best wishes for the festive season! 

Project Management

A National Project Reference Group (NPRG) with representatives from industry, RTOs and State Training Agencies is responsible for overseeing the management of the project. This includes ensuring that industry and training providers are fully engaged in the review process.  The NPRG is chaired by
Dr Helen Lancaster representing the Music Council of Australia.

Click here for a list of NPRG members.

• Music performance, music composition -  this area of the draft Training Package appears to meet needs and addresses issues raised in Phase One of the CUS01 review in 1995.
• Music business
  • some RTOs have expressed concern at importing units from the BSB07 Training Package
  • still some gaps in content, particularly in the area of digital distribution of music.
• Sound production: still some gaps in content if qualifications are to cover a range of occupations across live music, recording studios and screen sound (recording and post production).

  Music business

  In January there will be consultation with key players in the music business industry about the approach of importing units from BSB07. The list of units addressing content that cannot be covered by importing units from other Training Packages has been revised as follows: CUSEVT301A Book performance venues CUSFIM501A Secure funding for a project CUSGEN301A Administer operations for performances and rehearsals CUSMGT401A Manage distribution of music (particular emphasis on digital distribution) CUSMGT402A Administer publishing income CUSMGT403A Manage licensing of music CUSMGT502A Manage artists and their careers CUSMGT503A Develop artists and repertoire CUSMKG301A Assist with the promotion of creative acts CUSMKG501A Manage the promotion of creative acts CUSPUR501A Establish and manage contracts

Final draft units and qualifications will be loaded onto the IBSA Review and Feedback Register by the end of January 2009.

The deadline for comment on final drafts is Friday 20 February 2009.

The IBSA Review and Feedback Register is the central point for providing feedback. There you will find all draft units written specifically for the CUS09 Music Training Package, as well as the draft qualifications.

As you look through qualifications - particularly those in Music Business - you will notice that many units have been imported from the BSB07 Business Services Training Package. To avoid an excessive proliferation of units covering the same content, developers of Training Packages (TPs) are required to import units from other TPs wherever possible. However, this practice doesn't stop you from injecting a music industry focus to units covering generic skills such as marketing and business development. 

"When contextualising units of competency RTOs may add to the range statement or the evidence guide. They must not:

• remove the content of any of the elements and performance criteria
• distort or narrow the competency outcomes and limit its use
• diminish the breadth of application of the competency and reduce its portability."
  (Source: Training Packages @ Work: Back to Basics, Edition 3 - click here to download a copy.)

For example, if you decide to use the imported unit 'BSBEBU501A Investigate and design ebusiness solutions' in your training program, you can add to the range statement for 'e-business models' examples of models that use music industry terminology. Similarly you can add specific examples of what 'business to consumer' means in the context of the music industry. 

To view or download copies of individual units from BSB07, click here for the relevant page on the National Training Information Service (NTIS) website.