Your vocational, career preparation, work education and transition education students will love using the effective volunteering learner guide, slideshows and assessment tasks that are included with the Certificate 1 level unit CHCVOL001 Be an effective volunteer. This is a terrific unit to help older high school students build skills and knowledge over a full unit of work, to help them become work ready. It is ideal to run as a term length unit, supporting students to solve problems, manage workplace situations, find volunteering opportunities and learn about their rights and responsibilities in a volunteer workplace. 
 
CHCVOL001 is a unit which is included in a number of qualifications and can also exist as a stand alone unit.
It is a unit within:
Certificate I in Active Volunteering
Certificate II in Active Volunteering
Certificate II in Community Services
Certificate II in Sport Coaching
Certificate III in Community Services
 
Students who undertake the unit complete 20 hours of volunteer placement at an organization or workplace, as part of a structured volunteer program. Skills can be demonstrated in a real workplace or a simulated workplace that reflects workplace conditions and uses suitable facilities, equipment and resources.
 
What is volunteering?
Volunteering is an important part of building skills and knowledge for the workplace, and it is a great way of meeting new people and contributing to the community. A volunteer is someone who gives their time and effort freely and willingly, without expecting or receiving payment in return. Volunteers work in many settings in the community, and do tasks that support organizations and workplaces.
 
Volunteers may work in settings such as:
beach, foreshore and coastal environments
woodlands and forests
community centres and neighbourhood houses
food and community support settings
training and support
homework club
gardening programs
library and shelf stacking
home visiting and social support
Volunteers are found in all sorts of locations in the community, doing many different jobs!
 
What's inside?
This unit teaches students to get ready for and participate in volunteering activities in their community.
It covers the following topics:
Preparing for volunteer work
Working as a volunteer
Checking and completing work in consultation with a supervisor
Communicating and collaborating with co-workers
Managing time and tasks
Understanding boundaries, roles, rights and responsibilities
Using policies, procedures and codes to guide volunteer activities
Reporting issues and problems
Solving simple problems as a volunteer
Completing simple forms
Logbook pages for assessment during volunteer activities
Questions to assess knowledge and performance criteria items
Portfolio guide to record documents that are used for evidence
Mapping document to map assessment activities to unit requirements
 
Here's what you receive:
Learner Guide - 40 pages
Assessment tasks - 3 tasks which cover the performance criteria, knowledge and performance evidence for the unit
Mapping - maps the assessment tasks to the unit requirements
Volunteering slideshow - 30 slides
Workplace safety introduction slideshow - 51 slides
Task cards with scenarios - 16 cards