Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Unit 07 - Creative Industry Awareness


In order to achieve the standards set out in the assessment criteria, you are requied to cover the following topics in a blog. Please use the title...

Unit 07 – Creative Industry Awareness
Unit 09 - Awareness of Health & Safety in the Creative Media Sector

Describe the Creative Media Industry

What does this mean? What are the creative industries? What sort of jobs and companies do you think this term applies to?

  • Identify the industries within the Creative Media sector
  • Identify cross-industry ownership in the Creative Media sector
  • Identify the relevant relationships between a range of industries within the Creative Media sector
  • Outline the stages of a specific Creative Media project life cycle
  • Identify teams and activities relevant to a specific project
  • Outline the aims of a specific Creative Media organisation
  • Identify the role of a specific team within the organisation
  • Outline the relationship between the specific team and others within the organisation
  • Identify the individual roles within a specific team
  • Outline their responsibilities within a specific project life cycle



Use the internet to aid you in the completion of this task.


Once complete, copy your blog url (e.g. distinctivetrainingCDM.blogspot.com/unit07) in the COMMENT section underneath. We will then click the link and assess your blog from there.


Outcomes covered in this blog:
Unit 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.4.1, 7.4.2
Unit 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3

Unit 06 - Ensure Your Own Actions Reduce Risks to Health & Safety


In order to achieve the standards set out in the assessment criteria, you are requied to cover the following topics in a blog. Please use the title...

Unit 06 –  Ensure Your Own Actions Reduce Risks to Health & Safety

Understand how to ensure your own actions reduce risks to health and safety in a Creative Media workplace

What does this mean? How do we define risks to health and safety? What precautions can we take to ensure that we have reduced the risks of an accident at work?


  • Define, and outline key hazards and risks in own workplace (specific to your own job role), describing safe working practices
  • Identify own responsibilities for health and safety in own workplace and job role under health and safety legislation, explaining the importance of personal presentation and behaviour
  • Describe procedures for dealing with risks outside the scope of own responsibility, identifying the appropriate personnel with whom to liaise in own workplace
  • Identify workplace instructions relevant to own job
  • Identify any unsafe practices in own workplace and job role
  • Check which potentially unsafe working practices present the highest risk to self and others
  • Take action to address any hazards in accordance with workplace procedures and legal requirements
  • Describe how to work safely in accordance with own level of competence, relevant instructions and legal requirements, following environmentally friendly practices
  • Manage any health and safety risks within own capability and responsibility
  • Suggest ways of reducing risks to health and safety to the appropriate personnel
  • Report any differences between workplace and suppliers’ or manufacturers’ instructions


Use the internet to aid you in the completion of this task.





Once complete, copy your blog url (e.g. distinctivetrainingCDM.blogspot.com/unit06) in the COMMENT section underneath. We will then click the link and assess your blog from there.


Outcomes covered in this blog:
Unit 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4 

Monday, 5 March 2012

Unit 05 - Contribute to Good Working Relationships



In order to achieve the standards set out in the assessment criteria, you are requied to cover the following topics in a blog. Please use the title...

Unit 05 –  Contribute to Good Working Relationships

Understand how to contribute and build good working relationships within a Creative Media workplace

What does this mean? How do we define good working relationships? What is meant by contributing to these? How do we do this? 


  • Identify key roles and tasks in the production process
  • How do you clarify, agree and revise working arrangements in a way which promotes good working relationships
  • Explain the importance of balancing the needs of tasks and people
  • How do you prioritise your work load
  • Describe the three stages of any production process
  • Explain the importance of balancing the needs of tasks and people
  • Explain the importance of sharing information with colleagues
  • Identify ways of tactfully requesting others to change working arrangements to improve your own productivity
  • Describe how to explain your own decisions clearly and constructively
  • Describe how to resolve conflict situations or dissatisfaction
  • Explain the importance of liaison with colleagues to productivity
  • Clarify, agree and revise working arrangements, promoting good working relationships
  • How do you research and plan a test for an identified opportunity
  • How do you resolve any conflict situations or dissatisfaction as necessary
  • Describe how you would liaise with appropriate colleagues to ensure effective and productive working


Use the internet to aid you in the completion of this task.

1.1, 1.2





2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6





3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4





Once complete, copy your blog url (e.g. distinctivetrainingCDM.blogspot.com/unit05) in the COMMENT section underneath. We will then click the link and assess your blog from there.


Outcomes covered in this blog:
Unit 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4