Diploma of Visual Arts

Refine drawing and other visual representation tools

Realise a body of creative work

Develop sustainability of own professional practice

Present a body of own creative work

Establish and maintain safe creative practice

Make presentations

Articulate, present and debate ideas

Collaborate in creative processes

Originate and develop concepts

Research and develop business plans

Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures

Plan finances for new business ventures

Market new business ventures

Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures

Manage finances for new business ventures

Apply legal principles in intellectual property law matters

Undertake marketing activities

Identify and evaluate marketing opportunities

Develop social media engagement plans

Develop strategies to monetise digital engagement

Develop personal work priorities

Manage personal and professional development

Undertake project work

Manage project governance

Negotiate contracts

Establish innovative work environments

Build and maintain business relationships

Contribute to managing work-related psychological health and safety

Write complex documents

Experiment with moulding and casting techniques

Refine model making skills

Develop and refine metalworking techniques

Make moulds and casts

Refine carving techniques for creative work

Manage kiln operations

Work with photomedia in creative practice

Make mixed media artworks

Manage specialised finishing processes

Create observational drawings

Select and refine a specialised drawing technique

Research and apply light and colour

Work with the human form in creative practice

Refine 2-D design ideas and processes

Refine 3-D design ideas and processes

Plan Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural arts projects

Research the cultures of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural artists

Work effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural artists and communities

Provide technical support during virtual and hybrid events

Manage and operate technical requirements for virtual and hybrid events

Experiment with techniques to produce ceramic works

Experiment with throwing techniques

Experiment with ceramic surface treatments

Refine ceramics techniques

Investigate ceramic materials and processes

Refine throwing techniques

Refine handbuilding techniques

Develop and apply ceramic glazes

Manage copyright arrangements

Generate design solutions

Interpret and respond to a design brief

Implement design solutions

Establish, negotiate and refine a design brief

Design virtual and hybrid events

Refine digital art techniques

Investigate technologies for the creation of digital art

Refine drawing techniques

Investigate drawing materials and processes

Design and develop interpretive displays

Install and dismantle exhibition elements

Obtain revenue to support operations

Source funding for projects

Refine glassworking techniques

Investigate glassworking materials and processes

Refine kiln cast glass techniques

Develop and refine illustrative work

Develop professional illustrations

Refine illustration techniques

Extend expertise in specialist creative fields

Provide freelance services

Enhance professional practice using creative arts industry knowledge

Experiment with techniques to produce jewellery

Prepare to work with confronting material and processes in the creative industries

Refine painting techniques

Investigate painting materials and processes

Apply visual communication theory to photo imaging practice

Explore and apply photo lighting techniques

Plan and produce visual art photo images

Select sites for creative projects and plan work

Plan work space

Integrate disability access and inclusion

Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice

Extend expertise in a specialised art form to professional level

Implement preventive conservation activities

Refine printmaking techniques

Investigate printmaking materials and processes

Create works of art for public spaces

Conduct research

Critique cultural works

Analyse cultural history and theory

Refine sculptural techniques

Investigate sculptural materials and processes

Refine techniques for textile work

Investigate materials and processes for textile work

Refine woodworking techniques

Investigate woodworking materials and processes

Develop and manage a budget

Estimate, measure and calculate measurements for work

Research and recommend sustainable design improvements

Hand carve wood to custom design

Prepare stencils and screens for textile printing

Produce screen-printed textiles

Manipulate fabrics to create new finishes

Design and produce experimental textiles

Identify and handle fabrics and textiles

Estimate and cost jobs

Provide work skill instruction

Facilitate vocational training