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7–10Work Education 7–10 Syllabus (2025)

Record of changes
Implementation from 2028
Expand for detailed implementation advice

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Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviours
The nature of an enterprise
  • The purpose of an enterprise

  • Resources needed for small, medium and large enterprises

  • Goods and services provided by enterprises

  • Features of successful and unsuccessful enterprises

  • Strategies to enhance the success of an enterprise

Entrepreneurial behaviours
  • The role of an entrepreneur

  • Characteristics and skills of successful entrepreneurs

  • Self-regulation skills for developing an entrepreneurial mindset

  • Digital literacy skills needed to run an enterprise

  • Financial literacy skills for making informed and effective decisions

  • Communication and collaboration skills for networking and team building

Entrepreneurial behaviours to address challenges in the workplace and in the community
  • Risks faced by entrepreneurs

  • Strategies to overcome risks to help entrepreneurs achieve their goals

  • Benefits of entrepreneurship for individuals, organisations and society

  • The application of entrepreneurial behaviours by young entrepreneurs, including young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs

Financial implications for entrepreneurs
  • Financial decisions to make when starting an enterprise

  • Financial planning skills required to manage an enterprise

  • Ways to access funds

Thinking, researching and communicating
  • Identify and demonstrate entrepreneurial skills and strategies in hypothetical and real-world work situations

  • Investigate a current issue in relation to enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviours

  • Communicate solutions and/or actions in response to the current issue investigated

  • Create an oral, visual, written or multimodal text to communicate ideas relating to enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviours

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