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AH2 Commission and evaluate work on interpretative and educational media

AH2.1 Prepare a brief for a specialist to produce media

Performance Required

This will involve:

1. Writing briefs that satisfy organisational, legal and site requirements
2. Clearly describing, within the brief, the learning and interpretative objectives of the finished media
3. Ensuring work objectives in the brief are clear, accurate and contain all relevant details
4. Ensuring the achievement of the work objectives is practicable and realistic
5. Identifying clearly the extent and type of audience for the exhibition or interpretative activity
6. Ensuring the specifications are achievable with the available accommodation, resources and timescale
7. Specifying clearly the criteria for evaluating successof the work

Occupational Context

1. Briefs for:
   • designers
   • subject specialists
   • educators
2. Learning and interpretative objectives
   • temporary / long term use
   • for individual education / public information / policy change / cultural heritage
3. Criteria for evaluating success
• relating to organisational policy, including Best Practice
• relating to public policy, social welfare / education and cultural heritage
• relating to delivered outputs, measurable outcomes and impacts
• relating to the objectives, direction and promotion of the discipline of archaeological research and practice

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know and understand how to:

• Identify the audience
• Specify requirements to enable them to be met
• Specify criteria for evaluating the success of the specialist's work

You need to know about:

• The legal, organisational and site constraints
• The appropriate format for different types of brief, and the information that should be included
• How a brief differs for each type of specialist
• The activities and features in the organisation that impact on the brief
• The resource constraints on the brief
• How the learning and interpretative objectives were agreed

Required Skills

You should demonstrate:

• Communication skills
• Budgeting
• Programme management

Evidence Required

You should provide evidence that you can prepare a brief for a specialist to produce media

The candidate should be questioned, based upon the documentation provided, to explore how they:

• prepare a brief for a specialist to produce interpretative or educational media.

The specialists involved must include designers, subject specialists and educators.

Evidence should be provided for media designed for temporary and long-term use.

Evidence Rules

The candidate should have been involved in commissioning at least 2 substantive projects.

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