VET Policy Changes What they will mean for your training and assessment practices

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1 VET Policy Changes What they will mean for your training and assessment practices Alun Gallie Manager, Training Package Development and Implementation Kim Arnott Industry Liaison Officer, Public Safety

2 Workshop Outline Update (PUA12, Policy Changes, Funding) Busting Myths and Q&A Keeping Informed Linking Content and Assessment to Units and Qualifications Validation Introduction

3 Introduction Government Skills Australia (GSA) is the national Industry Skills Council (ISC) for the government and community safety sectors. It is responsible for the; Continuous improvement of nationally endorsed Vocational Education and Training (VET) training packages and the delivery of workforce development services to enterprises and organisations within the sector.

4 Government Skills Australia GSA provides industry intelligence on skill needs and training solutions to the Australian Government to develop a skilled workforce

5 Government Skills Australia Government Skills Australia GSA services industry through the provision of quality training products and qualifications, workforce development and advocacy

6 PUA12 Update PUA12 endorsed 1 st August 2012 with conditions Conditions relating to fire sector material Transitions/Teach out arrangements Planning for streamlining What is different?... (full summary of changes in training package at

7 What PUA12 Update is different? New 3 x Bio-Security qualifications 3 x Police qualifications 6 new Oil Spill Response units Revised All Workplace Emergency Response (WER) units revised All Emergency Risk Management (EMR) units All imported units updated Deleted 2 superseded SES Certificate II Applications written to replace generic statements across all sectors Duplicate Operations (OPE) and Search and Rescue (SAR)

8 Policy Update Streamlining of training packages Review of the standards for the regulation of VET RTOs Review of Graduate and Vocational Graduate Certificate and Diploma qualification types Foundation skills Sustainability skills

9 Streamlining of training packages Streamlining of Training Packages The new model: Streamlines Training Package information Strips out unnecessary detail Segments the content into several categories Separates performance standards and requirements from supporting information Requires concise descriptions and plain language

10 Streamlining of training packages Streamlining of Training Packages The most important change is the separation of content into: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS that includes core Training Package information and is endorsed by the NSSC COMPANION VOLUME/S that includes all the supporting information to guide implementation and is quality assured but not endorsed

11 Streamlining of training packages Streamlining of Training Packages Training Packages will consist of the following: 1. NSSC endorsed components units of competency assessment requirements (associated with each unit of competency) qualifications; and credit arrangements 2. One or more quality assured companion volumes.

12 Streamlining of training packages Streamlining of Training Packages For more information of_training_packages

13 Review of VET RTO Standards Review of RTO Standards National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) is undertaking a review of the standards for the regulation of VET, focussing on issues of quality. The anticipated outcome of the project will be one national set of standards for the regulation of VET for ensuring quality training outcomes The new standards will aim to be clearly documented, capable of being consistently interpreted by RTOs and regulators, and effectively implemented through nationally consistent regulation.

14 Review of VET RTO Standards Review of RTO Standards RTOs AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Initial Registration AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Continuing Registration Standards for National VET Regulator (NVR) Registered Training Organisations NVR Fit and Proper Person Requirements NVR Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements Data Quality Indicators for RTOs NVR Data Provision Requirements Registering and Course Accrediting Bodies: AQTF Standards for State and Territory Registering Bodies AQTF Standards for State and Territory Course Accrediting Bodies NVR Standards for VET Regulators

15 Review of Graduate Qualifications Review of Graduate Qualifications The AQF Council has undertaken a review of the Graduate and Vocational Graduate Certificate and Diploma qualification types in the AQF. the Vocational Graduate Certificate and Vocational Graduate Diploma qualification types will be removed from the AQF the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma qualification types will be retained in the AQF at level 8 and will be available for accreditation, regulation and issuance in both the higher education and vocational education and training sectors.

16 Foundation Skills

17 Sustainability Skills National VET Sector Sustainability Policy and Action Plan Contextualisation guides available from GSA to support industry and training providers to embed sustainability in delivery and assessment practices guidance on the embedding of sustainability principles into a range of existing popular units and qualifications undertaken within the sector.

18 Funding Currently Public Safety has limited eligibility Dedicated Funding Coordinator Resource sheet due end of October

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20 Myth Busting The VET framework is hard to understand I need a full TAE qualification to deliver, if I am supervised? I need to keep my skills current if I am a trainer ASQA is the new national regulator I don t need to keep assessment records and evidence once someone has their certificate An A version and a B version of a unit of competency are different I don t have to accept a certificate/statement of attainment from another RTO

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22 I need a full TAE qualification to deliver, if I am supervised? NO But unless you have the TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, it is an ongoing requirement for you to work under the supervision of a person with the TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or of a person who has demonstrated equivalence of competencies. People commencing in this role (i.e., working under supervision) must hold the TAE10 Enterprise Trainer Skill Set or be able to demonstrate equivalence of competencies within two years of commencement. People already practising in this role must comply with this requirement by 1 July 2013.

23 I need to keep my skills current if I am a trainer YES The AQTF / SNR Standards impose additional requirements for trainers in regard to vocational competency, currency of industry skills and developing the vocational skills applying to a trainer. Trainers and assessors in the VET sector have dual competency requirements to demonstrate the maintenance of the currency of trainer and assessor competencies AND the maintenance of the currency of skills which are specific to the industry.

24 ASQA is the new national regulator I don t need to keep assessment rec NO, not quite The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator for Australia s vocational education and training (VET) sector. The function of registering registered training organisations (RTOs) in the states and territories is transferring to ASQA in several stages. ASQA also has responsibility for regulating SOME RTOs in Victoria and Western Australi From 1 July 2011, ASQA became the designated authority for all English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) (except where they are delivered by schools).

25 Assessment Records? YES ASQA RTOs must retain evidence demonstrating the validity of their judgement of students competence. An RTO is required to produce in full at audit if requested to do so, completed student assessment items for each student, for: the duration of the RTO s assessment appeal period or a period of six months from the date on which the judgement of competence for the student was made or the duration of the student s enrolment whichever is the longer period.

26 Keeping Informed Who can keep you informed? Government Skills Australia Industry Liaison Officer Kim Arnott Senior Advisor Training Packages Ben Hollister Monthly RTO newsletter Training.gov.au ASQA NSSC AFAC AEMVF

27 Keeping Informed Where can you get information

28 Activity ACTIVITY Linking Content and Assessment to Units of Competency

29 Validation Why do it? NVR Standard 15.5 and AQTF Standard 1 says assessment including RPL must be systematically validated So there is a requirement on RTOs to ensure that any assessment is validated.

30 Validation What is it? do it? Validation is a quality review process. It involves checking that the assessment tools produce valid, reliable, sufficient, current and authentic evidence to enable reasonable judgements to be made AND whether the requirements of the relevant aspects of the Training Package or accredited course have been met. It includes reviewing and making recommendations for future improvements to the assessment tool, process and/or outcomes.

31 Moderation What is it? it? do it? Moderation is the process of bringing assessment judgements and standards into alignment It is a process that ensures the same standards are applied to all assessment results within the same Unit(s) of Competency. It is an active process in the sense that adjustments to assessor judgements are made to overcome differences in the difficulty of the tool and/or the severity of judgements.

32 Validation vs Moderation Validation primarily concerned with continuous improvement of assessment practices and outcomes The outcomes of validation are in terms of recommendations for future improvement to the assessment tools and/or processes Moderation primary purpose of moderation is to help achieve comparability of standards across organisations Moderation requires access to already assessed candidate evidence moderation may also include making adjustments to assessor judgements to bring standards into alignment, where determined necessary.

33 Validation vs Moderation

34 Validation Considerations Validation Considerations Assessment tool - the instrument(s) and procedures used to gather and interpret evidence of competence The quality test of any assessment tool is the ability for another assessor to use and replicate the assessment procedures without any need for further clarification by the tool developer. It should be a stand-alone assessment tool.

35 Quality Checks Who with Panel of subject matter experts & training design experts Pilot program What to check Clarity Content accuracy Relevance (to what you are assessing) Content validity (i.e. that it matches unit of competency and/or learning outcomes) Avoidance of bias Appropriateness of language for the target population Clear instructions for completion by candidates Clear instructions for administration by assessors

36 Systematic validation? Does you organisation have a documented policy and procedure for validation and moderation? How regularly is it done? (quarterly, twice yearly, annual) When is it scheduled? Prior to the finalisation of candidate results if conducting moderation for quality control purposes On-going if conducting validation exercises for continuous improvement purposes.

37 Systematic validation? Is your sample size representative? Are benchmark examples collected? Is the process documented, reported on and reviewed? Link to Complaints and Appeals policies?

38 Where to get more info data/assets/pdf_file/00 12/51024/Validation_and_Moderation_- _Implementation_Guide.pdf

39 Activity ACTIVITY Validation of an assessment tool

40 In Summary What affects the way I training and assess? Ensure I have up to date information keep informed PUA12 endorsement and transition arrangements Do I deliver and assess Vocational Graduate Certificate and Vocational Graduate Diploma? Embedding of Foundation Skills and Sustainability Skills Keep on the radar Training package streamlining Review of the standards for the regulation of VET RTOs Does my organisation systematically validate and moderate assessment/rpl?

41 Contact Us Industry Liaison Officer Kim Arnott Senior Advisor Training Packages Ben Hollister Phone (08) Subscribe to our Monthly RTO newsletter