Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments Australian Vocational Education and Training

Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments

Australian Vocational Education and Training

Schools private and public

Vocational TAFEs and private providers

Universities public and private (2)

Australia has 3 education sectors

Competency based training and assessment

VET is a competency based model

Not based on time Criterion referenced Adult learning principles Skills based

Competency based assessment (CBA) is the process of collecting evidence and making judgements against set criteria.

SCOTESE has high-level policy responsibility for:

higher education

vocational education and training (VET), including skills and workforce development

international education

adult and community education

employment

Advisory groups

There are a number of advisory groups

The National VET Equity Advisory Council (NVEAC)

The Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG)

The National Skills Standards Council (NSSC)

National Skills Standards Council

The NSSC provides advice to SCOTESE on national standards for regulation of vocational education and training

NSSC

ASQA

Australian Skills Quality Authority

Was established in June 2011 and slowly integrated across all States.

Regulates Registered Training Organisations (RTOs)

Nationally Recognised Training

Can be achieved through:

Training packages or

Accredited courses

Training Packages

69 Training packages

11 Industry Skills Councils

1720 Accredited Courses

Syllabus documents

Training packages and accredited courses are syllabus documents

RTOs are required to purchase or develop curriculum to address the syllabus

AustralianQualifications Framework

Levels Recommended Qualification Band

9 Doctorate Degree(Professional/Technology)

8 Master’s Degree (Professional/Technology)

7 Bachelor’s Degree (Professional/Technology)

6 Higher Diploma

5 Diploma

4 Certificate II

3 Certificate I

2 Proficiency II

1 Proficiency I

School VET University

Doctoral Degree

Masters Degree

Vocational Graduate Diploma Graduate Diploma

Vocational Graduate Certificate Graduate Certificate

Bachelor degree

Advanced Diploma Associate Degree

Diploma Diploma

Certificate IV

Certificate III

Senior secondary school certificate of education

Certificate II

Certificate I

Regulations

To become a Registered Training Organisation, a company must apply to ASQA.

Initial registrationMonitoring auditsRenew registration

Risk assessment

Audit frequency is determined on 3 key risk areas

1.Performance

2.Governance

3.Profile

Performance risk

• compliance history • AQTF and/or ESOS compliance levels and trends (based on

audits in the last two years) • quality indicator data • competency completion rates and client satisfaction levels • substantiated complaints (in the last two years) • performance feedback from other valid sources (e.g. industry

advice).

Governance risk

• financial viability • fundamental changes to the scope of operations (in the last

two years) • level of reliance on other organisations to deliver training and

assessment on the RTO’s behalf • VET skills and experience of senior management personnel • transparency of legal ownership

• rigour and relevance of business planning.

Profile risk

• scope of registration • range of industry training areas and/or AQF levels delivered • proportion of delivery of training that leads to licensed or

regulated outcomes • proportion of delivery to overseas students in Australia • proportion and range of delivery at offshore locations • modes of delivery and types of student clients.

VET Quality Framework

Companies must comply with the framework

Standards for RTOsThe Australian Qualifications FrameworkFit and proper person requirementsFinancial viability risk assessmentData provisions requirements

A Quality Management System

Organisational structure Responsibilities Data management Processes Resources Customer focus Continuous Improvement Product quality

Standards for RTOs

Strategy for continuous improvement

Strategy for training and assessment

Staff, facilities, equipment and materials

Staff qualifications and experience

Assessment practices

• Client services• Address client needs• Information provided to client• Support clients• Access to records

Management of all operations

Management of partnerships

Management of Records

• AVETMISS

Governance

ObjectivesBusiness planFinancial viability

Decision making of senior officersComply with VET Quality Framework

Reporting

Providing dataNotifying of changes to operationsNotifying of changes to ownershipTransfer records as requested

Legislation

RTOs must ensure that they abide by all legislation and regulations and informs various clients about their role.

State and Commonwealth

Privacy Copyright Health and Safety Anti-discrimination Fair Trading Vocational Education

+ Industry specific

Fees

All fees must be known to student

Administration fees, course fees, tuition fees, uniform fees etc.

Payment terms

Refund policy

Fees in advance

Fees cannot be taken in advance unless one of 5 conditions is in place

Option 1

the RTO is administered by a State, Territory or Commonwealth government agency;

Fees in advance

Option 2

the RTO holds current membership of an approved Tuition Assurance Scheme

Option 3

the RTO may accept payment of no more than $1000 from each individual student prior to the commencement of the course. Following course commencement, the RTO may require payment of additional fees in advance from the student but only such that at any given time, the total amount required to be paid which is attributable to tuition or other services yet to be delivered to the student does not exceed $1,500;

Fees in advance

Option 4

the RTO holds an unconditional financial guarantee from a bank operating in Australia for no less than the full amount of funds held by the RTO which are prepayments from students (or future students) for tuition to be provided by the RTO to those students;

Fees in advance

Option 5

the RTO has alternative fee protection measures of equal rigour approved by the National VET Regulator.

Fees in advance

Certification

RTOs issues

Qualifications or statements of attainment in accordance with the AQF, provider number and logo specifications

Recognition

RTOs must recognise AQF certificates issued by other RTOs

Must retain clients records for 30 years

Must agree to provide data on a yearly basis regarding completion of courses

Marketing and Transitional arrangements

Transition with 12 months of new syllabus being published

Funding

Some training is funded and some is fee for service

Funding is both Commonwealth and State based

Traineeship and apprenticeship

Older workers

Profile delivery – money put aside by State governments for the TAFE institutes

Contestable delivery – open market bidding arrangements

User Choice – contestable but chosen by employer and apprentice

Funding