Training and Assessment Strategy
Training Product
Core and Electives
Mode of Delivery
Entry Requirements
Duration and Scheduling
Amount of Training
Assessment Resources Methods and Timing
Learning Resources
Human Resources
Physical Resources
Training and Assessment Strategy
Training Product
Core and Electives
Mode of Delivery
Entry Requirements
Duration and Scheduling
Amount of Training?
Key areas of the
Training and
Assessment Strategy
© Velg Training – Version 1.0, January 2017
• The ‘dynamics’ of the Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS)1
• Benefits of the TAS2
• Minimum requirements of the TAS3
• Key ‘Hot Spots’4
Session Overview
Dynamics of the TAS
What will we call it next?
The:
• DAS – Delivery and Assessment Strategy
• LAS – Learning and Assessment Strategy
• TAS – Training and Assessment Strategy
• ???????
Benefits of the TAS
Benefits of the TAS
• Creates the ‘big picture’ for new staff
members
• Key information for marketing the training
products
• Effective means of communicating with
industry on the process, practices and the
specific learning cohort
• Great place to start an Internal Review
Minimum requirements of
the TAS
Minimum requirements of the TAS
• Training product
• Core and elective components
• Mode of delivery (cohort influence)
• Entry requirements (cohort influence)
• Duration and scheduling (Amount of Training)
• Assessment resources, methods and timing
• Learning resources
• Human resources; and
• Physical resources
User’s Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, page 18
Key ‘Hot Spots’
• Training product
• Core and elective components
• Mode of delivery (cohort influence)
• Entry requirements (cohort influence)
• Duration and scheduling (Amount of Training)
• Assessment resources, methods and timing
• Learning resources
• Human resources; and
• Physical resources
User’s Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, page 18
Key ‘Hot Spots’ of the TAS
• Training product
• Core and elective components
• Mode of delivery (cohort influence)
• Entry requirements (cohort influence)
• Duration and scheduling (amount of training)
• Assessment resources, methods and timing
• Learning resources
• Human resources; and
• Physical resources
User’s Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, page 18
Key ‘Hot Spots’ of the TAS
• Training product
• Core and elective components
• Mode of delivery (cohort influence)
• Entry requirements (cohort influence)
• Duration and scheduling (Amount of Training)
• Assessment resources, methods and timing
• Learning resources
• Human resources; and
• Physical resources
User’s Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, page 18
Key ‘Hot Spots’ of the TAS
Means any of the following:
• AQF qualification;
• skill set;
• unit of competency;
• accredited short course; and
• module
User’s Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, page 18
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Training product
An ‘offering’ that the RTO makes to its clients
Do I need a TAS for each different
MODE of delivery?
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Mode of delivery
How different would a TAS be if you were
offering SIT20316 Certificate II in Hospitality
through:
• Workplace training;
• Face-to-face in your own facility;
• On-line with work placement?
What’s the difference between ‘Volume of Learning’
and ‘Amount of Training’?
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Duration and Scheduling
Question asked of ASQA:
“What comprises ‘Amount of Training’? E.g. can
Amount of Training include face-to-face, online
learning, time spent on assessment and so on?
What’s the difference between ‘Volume of Learning’
and ‘Amount of Training’?
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Duration and Scheduling
ASQAs response to the question:
“The amount of training provided by your RTO relates primarily to
formal teaching and learning activities such as face-to-face classes,
online lectures or tutorials and workplace learning. It does not
include research or assessment activities.
The ’Amount of Training’ provided by an RTO is part of the overall
‘Volume of Learning’ as defined by the Australian Qualifications
Framework (AQF). You must consider the ‘Volume of Learning’
when determining the amount of training your RTO will provide.
You must be able to provide a rationale for any significant variation.”
Amount of Training
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Duration and Scheduling
Example: SIT20316 Certificate II in Hospitality
How do you arrive at 600 hours including assessment?
Calculation
• 38 weeks x 6 (hours per week) x 2 (years)
= 456 hours including assessment and
research time.
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Duration and Scheduling
• What other activities can contribute time
associated with the ‘Volume of Learning’?
Main issue – incongruency between the TAS
and what actually happens in practice, e.g.
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Assessment resources, methods and timing
• Methods of assessment – no longer using
Role-plays
• Change in resources – new staff bring new
materials!
• Timing of assessment – now being
clustered to reflect industry activities
Main issue – detail not comprehensive
enough to indicate the resources meet the
requirements of the training package
Key ‘Hot Spots’ - Physical resources
• Reference the units of competency
• Create ‘asset registers’
• Ensure any off-site resources are adequate and approval received
Training and Assessment Strategy
It’s cold and it’s dark in here, I’d much prefer to be where the action is!
• The ‘dynamics’ of the Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS)1
• Benefits of the TAS2
• Minimum requirements of the TAS3
• Key ‘Hot Spots’4
What we covered today
What happens now?
Within 48 hours, you will receive an email including a:
• Statement of Attendance
• Link to event feedback survey
• PDF copy of the PowerPoint
• PDF copy of the Workbook and additional supporting
resources
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