What’s new in VET - 2011

1. What’s new in VET - 2011 Carol Hunter RTO Services and Consulting

2. The NVR is coming... • For QLD ...Later this year and possibly as late as November • NSW, ACT and NT have already passed legislation with 1 July as the proposed start date • National Legislation is on the table and possibly will pass in late March

3. National VET Regulator Bill • Part of the cooperative policy framework that marks the integration of the new tertiary sector • C’wealth will acquire new responsibilities that were formerly the domain of the states • Created through a statutory agency (Standards Council) with more direct control over VET providers • VIC and WA will enact mirror legislation

4. How will it be different? • Both civil and administrative offences are available • Reduced amount of ‘process’ auditing replaced by ‘quality’ auditing using more enhanced risk identification procedures to identify need to audit • Referral and delegation powers e.g. to states, licensing or industry bodies or RTOs or state authorities • The national standards will become a legislative instrument

5. How will it be different? • There will be a mechanism for requesting re-assessment • Strong investigation powers – to produce documents, to enter and search • Strong enforcement penalties (civil and criminal) • Enforceable undertakings, infringement notices and injunctions

6. How will this impact us? • Too early to tell • A lot of the bill is designed to provide for the wider market where significant damage has been done to the VET brand • There will be changes in style and operation • Delegation to QSA? Currently with TERC

7. Other Changes.... The AQTF... QSA’s VET Update

8. Changes in the AQTF • 1.4 current industry skills... But don’t forget that you need to have the vocational competency in the area to start with (then build on that by keeping current) • Transitions. Keep up to date with the DET Registration Notices or NTIS. Transition needs to be made within 12 months to the new package. • http://training.qld.gov.au/training-organisations/registration-audit/notices.html

9. Professional Development Lost Cost... especially for T and A

10. Professional Development Sites • NQC – assessment fact sheets • http://www.nqc.tvetaustralia.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/54996/Assessment_Fact_Sheets_-_Guide.pdf • NQC – Validation and Moderation series • Guide for Developing Assessment Tools • Assessor Guide • http://www.nqc.tvetaustralia.com.au/nqc_publications

13. Professional Development Sites • VETpd • http://www.vetpd.qld.gov.au/teaching-learning-and-assessment/resources/assessment-foundations-resources/index.html

14. Assessment Foundations • Assessment Foundations resource topics can be downloaded from the website and customised to suit the professional development needs of the staff in your RTO. • Within each topic, Assessment Foundations resources are presented in the following way: • Topic Content file - which provides the core of topic information for participants • Ideas for Delivery file - which provides a guide for the facilitator on how they might deliver the content.  Ideas may include: • Key discussion points to note about the topic content • PowerPoint slides to support the key points • Suggested activities to engage participants including instructions, suggested Worksheets and Worksheet Solutions • Interactive online activities that have been developed to support the content. 

15. Facilitator’s Guide

16. Powerpoint presentation

17. Worksheet