Fine-tune Your Focus Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 Joe Newbery, 28 th July 2016 For the Greater Northern Skills Development Group © Newbery Consulting – 2016

Coverage Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016 Volume of learning – figuring it out! Interpreting the new assessment requirements Marketing – ASQA are watching! Assessment validation – Have you started yet?? ASQA Regulatory strategy 2016–17 Questions / Discussion

Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016

Prior to 1 January 2016, the Standards have permitted trainers and assessors to hold ‘demonstrated equivalence’ to the qualifications/skill set listed above. However, from 1 January 2016 every RTO trainer/assessor must hold one of the qualifications/skill set listed above. For example, an RTO trainer/assessor who holds TAA40104 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment—but not any of the qualifications/skill set listed above—will no longer meet the requirements of the Standards from 1 January Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016

RTOs delivering training products from Training and Education Training Packages (Clause 1.22 and 1.25 of the Standards) From 1 January 2016, all trainers and assessors delivering any qualification or skill set from the Training and Education Training Packages must hold the qualification or skill set at least to the level being delivered or assessed. Demonstrated equivalence is no longer permitted. Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016

What is equivalent competency?

Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016 What is equivalent competency?

Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016 What is equivalent competency? Being DeliveredHeld FNS Advanced Diploma of Accounting Bachelor of Accounting BSB Certificate III in Business Administration BSB Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management) BSB Diploma of BusinessMaster of Human Resource Management CHC Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care Bachelor of Early Childhood Education CHC Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care CHC Diploma of Children's Services (Early childhood education and care)

Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016 What is equivalent competency? When the competency held by the trainer is not directly relevant or at the same level, then you need to treat this like an RPL situation. You need to have enough evidence to convince the auditor in 10 minutes during the audit that your trainer in competent in the units they are delivering!

Volume of learning – figuring it out!

Diploma delivered over 40 weeks with: 7 hrs/week classroom 6 hrs/week online 5 hrs/week assignments Total = 720 hrs Volume of learning – figuring it out!

Need to utilise: Entry requirements Pre-existing skills and knowledge Mode of delivery Supervised time, about 20-30% Non-supervised time 70-80% Can only be justified by planned activity Ask yourself, is there enough time allocated and planned activities for learners to develop their skills and knowledge? Volume of learning – figuring it out!

Interpreting the new assessment requirements What new assessment requirements?

SHBBFAS001 - Provide lash and brow services Communicate, follow and adjust treatment plan to provide eight lash and brow treatments to clients suitable for the established client treatment objectives including two or more of the following services: eyebrow shape eyebrow tint eyelash tint Interpreting the new assessment requirements

SHBBFAS001 - Provide lash and brow services Skills must be demonstrated in a beauty industry environment; this can be: a beauty industry workplace or a simulated beauty workplace set up for the purpose of skills assessment, that provides services to paying members of the public. Interpreting the new assessment requirements

CHCECE005 - Provide care for babies and toddlers Performed the activities outlined in the performance criteria of this unit during a period of at least 120 hours of work in at least one regulated education and care service. and Interactions with actual babies and toddlers under the age of 24 months under the supervision of an early childhood educator. Interpreting the new assessment requirements

Key considerations: What are training package requirements What are the principles of assessment? What are the rules of evidence? Interpreting the new assessment requirements

Key considerations: What are training package requirements What are the principles of assessment? What are the rules of evidence? Do not “interpret the unit” (Take home point) Focus on the Assessment Requirements including performance evidence, knowledge evidence and assessment conditions – Lets take a look! Interpreting the new assessment requirements

Key considerations: What are training package requirements What are the principles of assessment? What are the rules of evidence? Do not “interpret the unit” (Take home point) Focus on the Assessment Requirements including performance evidence, knowledge evidence and assessment conditions Interpreting the new assessment requirements

Marketing – ASQA are watching

Assessment validation – Have you started yet??

Fact sheet—Conducting validation If you are validating a qualification, validate the assessment practices and judgements from a sample of the units of competency within that qualification. At least two units of competency should be sampled when validating a qualification. You may expand the number of units to validate at any time during the validation process, particularly when validation outcomes indicate that assessment judgments are not valid. Assessment validation – Have you started yet??

You have 20 months to validate 50% of your scope! That is 300 qualifications and 53 unit! Assessment validation – Have you started yet??

ASQA Regulatory strategy 2016–17 Key target areas: Target area 1: Learner protection Target area 2: Amount of training Target area 3: Capability of trainers and assessors

Coverage Trainer / Assessor Competency requirements in 2016 Volume of learning Interpreting the new assessment requirements Marketing Assessment validation ASQA Regulatory strategy 2016–17 Questions / Discussion