1. RTO Workshop Thursday 28 July 2016
Jillian Dielesen

2. Agenda Expedited EVAC process ASQA’s identified risk areas
Recent TAC high risk audit
New training arrangements
Traineeship in Yard Operations
VET in Schools Register
LTC update
Strategic focus for the next 12 months

3. Expedited EVAC process
Revised process to simplify EVAC applications considered non-equivalent nationally, but with the same occupational outcome where:
ANZSCOs are the same as for original qualification.
Full EVAC previously completed and approved.
Industry stakeholders notified of changes.
Unions consulted to meet legislative requirements.
Applies to those qualifications that are subject to 18 month transition period.

4. Traineeships subject to 18 month transition period

5. ASQA’s Identified Risk Areas
ASQA’s Regulatory Strategy outlines the initiatives and targeted priorities for the period March 2016 — June 2017.
The target areas are:
Informing and protecting learners
Amount of training
Capability of trainers and assessors

6. Informing and protecting learners
Inaccurate or incomplete information in marketing.
Misinformation regarding duration of courses and delivery modes.
Lack of consideration regarding learner’s ability to successfully complete.
Lack of information regarding public funding entitlements and debts resulting from delivery under VET FEE-HELP arrangements.

7. Amount of training
Some RTOs delivering training products in insufficient time.
Course marketing not providing accurate information about training duration or not aligned to training and assessment strategies.
Excessively short training closely aligned to inadequate assessment.
Standards for RTOs 2015 and AQF not providing clear benchmarks for relevant amount of training across training products.
Some RTOs are delivering training products in insufficient time to properly train and assess learners.
Marketing of courses may not provide accurate information about training duration or does not align to RTO’s training and assessment strategies.
Excessively short training is closely aligned to inadequate assessment.
Standards for RTOs 2015 and the AQF do not provide clear benchmarks for what the relevant amount of training should be across training products

8. Capability of trainers and assessors
Clauses in Standards for RTOs 2015 relating to qualifications required by trainers and assessors took effect from 1 January 2016 :
Trainers must hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or diploma or higher qualification in adult education.
Assessors must hold TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set, TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Trainers must hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or diploma or higher qualification in adult education, unless formal supervision arrangement in place for training – trainers under supervision arrangements may not make assessment decisions.
Assessors must hold TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set, TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or a diploma or higher qualification in adult education.

9. Capability of trainers and assessors Issues
Assessment most common area of non- compliance at all types of audits.
RTO staff often struggle to understand how to correct issues with assessment.
Failure to conduct adequate assessment against all specifications in training product.
Lack of assessment skills and knowledge.
Inability to demonstrate vocational competence and VET skills and knowledge.
Current Certificate IV in Training and Assessment does not require assessors to develop skills and knowledge in this critical area.
Trainers and assessors often have difficulty demonstrating they have current vocational competence and have maintained their skills and knowledge in VET.

10. TAC Strategic Industry Audit (SIA)
Audit into ten units of competency that lead to high risk licences in WA in dogging, rigging, scaffolding, elevated work platforms and crane operations.
Areas of highest non-compliance related to assessment standards and meeting training package specifications, which compromise assessment outcomes.

11. Findings of the SIA Audit
30% of RTOs were fully compliant.
70% were non-compliant with one or more Standards.
Of these, 35% were found to be significantly or critically non-compliant.
Highest area of non compliance – assessment standards and meeting training package specifications.

12. Identified areas of non-compliance

13. TAC Recommendations Eight recommendations focussing on:
monitoring on-going compliance of RTOs
considering review of UoCs in terms of practical experience and assessment requirements
collaboration with relevant agencies
reduction of timeframes taken to remove noncompliant providers from the sector.
development of communication strategy by Training Councils and WorkSafe.

14. New Training Arrangements

15. New Training Arrangements
5 Skills Service Organisations (SSOs)
Australian Industry Standards Limited –
Aviation Training Package
Maritime Training Package
Transport and Logistics – Rail Training Package
Transport and Logistics Training Package
Skills IQ
Retail Services Training Package

16. Australian Industry Standards
Paul Walsh – General Manager – IRC Operations
Dan Minton – Industry Manager - Aviation
Klausch Schmidt - Industry Manager – Transport & Logistics, Maritime, Rail, Water

17. Transition to Standards for Training Packages
Extension of transition period for revised training packages released between September 2015 and March 2016.
Temporary agreement from Government to increase teach out period.
RTOs have 18 months from the date qualifications superseded to transition to updated training package qualifications.

18. Aviation
*A grey cell in the table indicates that there is no superseded qualification due it being a new qualification.

19. Maritime & Stevedoring
*A grey cell in the table indicates that there is no superseded qualification due it being a new qualification.

20. Rail
*A grey cell in the table indicates that there is no superseded qualification due it being a new qualification.

21. Logistics

22. Logistics (cont)
Wholesale

23. Traineeship in Yard Operations
Application submitted to STB – Certificate II in Yard Transport Yard Operations (Freight Handler).
Traineeship to be School Based as career pathway into road transport
Proposed to include units of competence from other training packages, eg Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation
Once approved will promote through industry and industry associations.

24. Certificate II in Yard Operations Suggested units

25. VET IN Schools Register

26. VET in Schools Register

27. LTC Update SPOL Approved traineeships Certificate IV in Logistics
Diploma of Logistics
Certificate IV in Rail Network Control
Training Awards
HVISTA update
Transafe Forums

28. 2016 Priorities State Aviation Training Strategy
Maritime Careers Guide
HVISTA – implementing strategies
Promotion of VET opportunities in schools
Update of Training Packages
Establishment and variation of traineeships
Workforce development
Industry Working Groups
Safety Truck

29. Links
ASQA briefing sessions Australian Industry Standards Department of Education and Training (extension transition period – affected qualifications) Skills IQ TAC Industry Audit Report VET in Schools Register

30. Jillian Dielesen
Logistics Training Council 17 Lemnos Street Shenton Park 6008 Phone – Mobile – –