Vocational Education and Training System

TAADES401A Use Training Packages to meet client

needsTAA40104 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Specific Evidence

Two examples of unpacking training specifications including:One Training PackageOne from a different Training Package or Accredited Course.

Activity

• Think/pair share activity

–What is a Training Package?

What is a Training Package?

An integrated set of nationally endorsed standards, guidelines and qualifications for training, assessing and recognising people’s skills, developed by industry to meet the training needs of an industry or group of industries.Training packages consist of core endorsed components of competency standards, assessment guidelines and qualifications.

Training Package Components

Implementation Guide ….Developed on a State basis to assist

RTOs, trainers and assessors in that state with:

Qualifications Registration requirements for RTOsFunding issues such as nominal hoursMapping from old courses to the new Training PackageSample training programsResources

Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a unified system of national qualifications in schools, vocational education and training (TAFEs and private providers) and the higher education sector (mainly universities).

AQF Objectives

Provide nationally consistent recognition of outcomes achieved in post-compulsory education.Provide pathways to encourage individuals to progress through the levels of education and training.Promote lifelong learning.

The Australian Qualifications Framework

Certificate IICertificate I

Senior SecondaryCertificates of Education

Schools

Vocational Graduate DiplomaVocational Graduate Certificate

Advanced Diploma

DiplomaCertificate IVCertificate IIICertificate IICertificate I

Vocational Education

Doctoral DegreeMasters Degree

Graduate DiplomaGraduate Certificate

Bachelor DegreeAssociate Degree

Advanced Diploma

Diploma

Universities

Competency Standards

Competencies are observable acts that require a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes.Focus on what is expected of an employee in the workplace.Incorporate the ability to transfer and apply skills and knowledge.

What are the Dimensions of Competency?The requirement to:

perform individual tasks (task skills)manage a number of different tasks within the job (task management skills)respond to irregularities and breakdowns in routine (contingency management skills)deal with the responsibilities and expectations of the work environment (job role/environment skills)

What are the Key Competencies?

The Mayer Key Competencies, a set of seven generic skills, identified as the basic transferable competencies that underpin employability and the capacity to adapt to different types of whole work roles, as well as personal and community activities throughout an individual’s life.

Employability Skills

• There are eight employability skills:– Communication– Teamwork– Problem solving– Initiative and enterprise– Planning and organising– Self management– Learning – Technology

MappingKey Competencies Employability Skills

Communicate ideas and information Communication

Work with others and in teams Teamwork

Solve problems Problem Solving

Use Technology Technology

Collect, analyse and organise information

Planning and organising

-- Initiative and enterprise

Plan and organise activities Self-management

-- Learning

Use Mathematical techniques and ideas Contained within the descriptions of several of the other employability skills

Activity

Think/pair share activity

– How would you ensure that the key competencies and/or employability skills are incorporated into your sessions?

Contextualisation

Modifying units of competency to reflect the local outcomes required, while maintaining the integrity of the unit.

Contextualisation rules

must not remove or add to the number and content of elements and performance criteria;may add specific industry terminology to performance criteria where this does not distort or narrow the competency outcomes;may make additions to the range statement.

Customisation

Tailoring a course to meet the specific needs of clients.A course is customised by the addition, or substitution of units of competency in accordance with the packaging rules.

Assessment Guidelines

Are designed to ensure that assessment is conducted in accordance with the assessment requirements of the units of competency in the TP.Quality assessment underpins the credibility of the VET system.

Unpacking a Unit of Competency

Analyse the key information found in the different components of the unit of competency:– the elements and performance

criteria– the range statement– the evidence guide

Determine the Evidence Requirements

This is done by unpacking the unit of competency to determine:– What evidence is needed to

demonstrate competence; and– How can this evidence be

collected.

Activity – Discussion What is being assessed?

Try to ‘picture’ the competency standard that is to be assessed. Ask the following questions:

How would a competent person perform the activity described in the competency standard?How would they apply their knowledge?What level of performance would be expected?What would a competent person not do?

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