Introduction to Vocational Education and Training (VET) Perth
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Course duration: |
2-days
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Course Dates: |
Click on a date below to enrol on this course
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Course cost: |
$500 per person (public workshops).
Special rates can be negotiated for workshops conducted by Training Services Australia on behalf of our clients, exclusively for their personnel. |
Unit(s) covered: |
TAEDES402A - Use training packages and accredited courses to meet client needs |
Delivery method: |
Face-to-face, off-the-job facilitated learning, reinforced by a practical, work-based assignment completed after the workshop. |
Who should attend? |
Workplace trainers and assessors, particularly those working for Registered Training Organisations and those who are undertaking the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. This course may also be useful for others who work for training and assessment organisations, including training designers, managers and consultants. |
Pre-requisites: |
No qualifications or previous experience in training and assessment are necessary to participate in this workshop. However, a relatively high level of reading and writing ability is required, as well as computer skills (internet research and word processing). |
Pre-course work: |
Upon enrolment, participants will be emailed a pre-course module
which provides them with introductory information about Training Packages. Participants are
strongly encouraged to complete this prior to attending the
course. |
Workshop aim
To equip participants with the skills, knowledge and attitude to work effectively in vocational education and training, and to use Training Packages to meet client needs.
Topics and activities
| DAY 1 |
- Program introduction and overview
- Vocational education and training
concepts
Overview of VET in Australia, competency-based training and
assessment, National Skills Framework, Training Packages and accredited courses, etc
- Major players in VET
National bodies, state bodies, registering bodies, delivery and
support organisations, trainers and assessors, RTO clients
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- Training Packages
Types of Training Packages; how are they developed and endorsed?;
how are they structured and
coded?; Qualification pathways
and skill sets
- Training Package Qualifications
Framework
Qualification packaging rules; Prerequisite requirements; Customising a qualification to meet client needs;
Employability skills
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DAY 2 |
- Training Package Competency
Standards
Unpacking units of competency; Contextualising competency
standards; Clustering units of competency
- Training Package Assessment
Guidelines
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- Accredited courses
About accredited courses; Structure of an accredited course
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| Throughout the course, learners will be required to undertake a case study which involves analysis and interpretation of a Training Package to meet a client need. |
Homework
Participants may find it necessary to complete some work at home after the first day of the course, in preparation for the following day.
Assessment methods
| Activities to be completed during the training |
| 1 |
Training Package Case Study |
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Analyse and interpret a Training Package to meet the needs of a client |
| Activities to be completed after the training |
| 3 |
Research and apply a Training Package to meet a workplace need |
| 4 |
Research the needs of a client, then analyse and interpret a Training Package to meet those needs Analyse and interpret a unit of competency |
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available for an application fee of $165 (which covers a one hour meeting with a TSA assessor) plus $110 per additional hour required.
An application kit is available on request from Training Services Australia.
National recognition
Training Services Australia recognises qualifications and statements of attainment issued by other Registered Training Organisations under the Australian Qualifications Framework.
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