TAA04 TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PACKAGE

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TAA04TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PACKAGE
TAAENV401B WORK EFFECTIVELY IN VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

• This workshop will address the competencies
• for the following core TAA04 unit
• TAAENV401B Work effectively in vocational
  education and training

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment for these units will be based on
• Your workshop participation and contribution
• The completion of the learning activities during
  the workshop
• Completion of a practical assessment task which
  will be fully explained by your facilitator

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OVERVIEW
This workshop will cover the structure and
application of vocational training and the
structures that support it.
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TRAINING

• Vocational education and training (VET) can be
• described as any form of activity and experience
• leading to understandings or skills relevant to
• work and that can be measured according to
• industry and work based standards.

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CONSIDERATIONS

• Training and assessment processes must take
• into consideration that fact that
• individual learner needs must be catered for
• learners must be protected from moral and
  physical danger
• the training environment must be
  non-discriminatory and harassment free
• learners must receive appropriate training and
  instruction in occupational health and safety

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ACTIVITY 1

• Individually
• Record
• 5 minutes

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POLICIES

• The Australian National Training Authority
• ANTA - is an Australian Government statutory
• authority providing a national and industry-led
• focus for VET
• From 1 July 2005, the responsibilities and
• functions of ANTA are the responsibility of the
• Department of Education, Science and Training
• (DEST)

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PACKAGES

• Training Packages are developed by industry
  through National Industry Skills Councils or by
  enterprises to meet the identified training needs
  of specific industries or industry sectors. To
  gain national endorsement, developers must
  provide evidence of extensive consultation and
  support within the industry area or enterprise

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ACTIVITY 2

• Group activity
• Respond
• Discuss 
• 20 minutes

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AQTF

• The Australian Quality Training Framework
• (AQTF) comprises two sets of nationally agreed
• standards to ensure the quality of vocational
• education and training services throughout
• Australia
• Standards for Registered training organisations
• (RTOs)
• 2. Standards for state and territory registering/
  
• course accrediting bodies

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Why do you think it is necessary to have national
standards for RTOs?
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AQF

• The AQF is a single, coherent framework for
• qualifications from Senior Secondary Certificates
  
• through to Doctoral Degrees
• The framework links together all these
• qualifications and is a quality-assured national
• system of educational recognition that promotes
• lifelong learning and a seamless and diverse
• education and training system

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Why do you think recognition of current skills
and of prior learning are necessary components of
competency based training?

• Is there a difference between being qualified and
  
• being competent?

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USER CHOICE

• User Choice aims to increase the relevance and
• responsiveness of the training system by giving
• clients a greater say in where, when and how
  their
• training is delivered
• It achieves this through funding that enables
• client/ customer organisations and learners to
• make choices about the delivery methods and the
• institution or organisation that can deliver the
• training

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ACTIVITY 3

• Group activity
• Respond
• Record
• Discuss 
• 20 minutes

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NEW APPRENTICESHIPS
New Apprenticeships provide real benefits to
employers by producing a more productive worker
familiar with the needs of business and trained
for a specific industry New Apprenticeships is
a term that covers all apprenticeships and
traineeships and provides for on the job training
of workers
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FUNDING

• New Apprenticeships attract both
• Commonwealth and State and Territory
• financial assistance for eligible employers, to
• help reduce the cost of training
• NACs will provide application and claim forms
• plus assistance in lodging claims and follow-up
• claims as and when they become due

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NRS
Language, literacy and numeracy (LLN)
development in adults is a complex matter and is
an issue that needs to be addressed in the
development of industry based training packages
The National Reporting System (NRS) is a
nationally recognised mechanism for reporting
outcomes of adult English language, literacy and
numeracy programmes
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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

• Why is it necessary to
• address LLN issues?
• What experiences have you had, as
• a facilitator where LLN has been a
• problem?
• How have you overcome these
• problems?

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ACCESS AND EQUITY

• Groups who have and currently do face educational
  
• disadvantages include
• people with a disability
• Indigenous Australians
• women
• people from non-English speaking backgrounds
• people in rural and remote areas

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Why is it necessary to address access and equity
issues?
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ACTIVITY 4

• In groups
•  
• Discuss
• Record
• Report
• 15 minutes

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POLICIES
National VET policies and frameworks need to
inform and be integrated with your organisations
quality framework Further you need to be able
to access and use relevant documentation within
your organisation to inform, support and guide
work roles and responsibilities
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QUALITY

• As with other organisations and organisational
• processes training organisations, which are
• businesses, are subject to quality requirements
• that relate directly to customer/ client needs
  and
• customer focus
• They are also subject to quality requirements as
  they relate to the expectations of the various
  bodies which oversee VET

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ACTIVITY 5

• Individually
•  
• Record
• Report
• Discuss
• 15 minutes

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COMPLIANCE

• Information relating to these areas can be
  located by
• contacting
• National Occupational Health and Safety
  Commission www.nohsc.gov.au
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission
  www.hreoc.gov.au
• Australian Commonwealth Register of Institutions
  and Courses for Overseas Students
  cricos.detya.gov.au/
• Environmental Standards www.environment.gov.au
• The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
  www.privacy.gov.au

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FOR INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
Explain and discuss the ways in which these legal
obligations impact on your work.

• Are you familiar with your organisations quality
  
• assurance strategies, processes, policies and
  procedures
• as well as its compliance with ethical and legal
• responsibilities?
• Do you know where and how to access this
• information?

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MANAGING WORK

• When planning your own work you need to
• set clear, realistic, achievable, stretch goals
  which map against the organisation's goals and
  against the needs of other sections/ divisions
  within the organisation
• break goals down into smaller, achievable and
  measurable tasks objectives
• determine the resources and inputs required to
  achieve goals
• determine the most effective strategies
• set realistic time frames for achievement
• determine the necessary quality standards and
  measures of performance
• self-monitor and self-evaluate your work to
  ensure that it meets quality and time requirements

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MONITORING WORK

• It is important that you take responsibility for
• your own tasks
• This includes monitoring your own work
• performance to ensure that your job is
• completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Look at the quality of the work you are doing
• and jobs you are completing

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ACTIVITY 6

• In groups
•  
• Respond
• Report
• Discuss
• 15 minutes

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FEEDBACK

• Feedback is the process of gathering information
  to determine whether your performance is meeting
  the expectations of others

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ACTIVITY 7

• In groups
•  
• Respond
• Report
• Discuss
• 15 minutes

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CUSTOMERS

• Successful organisations are customer focused
• They plan to meet customer needs and
• expectations
• What this means is that they take the time and
• make the effort to know who their customers are
• and what they want

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COMMUNICATING WITH CUSTOMERS

• How do you find out what your customers want?
• Communicate with them
• Give them information about your organisation
• and about the product/ service you supply
• Ask them what they want
• Get feedback from them

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RELATIONSHIPS

• An organisation that has a culture of
  collaboration
• and cooperation can encourage easily achieved
• work outcomes and goals
• Working collaboratively (ie working together)
  with
• different groups, identifying and catering for
  the
• needs of others can also assist in building
  positive
• relationships

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ACTIVITY 8

• In groups
• Discuss
• Record
• Report
• 25 minutes

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ASSESSMENT

• Assessment for this unit will be based on
• Your workshop participation and contribution
  levels
• The completion of the learning activities during
  the workshop
• Completion of the final assessment task