Organisational Reviews

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As per Draft documents 25 May 2007
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This presentation

• Why the Change?
• Whats different
• The Essential Standards
• The Excellence Criteria
• The Audit model
• Implications for RMIT
• Time Lines

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Why the change?

• COAG (Council of Australian Governments)
• - human capital reform agenda
• - workforce development and participation
• The national focus on VET
• - national consistency
• - focus on outcomes (industry
• confidence)

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Whats different?

• A shift away from a compliance focus to an
  outcomes and continuous improvement focus
• A stronger focus on teaching and learning
• Introduction of Quality Indicators
• Risk management determines scope and frequency of
  Audits
• Levels of Recognition as a quality assured
  provider
• -

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AQTF 2007

• Essential standards for registration.
• (Must be met in order to deliver and assess
  nationally recognised programs)
• Standards for State and Territory Registering
  Bodies
• Excellence Criteria (Voluntary)
• (Follows Australian Business Excellence Awards
  principles)

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ESSENTIAL STANDARDS FOR REGISTRATION

• Comprises
• 9 Conditions of Registration
• (compliance mandatory)
• Three standards
• (Subject to continuous improvement)
• Quality indicators
• Implementation 1July 2007

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ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

• Conditions of registration
• Before 1 July 2007 the University will have to
  sign a declaration that it complies with the 9
  Conditions of Registration.
• The conditions of registration will only be
  audited where there are identified risks
  determined by the registering body.

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ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

• Standard 1 The RTO provides quality training
  and assessment across all of its operations
• Standard 2 The RTO adheres to principles of
  access and equity and maximises outcomes for its
  clients
• Standard 3 Management systems are responsive to
  the needs of clients, staff and stakeholders, and
  the environment in which the RTO operates
• Implementation 1 July 2007

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ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

• Quality Indicators
• Employer satisfaction (this includes competency
  development and training assessment quality).
• Learner satisfaction (this includes learner
  engagement and competency development).
• Competency completion rate. (This will be
  calculated for qualifications and units of
  competency.)
• Implementation 1 January 2008

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Excellence Criteria(voluntary)

• Principles, criteria, assessment, and reporting
  system for Excellence recognition still being
  developed
• Based on the Business Excellence framework
• Continuous improvement focus
• Cost/benefits of participation are not yet
  apparent (May be linked to criteria for self
  managed scope

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Audit model

• New audit model to reflect focus on outcomes and
  continuous improvement (more rigorous).
• Scope and frequency of Audits will be based on
  the outcome of a risk assessment by the
  registering body.
• (VRQA in Victoria)

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Audit Scope

• Two qualifications from each training package
  under review to include where possible
• Units of competency that have been identified as
  high risk by industry
• Apprenticeships/ Traineeship Qualifications
• A low and high AQF level

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Audit Scope

• The assessments for at least two units of
  competency for each qualification. The two units
  of competency to be high risk (as identified by
  industry) or two industry specific units of
  competency.
• The learning and assessment strategies for all
  qualifications

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Basis of Audits ADRI

• Approach What are your objectives?
• Deployment How are they being implemented? Is
  this appropriate?
• Results What are the outcomes? How do you know
  that you are meeting your objectives? (evidence,
  including comparisons)
• Improvement What improvements do you make?

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Outcomes of Audit

• Compliant
• The requirements of the Essential Standards for
  Registration have been met.
• Minor non-compliance
• Examples may include
• an isolated breach in compliance
• a lapse which has no serious consequence

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Outcomes of Audit

• High non compliance (20 days to fix)
• An RTO that exhibits
• little or no evidence of meeting the Essential
  Standards for Registration
• an almost total or total breakdown in the
  capacity to manage the RTO including the systems
  required to do so
• lack of resources to support the delivery of
  training

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Outcomes of Audit

• Critical non compliance
• Examples may include
• a situation where there is a significant risk
  of injury or death to people in the training
  environment or the current (or future) workplace
• a situation resulting in potential risk to
  consumers of goods and services produced in the
  training environment or (future) workplace.

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Sanctions
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Implications for RMIT

• The new AQTF is in alignment with our strategic
  objectives
• The public risk around registration and
  strategic industry audits will be greater
• Outcomes measures may be made public
• Evidence of consultation with industry in
  development of curriculum is required

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Implications for RMIT

• Implementation of existing policies will be
  critical, e.g.
• Program Annual Reports
• Student Surveys
• Program Implementation
• Validation moderation of assessment.

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Timelines

• Before 1 July 2007 Conditions of Registration
  viewed, signed and returned to registering bodies
  by RTOs
• Auditing against AQTF 2007 from 1 July 2007
• 1 January 2008 Excellence Criteria implemented
• 1 January 2008 Quality Indicators implemented

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• Questions and
• discussion

Contact Mike quinn Phone 53337 E-mail
michael.quinn_at_rmit.edu.au