Carol HunterRTO Services and Consulting

For QLD ...Later this year and possibly as late as November

NSW, ACT and NT have already passed legislation with 1 July as the proposed start date

National Legislation is on the table and possibly will pass in late March

Part of the cooperative policy framework that marks the integration of the new tertiary sector

C’wealth will acquire new responsibilities that were formerly the domain of the states

Created through a statutory agency (Standards Council) with more direct control over VET providers

VIC and WA will enact mirror legislation

Both civil and administrative offences are available

Reduced amount of ‘process’ auditing replaced by ‘quality’ auditing using more enhanced risk identification procedures to identify need to audit

Referral and delegation powers e.g. to states, licensing or industry bodies or RTOs or state authorities

The national standards will become a legislative instrument

There will be a mechanism for requesting re-assessment

Strong investigation powers – to produce documents, to enter and search

Strong enforcement penalties (civil and criminal)

Enforceable undertakings, infringement notices and injunctions

Too early to tell A lot of the bill is designed to provide for

the wider market where significant damage has been done to the VET brand

There will be changes in style and operation Delegation to QSA? Currently with TERC

The AQTF...QSA’s VET Update

1.4 current industry skills... But don’t forget that you need to have the vocational competency in the area to start with (then build on that by keeping current)

Transitions. Keep up to date with the DET Registration Notices or NTIS. Transition needs to be made within 12 months to the new package.

http://training.qld.gov.au/training-organisations/registration-audit/notices.html

Lost Cost... especially for T and A

NQC – assessment fact sheets http://www.nqc.tvetaustralia.com.au/

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NQC – Validation and Moderation series◦ Guide for Developing Assessment Tools◦ Assessor Guide

◦ http://www.nqc.tvetaustralia.com.au/nqc_publications

VETpd http://www.vetpd.qld.gov.au/teaching-

learning-and-assessment/resources/assessment-foundations-resources/index.html

Assessment Foundations resource topics can be downloaded from the website and customised to suit the professional development needs of the staff in your RTO.

Within each topic, Assessment Foundations resources are presented in the following way:

Topic Content file - which provides the core of topic information for participants

Ideas for Delivery file - which provides a guide for the facilitator on how they might deliver the content.  Ideas may include: ◦ Key discussion points to note about the topic content◦ PowerPoint slides to support the key points◦ Suggested activities to engage participants including

instructions, suggested Worksheets and Worksheet Solutions◦ Interactive online activities that have been developed to

support the content.