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VELG Qld Schools VET ConferenceQCAA Update - 4 August 2017

Presentation overview

Leanne Rolph, Assistant Director, Senior Assessment

and Moderation Branch

• QCAA as regulator

• National and State agendas

• VET and the new QCE system

Vanessa Pye, Acting Manager, VET Unit

• QCAA VET unit update

QCAA as regulatorQCAA as delegate for ASQA

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Delegation

The QCAA, as delegate for ASQA, registers and

audits Queensland school RTOs.

• Only students in Years 10, 11 and 12

• Up to AQF Certificate IV level

– excluding apprenticeships or regulated

outcomes

Over 300 Queensland school RTOs

Review of VET legislation

Standards for RTOs 2015

Contents:

• 4 parts

Section 1: Preliminary

Section 2: Training and assessment

Section 3: Obligations to learners and clients

Section 4: RTO governance and administration

• 8 Standards

• 6 Schedules

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Standards update

Student-centred audit approachASQAs new approach and school RTOs

ASQA’s student-centred audit approach

• 2016 trial

• Evaluation

• Provider briefings

• 1 July implementation

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ASQA’s introductionASQA on YouTube

Key changesInformation provided by ASQA

Focus on the student journeyInformation provided by ASQA

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How the audit is plannedInformation provided by ASQA

QCAA implementation timelines

All audits from 2018

The National VET agenda

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National strategic reviews

ASQA regulatory strategy 2016 – 17 – Target Areas

• Learner Protection

• Amount of Training

• Capability of trainers and assessors

NCVER research

• Recent publications

– Continuing professional development for a

diverse VET practitioner workforce

– Developing and sustaining successful

partnerships between employers and training

providers

– Continuity and change: employers’ training

practices and partnerships with training

providers

– The future of Australian Apprenticeships

ACACA research

ACACA current research project

• ARC grant – (proposed) 5 year longitudinal

study

• The wider benefits of VET delivered to

secondary students

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Department of Education and Training

• Australian Government Department of Education

and Training projects

– P-Tech centres (best practice delivery models

for school-based apprenticeships and

traineeships)

Improving the quality of assessment

• Working group provided advice to minister

May 2016

• report published

www.education.gov.au/improving-quality-

assessment-vet

Agenda for Queensland

• Three priority areas:

– Industry and

innovation

– A quality system

– Access and

participation

Advancing Skills for the future

VET and the new QCE systemThe future of VET

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New QCE and tertiary entrance systems

VET continues to be

part of the QCE

One completed VET course at Certificate

III or above is part of

eligibility for the new

tertiary entrance rank

VET and the ATAR

QCAA VET Unit update

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Quality Agenda

Role - provide educational support

Focus for 2017-2018

Quality

• Support school RTOs to deliver quality educational

programs

• Improved literacy and numeracy levels

• Improve and develop School RTO management

• Reduce the regulatory burden on schools

QCAA VET UnitSupport and resources to promote quality VET

Focus on success in Queensland Schools

Video – National Recognised Training Success

stories in Queensland Schools available at: www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/vet and YouTube

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Update to the VET section of the website

COMING SOON

School portalOnline VET forms

Recent QCAA changes

• School Portal

– Scope

– RTO details

– Online applications (new)

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.

au/schoolportal/login

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Portal resources

Online forms

1. Add units of competency

2. Add new qualifications to scope

3. Remove qualifications from

scope

4. Notification of change to

Organisational Details

5. Renew RTO Registration

6. Initial RTO Registration

7. Application to withdraw RTO

Registration

User guides

Audit based intelligenceCommon non-compliances

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Audit results - 2016

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Compliant Minor Significant Critical

Audit outcome

Audit outcome

All compliant following rectification period

Compliance by Standard - 2016

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Standard 1 Standard 2 Standard 3 Standard 4 Standard 5 Standard 6 Standard 7 Standard 8

Standard comparison

Not compliant Compliant

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Frequent areas of non-compliance

Training and assessment (Standard 1)

1. Training and assessment strategies (TAS)

2. Industry engagement

3. Trainer and assessor profiles

4. Assessment system

5. Systematic validation

‘Equivalent’ units of competency

SITHCCC102 – Prepare

simple dishes

(superseded)

Critical aspects included:

• ‘prepare a variety of simple dishes’

• ‘integrate knowledge of preparation methods’

SITHCCC002 – Prepare

and present simple dishes

(current)

Performance evidence requirements include:

• ‘prepare six different

simple dishes selecting one from each of the following categories’

• ‘use at least six different cookery methods from the

following list ‘

Other frequent areas of non-compliance

Data and transitioning

• Correct dates

• Use of ‘superseded’ for

transitioning qualifications

• Reporting the USI to

the QCAA

Complaints & appeals

• Must be public

• Natural justice

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Certificate III & IV

• Student learning goals

• Planning delivery and assessment

– Qualification level requirements

• Appropriate timetabling

• Trainer and assessor requirements

• Training and assessment

environment

• Industry engagement

Considerations for quality RTO delivery:

Student-centred audit approachFurther detail

Risk intelligence for audit planning

• RTO ‘profile’

– Audit history

– Scope of registration and registration activity

– Enrolment and completion data

• Internet marketing and

information

• Student feedback

• Declaration on compliance

• Quality Indictor reporting

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Auditing practice and behaviours

• Student-centred approach focuses on collecting

evidence of actual practice and behaviour

• Less focus on processes and systems

• A greater variety of evidence sources – not just

documentary evidence

• RTOs will be made more accountable for

identifying and correcting non-compliant practice

and behaviour and the negative impact on

students.

Audit report will follow the five-stage student journey

Increased student input

ASQA are using an online

student survey

• A number of questions

following the student

experience

• Current students

• Students completed in

past 12 months

• Result summary

shared with RTO

Addressing impact of non-compliances

• Increased accountability for non-compliance

• Where non-compliances have affected students,

you may be required to:

– Correct practices or systems to ensure

compliance in the future

– Identify impact on students and carry out

remedial action

• Remedial action will depend on:

– Student impact

– Seriousness of non-compliances

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QCAA Contact Information:

Leadership:

• Leanne Rolph (Assistant Director)

• Mark Maddox (Manager)

• Vanessa Pye (Principal Education Officer)

Administration team:

• Kareena Geale – Registration

• Shona McDermott – Data Management

Education Officers / auditors:

• Melanie Alexandra

• Jenny DaSilva

• Peter Lausberg VET phone: (07) 3864 0381

• Wes Metcalf VET Email: vetq@qcaa.qld.edu.au

Ask the VET team a question

Thank you

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End of presentationQCAA Update - 4 August 2017

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