policy matters

1. Study into VET workforce development – issues paper released
2. AQTF 2010 – Update from the National Quality Council

1. Study into VET workforce development – issues paper released

The Productivity Commission is currently focusing on the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. ACPET will provide a submission to this study.
The Commission has been asked to consider both th VET workforce as a whole and provide advice on:

1. Factors affecting the current and future demand for the VET workforce, and the required mix of skills and knowledge
2. The current and future supply of the VET workforce
3. The structure of the workforce and its efficiency and effectiveness
4. Workforce planning and development, including any changes to ongoing data collection to provide for future planning and reporting requirements.

You can read the issues paper by clicking here
To contribute to ACPET’s submission contact ACPET’s Manager of Policy and Research by ben [dot] vivekanandan [at] acpet [dot] edu [dot] au (email) or 03 9412 9512.

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2. AQTF 2010 – Update from the National Quality Council

The finalised conditions and standards, together with the updated user guides for RTOs and related national guidelines that support the AQTF will be available by mid June 2010.

COAG endorsed key reforms to the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Essential Standards for Registration in December 2009 in response to issues that had been identified in relation to training provided to international students.

In endorsing the new conditions and standards COAG agreed that implementation of the new arrangements, including strengthened national guidelines for risk management and managing non-compliance would be led by the Ministerial Council for Tertiary Education and Employment (MCTEE) for implementation by March 2010.

Advice to the NQC and the National Senior Officials Committee received from registering bodies and industry peak bodies indicated that a number of definitional and other issues needed to be resolved before the conditions and standards could be implemented effectively by RTOs and registering bodies.

These include a range of governance and financial management issues as well as student records management system issues.

The NQC and NSOC have established a Joint Working Group to oversee the Strengthening the AQTF project. The project is reviewing guidelines and other documents that support the AQTF in order to align them with the revised AQTF Essential Standards for Registration, and seeking to ensure a consistent and complementary approach with the registration requirements under the ESOS Act.

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