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In The News
2012 ASSESSOR NETWORK
More information click here
Assessor Network Invitation click here
Register NOW click here
INTEGRITY IN ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS- Wed 29 Feb or Thurs 8 March
The ITAB has recieved many requests from RTOs to provide a workshop opportunity to develop skills in aligning assessment activities and strategies to requirements of units of competency including alignment to the AQF. Often referred to as 'mapping' or 'assessment matrix'. This workshop will explore the ins and outs of all things to do with assessment to ensure RTOs are able to maintain the integrity of training package requirements.
Workshop Invitation: click here
Register NOW: click here
ANNOUNCING 2012 ASSESSMENT VALIDATION WORKSHOPS- due to the success of our 2011 workshops, we will be offering these workshops in 2012. The half day Introduction to Assessment Validation workshop will be held on Thursday 23 February and Tuesday 6 March.
NOTE: Participants will be eligible to join the ITAB External Valdiation Network.
Workshop Invitation: click here
Register NOW: click here
2012 EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT VALIDATION NETWORKS- The ITAB currently facilitates industry external validation networks for Aged Care, Children's Services and Disablitiy. We hope to expand these networks to other industry sectors this year.
To exisiting members-2012 meeting dates will be available soon.
Training Package Continuous Improvement Updates
Current ISC projects in the Continuous Improvement review cycle of the Health Training Package close 16 January 2012
First Aid
Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support
For more information Click here
NEW E-learning Resources
Check out our e-learning resources on www.workplaceskills.com.au , For quick access use the e-learning icon in the left hand menu. Current resources include:
- All In a Day's Work (recognition for early childhood educators)
- Oral Health for Aged Care
- Workplace Buiding Blocks- Core Skills in Aged Care (supporting LLN needs)
- Policy@My Place (incorporating support for Keep Them Safe policy development and implementation)
Our industry endorsed resources are free for learners with unlimited access.
We'd love to hear from you when you've viewed or used our resources. Each resource has an online 'Feedback' section for your convenience.
REVISED CIII Aged Care Resources
Child Protection
New section on Navigating NSW detailing NSW Keep Them Safe initiative and related units of competency.
CHC08 and HLT07 Traineeships
For more information click here
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Hope you all had a great break and wonderful festive season. We are looking forward to sharing another busy year with our members and colleagues.
New Trainer and Assessor standards announced
The National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) met in Adelaide on Thursday 8 December 2011, at which a range of standards related matters were canvassed, including the Quality Indicators for RTOs, Determination for trainer and assessor competencies, regulation of RTOs, and Training Packages.
Summary follows:
Determination for Trainers and Assessors
The NSSC is responsible for setting the competency standards required by VET trainers and assessors if they are delivering training and assessment services. At the meeting of 8 December 2011, the NSSC:
- considered and endorsed a new Determination for Training and Assessment competencies to be held by Trainers and Assessors
- specified the qualifications or competencies that must be held, as a minimum, by trainers, persons delivering training under supervision, and assessors in the VET sector
- agreed to a transition period to 1 July 2013, to allow providers time to adopt a planned approach to ensuring all trainers and assessors meet the requirements of this Determination by 1 July 2013.
This Determination replaces the NQC Determination dated 17 June 2010, which was due to take effect on 17 June 2012. The NQC Determination of 18 December 2009 will continue to apply during the transition period (i.e. to 1 July 2013).
Quality Indicators for RTOs
The NSSC discussed the three quality indicators for RTOs:
- Learner Engagement
- Employer Satisfaction and
- Competency Completion
and the associated analysis and reporting mechanisms :
- the Survey Management, Analysis and Reporting Tool (SMART) and
- the Competency Completion Online System (CCOS).
The outcomes from this discussion is summarised in Special Bulletin 1 (December 2011) published on the NSSC website.
The QI results for the previous financial year are due to Registering Bodies on 30 June of the following year, meaning RTOs are currently collecting and analysing their 2011 calendar year data, for reporting to Registering Bodies by 30 June 2012.
Click here for Special Bulletin 1
OHS News Flash – comments required by 30 January
New Work Health and Safety laws are now implemented in New South Wales and other states and territories. This change is in response to the 2008 Council of Australian Governments Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety.
In line with this legislative requirement, CS&HISC has updated seven Occupational Health and Safety units across both the Community Services (CHC08) and Health (HLT07) training packages. Click here for a summary of the changes
The draft units are now available for public review and feedback until 30 January 2012.
For more information please visit the project page
ISC Updating Pathology – feedback required by February 7th 2012
Changes have been made to HLT41807 Certificate IV in Pathology. The current HLT41807 Certificate IV in Pathology qualification has now been separated into two qualifications to better reflect the work roles in the areas of collection and assistance.
Please review and provide feedback to the CSHISC. To view the draft qualifications and a summary of the changes, please click on this link: project page.
ASQA targeting aged care training from January 2012
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is targeting aged care training as a key risk factor in assessing providers. Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the national regulator of the VET sector. From January, ASQA will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they apply to register, renew or amend courses that include aged care qualifications.
ASQA has alerted its compliance staff to especially scrutinise applications from providers wanting to move into aged care training, as well as re-registration applications from current aged care trainers.
This means all organisations applying for initial aged care training registration will be site audited at the time of registration and again a year later. All RTOs that offer aged care qualifications will be audited when applying to renew their registration. If an RTO requests to add aged care qualifications to their schedule, they will need to provide training and assessment criteria plus training materials.
On the issue of complaints, the spokesperson said ASQA would continue its “risk-focused approach” to aged care training provision and monitoring of standards. “ASQA responds rigorously to issues and complaints that are made about the aged care sector and is currently undertaking a major audit of a national aged care RTO.” ASQA confirmed it is gathering further information to determine if a sector-wide audit is required. A possible national audit of aged care training will be a "very high priority'' for ASQA once it has national coverage.
In its aged care report last year the Productivity Commission aired some scathing assessments of the standard of courses. It recommended that a national audit of aged care training be carried out.
Submissions to the Productivity Commission complained of the wide variability in the competency of graduates, and criticised "fast-tracked'' courses of only a few weeks duration that have no clinical placements. The highly variable quality of Certificates III and IV training was raised repeatedly during the commission’s public hearings, with the issue canvassed extensively in its final report.
This information is informed by articles in
Campus Review: by Natasha Egan 12th December, 2011
and
The Australian: by Andrew Trounson 02 September, 2011
Other big news for 2012
Two new traineeship pathways have been declared and the Commissioner's Information Bulletins are now available on the State Training Services website.
A VET in Schools traineeship pathway (School based traineeship) for Certificate III in Children’s Services enabling years 11 and 12 students to be employed while completing the Certificate III for their HSC. The VTO contains all the relevant requirements and information the student, employer, RTO and school must comply with.
CIB 517 - "Community Services - Children’s Services - Traineeship"
URL - https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/cib_vto/cibs/cib_517.html
and for the Diploma of Children’s Services (Outside School Hours Care) – a 24 month pathway.
CIB 516 - "Community Services - Outside School Hours Care - Traineeship"
URL - https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/cib_vto/cibs/cib_516.html
Early Childhood Development Workforce:
release of final report
The report into Early Childhood Development Workforce has been released by the Australian Government.
View online: www.pc.gov.au/projects/study/education-workforce/early-childhood/report
Announcing New Traineeship Pathways
CHC30808 Certificate III in Education Support has been declared as a 24 month traineeship. For further details click here
CHC30308 Certificate III in Home and Community Care has had amendments to on-the-job supervision requirements. More details on NavigatingNSW
We are pleased to announce the new look and updatedwebsite to include CHC08 Community Services Training Package. Access the website by clicking on the site icon on the left menu bar of this page or use www.csh-itab.com.au/navnsw/
also includes advice about the HLT07 Health Training Paqckage qualifications, Child Protection and First Aid units of competency.
We endeavour to keep up to date and welcome any feedback, comments or current NSW developments that will help us provide a useful and vital information service.
Last updated 19 January 2012
In The News
2012 ASSESSOR NETWORK
More information click here
Assessor Network Invitation click here
Register NOW click here
INTEGRITY IN ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS- Wed 29 Feb or Thurs 8 March
The ITAB has recieved many requests from RTOs to provide a workshop opportunity to develop skills in aligning assessment activities and strategies to requirements of units of competency including alignment to the AQF. Often referred to as 'mapping' or 'assessment matrix'. This workshop will explore the ins and outs of all things to do with assessment to ensure RTOs are able to maintain the integrity of training package requirements.
Workshop Invitation: click here
Register NOW: click here
ANNOUNCING 2012 ASSESSMENT VALIDATION WORKSHOPS- due to the success of our 2011 workshops, we will be offering these workshops in 2012. The half day Introduction to Assessment Validation workshop will be held on Thursday 23 February and Tuesday 6 March.
NOTE: Participants will be eligible to join the ITAB External Valdiation Network.
Workshop Invitation: click here
Register NOW: click here
2012 EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT VALIDATION NETWORKS- The ITAB currently facilitates industry external validation networks for Aged Care, Children's Services and Disablitiy. We hope to expand these networks to other industry sectors this year.
To exisiting members-2012 meeting dates will be available soon.
Training Package Continuous Improvement Updates
Current ISC projects in the Continuous Improvement review cycle of the Health Training Package close 16 January 2012
First Aid
Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support
For more information Click here
NEW E-learning Resources
Check out our e-learning resources on www.workplaceskills.com.au , For quick access use the e-learning icon in the left hand menu. Current resources include:
- All In a Day's Work (recognition for early childhood educators)
- Oral Health for Aged Care
- Workplace Buiding Blocks- Core Skills in Aged Care (supporting LLN needs)
- Policy@My Place (incorporating support for Keep Them Safe policy development and implementation)
Our industry endorsed resources are free for learners with unlimited access.
We'd love to hear from you when you've viewed or used our resources. Each resource has an online 'Feedback' section for your convenience.
REVISED CIII Aged Care Resources
Child Protection
New section on Navigating NSW detailing NSW Keep Them Safe initiative and related units of competency.
CHC08 and HLT07 Traineeships
For more information click here
Hope you all had a great break and wonderful festive season. We are looking forward to sharing another busy year with our members and colleagues.
New Trainer and Assessor standards announced
The National Skills Standards Council (NSSC) met in Adelaide on Thursday 8 December 2011, at which a range of standards related matters were canvassed, including the Quality Indicators for RTOs, Determination for trainer and assessor competencies, regulation of RTOs, and Training Packages.
Summary follows:
Determination for Trainers and Assessors
The NSSC is responsible for setting the competency standards required by VET trainers and assessors if they are delivering training and assessment services. At the meeting of 8 December 2011, the NSSC:
- considered and endorsed a new Determination for Training and Assessment competencies to be held by Trainers and Assessors
- specified the qualifications or competencies that must be held, as a minimum, by trainers, persons delivering training under supervision, and assessors in the VET sector
- agreed to a transition period to 1 July 2013, to allow providers time to adopt a planned approach to ensuring all trainers and assessors meet the requirements of this Determination by 1 July 2013.
This Determination replaces the NQC Determination dated 17 June 2010, which was due to take effect on 17 June 2012. The NQC Determination of 18 December 2009 will continue to apply during the transition period (i.e. to 1 July 2013).
Quality Indicators for RTOs
The NSSC discussed the three quality indicators for RTOs:
- Learner Engagement
- Employer Satisfaction and
- Competency Completion
and the associated analysis and reporting mechanisms :
- the Survey Management, Analysis and Reporting Tool (SMART) and
- the Competency Completion Online System (CCOS).
The outcomes from this discussion is summarised in Special Bulletin 1 (December 2011) published on the NSSC website.
The QI results for the previous financial year are due to Registering Bodies on 30 June of the following year, meaning RTOs are currently collecting and analysing their 2011 calendar year data, for reporting to Registering Bodies by 30 June 2012.
Click here for Special Bulletin 1
OHS News Flash – comments required by 30 January
New Work Health and Safety laws are now implemented in New South Wales and other states and territories. This change is in response to the 2008 Council of Australian Governments Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety.
In line with this legislative requirement, CS&HISC has updated seven Occupational Health and Safety units across both the Community Services (CHC08) and Health (HLT07) training packages. Click here for a summary of the changes
The draft units are now available for public review and feedback until 30 January 2012.
For more information please visit the project page
ISC Updating Pathology – feedback required by February 7th 2012
Changes have been made to HLT41807 Certificate IV in Pathology. The current HLT41807 Certificate IV in Pathology qualification has now been separated into two qualifications to better reflect the work roles in the areas of collection and assistance.
Please review and provide feedback to the CSHISC. To view the draft qualifications and a summary of the changes, please click on this link: project page.
ASQA targeting aged care training from January 2012
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is targeting aged care training as a key risk factor in assessing providers. Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the national regulator of the VET sector. From January, ASQA will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they apply to register, renew or amend courses that include aged care qualifications.
ASQA has alerted its compliance staff to especially scrutinise applications from providers wanting to move into aged care training, as well as re-registration applications from current aged care trainers.
This means all organisations applying for initial aged care training registration will be site audited at the time of registration and again a year later. All RTOs that offer aged care qualifications will be audited when applying to renew their registration. If an RTO requests to add aged care qualifications to their schedule, they will need to provide training and assessment criteria plus training materials.
On the issue of complaints, the spokesperson said ASQA would continue its “risk-focused approach” to aged care training provision and monitoring of standards. “ASQA responds rigorously to issues and complaints that are made about the aged care sector and is currently undertaking a major audit of a national aged care RTO.” ASQA confirmed it is gathering further information to determine if a sector-wide audit is required. A possible national audit of aged care training will be a "very high priority'' for ASQA once it has national coverage.
In its aged care report last year the Productivity Commission aired some scathing assessments of the standard of courses. It recommended that a national audit of aged care training be carried out.
Submissions to the Productivity Commission complained of the wide variability in the competency of graduates, and criticised "fast-tracked'' courses of only a few weeks duration that have no clinical placements. The highly variable quality of Certificates III and IV training was raised repeatedly during the commission’s public hearings, with the issue canvassed extensively in its final report.
This information is informed by articles in
Campus Review: by Natasha Egan 12th December, 2011
and
The Australian: by Andrew Trounson 02 September, 2011
Other big news for 2012
Two new traineeship pathways have been declared and the Commissioner's Information Bulletins are now available on the State Training Services website.
A VET in Schools traineeship pathway (School based traineeship) for Certificate III in Children’s Services enabling years 11 and 12 students to be employed while completing the Certificate III for their HSC. The VTO contains all the relevant requirements and information the student, employer, RTO and school must comply with.
CIB 517 - "Community Services - Children’s Services - Traineeship"
URL - https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/cib_vto/cibs/cib_517.html
and for the Diploma of Children’s Services (Outside School Hours Care) – a 24 month pathway.
CIB 516 - "Community Services - Outside School Hours Care - Traineeship"
URL - https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/cib_vto/cibs/cib_516.html
Early Childhood Development Workforce:
release of final report
The report into Early Childhood Development Workforce has been released by the Australian Government.
View online: www.pc.gov.au/projects/study/education-workforce/early-childhood/report
Announcing New Traineeship Pathways
CHC30808 Certificate III in Education Support has been declared as a 24 month traineeship. For further details click here
CHC30308 Certificate III in Home and Community Care has had amendments to on-the-job supervision requirements. More details on NavigatingNSW
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We are pleased to announce the new look and updatedwebsite to include CHC08 Community Services Training Package. Access the website by clicking on the site icon on the left menu bar of this page or use www.csh-itab.com.au/navnsw/ also includes advice about the HLT07 Health Training Paqckage qualifications, Child Protection and First Aid units of competency. We endeavour to keep up to date and welcome any feedback, comments or current NSW developments that will help us provide a useful and vital information service. |
| Last updated 19 January 2012 |
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