RTO assessment systems are incremental in your business. There should be a method in your madness when developing them. Start with the end, the outcome. Then as you develop them you include more to guide others. Consider the student, the length of the course and any other factors that need to be considered for your […]
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Current evidence is important in determining if a learner is competent. When considering what is Current evidence you need to consider if it reflects current industry practice. In assessment, currency relates to the age of the evidence presented by a candidate to demonstrate that they are still competent. Competency requires demonstration of current performance, so
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Once again the VET environment changes; this time the new Trainer and Assessor TAE requirements. So I was reading an article written by a fellow consultant about the new requirements. My take on the article was he was frustrated that the new TAE requirements (from 2019) are not stringent enough. I get where he is
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On the 5th July 2017 The Standards for Registered Training Organisations were modified to update the specified qualifications required for trainers and assessors effective from 1 April 2019. This means you have just under 2 years to possibly upgrade your qualification (if you don’t meet the other criteria). I highly recommend you start planning this
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Complaints are not the worst thing that can happen. Sometimes they can be considered as negative and unwelcome, and they can create stress and bad feeling. Complaints are also an opportunity to put things right and learn for the future too. It is the way you look at them that counts. You can choose to stress about the
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RTO Compliance With the implementation of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in 2015, the compliance focus for RTOs has been a huge learning curve. This is where RTO Consultants can help. Whilst many RTOs are applying new strategies and trying to cover everything needed, still I find RTOs need support to meet the
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Excitement Excitement gets the juices running, and motivation to do all the right work for your application and auditors visit. Fear shuts people down, and stops the dreams. It can put us into a freeze situation; where we stop everything, or a flight situation; where we run away from what we are doing. In both
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Training Regulator Annual Strategy – Stakeholder Advice Request WA’s vocational education and training regulator, TAC (Training Accreditation Council) would like to advise stakeholders of the opportunity to provide their feedback regarding current concerns and/or emerging issues in the training sector. Committed to maintaining a high quality vocational education and training (VET) system The Training Accreditation Council
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Amount of Training One clue that someone doesn’t understand a problem is that they need a large number of variables and factors to explain it. However if you turn a complex situation into something overly simple, it shows ignorance of how the system works. The VET sector is constantly seeing people questioning what is the
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One of the key areas I see missing in RTO’s training is the way people provide training. They are cutting out time, and therefore cutting out the value of practicing new skills. Remember those Adult Learning principles? The ones we learnt during our Training and Assessment qualification? Well they are key to understanding your
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