I was listening on the radio earlier today about a business who hadn’t anticipated the drought and didn’t have the water resources to continue his business of growing vegetables. I contemplated how people miss the importance of identifying risk when planning their business and felt it was an issue that people who have an RTO […]
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Vocational competency is defined as broad industry knowledge and experience, usually combined with a relevant industry qualification. A person who has vocational competency will be familiar with the content of the vocation and will have relevant current experience in the industry. Vocational competency must be considered on an industry-by-industry basis and with reference to the
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As you are aware there is a requirement in the AQTF to use the unique student identifier in condition 6. COAG gave its in-principle support for the introduction, from 2012, of a national unique student identifier for the VET sector that is capable of being fully integrated with the entire education system. Here is an
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James Adonis writes…Forget about absenteeism. There’s a bigger issue infecting workplaces and it’s called ‘presenteeism’. It’s when employees are on site but mentally absent. In defiance of their coughs and colds, they turn up to work thinking they’re doing the right thing. But they’re not. There are three main causes spreading the plague of presenteeism.
There… but not really there Read More »
The question of clustering comes up time and time again when talking to RTO staff. I think the biggest problem is people don’t understand the benefits. These benefits are for the students, the assessors and the workplace. So I decided to discuss some of the benefits and how to cluster. What is clustering? It when
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Client needs may include a range of other issues for you to consider. While you need to understand the client’s purpose and priorities, you should also consider any constraints that may influence the nature of the application you create for the client. Client expectations may be limited by a range of factors including: timeframes available
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As Alice said to the proverbial Cheshire Cat, “‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat. `I don’t much care where–‘ said Alice. `Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.”
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I was at a client’s workplace providing training and assessment the other day and the Training Manager, who had contracted my services, was asking about the mapping of the assessment to the unit of competence. I was so excited to hear him take interest and want to understand the quality of the RTO services being
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Have you a copy of the mapping tool to the assessment activities that incorporates: The outcomes and performance requirements of the unit The skills and knowledge essential to competent performance Has knowledge and skills been integrated into the practical application Has sufficient evidence been collected? Have the assessment tool addressed a range of assessment methods
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Decision making rules; how do we make them for quality assessment.
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