1. Hong Kong Vocational Training Council
Teacher training workshop
August 2016
Presenter: Simon Brown
Teacher
TAFE Queensland SkillsTech
2. Overview of training program
TAFE Queensland - Great Facts
http://tafeqld.edu.au/
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Monday 1st August 2016
3. TAFE Queensland Regions
TAFE Queensland - Regions
http://tafeqld.edu.au/
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4. Overview of the Australian VET System
• Glossary of terms
• SNR - Standards for Registered Training
Organisations 2015
• AQF - Australian Qualifications Framework
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5. Glossary of terms
• AQF
• AQTF
• ASQA
• COAG
• CRICOS
• ELICOS
• ESOS
• NSSC
• NVR
• RPL
• RTO
• SCOTESE
• SES
• SNR
• TAFE
• VET
http://www.asqa.gov.au/news-and-publications/glossary.html
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6. AQF - Australian Qualifications
Framework
http://www.aqf.edu.au/aqf/in-detail/aqf-levels/
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7. SNR - Standards for Nationally
Registered Training Organisations 2015
http://www.asqa.gov.au/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015/
users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015.html
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9. Lunch break
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Monday 1st August 2016
10. Overview of the Australian
apprenticeship system
• History
• Models of apprenticeship training
https://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/sites/ausapps/files/publication-documents/ncverreport1.pdf
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Monday 1st August 2016
11. History of apprenticeships in Australia
• European settlement
• Federation of Australian states and territories
• Post-WWII
• Recent
https://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/sites/ausapps/files/publication-documents/ncverreport1.pdf
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12. History of TAFE Qld
http://tafeqld.edu.au/about-us/tafe-queensland/history/#.V5mJi9J96M8
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13. Modes of apprenticeship training
• Formal training
– Pre-vocational training
– Traineeships
– School-based apprenticeships
– Apprenticeships
• Informal training
– Aspirational learning
– Professional development
https://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/publications/ncver-report-2-overview-apprenticeship-and-traineeship-institutional-structure
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16. Apprentice training contract
The Training Contract is used to register an
apprenticeship or traineeship. It covers:
• 3-way commitment to training program
– Apprentice
– Employer
– RTO (TAFE)
• Training program
– Paid employment
– On-job training
– Off-job training
• Training to agreed level (AQF)
and standards (SNR)
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Monday 1st August 2016
17. Industry Engagement:
How TAFE involves industry
http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/documents/2008/jul/qld%20skills%20plan/attachments/Queensland%20Skills%20Plan%202008.pdf
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18. Industry Engagement:
How TAFE involves industry
http://tafeqld.edu.au/employers/industry-partnerships/#.V5liMtJ96Cg
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19. How training packages are developed
Service Skills
Organisation develops
training package
Service Skills
Organisation submits
training package to
Industry and Skills
Advisory Committee for
endorsement
Industry Skills Council
reviews training package
and maintains standards
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http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/australias-vet-sector/training-packages1.html
20. How training packages are used
RTO registers
qualifications with
ASQA
RTO demonstrates
compliance with
SNR standards
RTO reviews and
improves resources
to maintain ASQA
registration
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http://www.asqa.gov.au/about/australias-vet-sector/training-packages1.html
21. Industry Skills Council – Energy sectors
http://e-oz.com.au/
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23. VET in Australian Government
http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/education-and-training/vocational-education-and-training
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26. TAFE Queensland Educator Capability
Framework
http://tafeqld.edu.au/resources/pdf/about-us/TAFE-Queensland-Annual-Report-2014-15.pdf
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27. TAFE VET educator professional
development
http://intranet.tafeqld.edu.au/Learning-and-Teaching/EducatorCapability
/Professional%20Learning%20Updates/Forms/AllItems.aspx
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28. Workshop Activity
Hong Kong apprenticeships Australian apprenticeships
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29. DAY 2
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council
Teacher training workshop
August 2016
31. AQF - Australian Qualifications
Framework
http://www.aqf.edu.au/aqf/in-detail/aqf-levels/
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32. Australian Core Skills Framework
https://www.education.gov.au/download-acsf
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33. Principles of assessment
Fairness Flexibility
ValidityReliability
Hill, T., Hill D. & Perlitz, L. (2013). Professional training and assessment
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34. Rules of evidence
Sufficiency
Authenticity Currency
Validity
Hill, T., Hill D. & Perlitz, L. (2013). Professional training and assessment
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35. Units of competency - new format
https://www.ibsa.org.au/
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36. Unpacking a unit of competency
https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/MEM18002B
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Tuesday 2nd August 2016
37. Workshop activity – unpacking a unit
of competency (MEM18002A)
• What must the learner do to demonstrate
competence in this unit?
• What learning strategies and assessment
arrangements must be designed?
• How will you ensure that principles of
assessment are applied?
• How can you demonstrate that rules of
evidence are followed?
Hill, T., Hill D. & Perlitz, L. (2013). Professional training and assessment
http://www.asqa.gov.au/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015
/about-the-standards-for-rtos/standard-one/clauses/clauses-1.8--1.12.html
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38. Lunch break
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Tuesday 2nd August 2016
39. Assessment methods in the workplace
• Portfolio based
• Sample of product / work
• Simulated environment or scenario
• 3rd party reports
• Logbooks
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40. MEM18002B - Training record book
Name
Qualification
Unit code and title
Skills to be demonstrated
Employability skills
Workplace tasks selected to demonstrate skills
Date
Job reference
Duration
Problem solving opportunities
Signature
Date
Version control
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41. Training record - eProfiling
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42. Training plan
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43. Workshop activity: develop an
overview
• Using the previous Unit of Competency,
develop an overview on how the unit would be
assessed in the workplace
– Target
– Context
– Contents
– Structure
– Assessment
– Pathways
– Feedback and evaluation
• Identify advantages and disadvantages of assessing this
unit in the workplace
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44. Validation and Moderation of
assessments
• Validation (every 5 years)
– Industry engagement to check that
• RTO system produces valid assessment judgements
• Graduates have skills and knowledge required by
industry
• Moderation (bi-annually)
– RTO assessors check that
• RTO system meets assessment principles and rules of
evidence
• Assessment instruments are appropriate
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Wednesday 3rd August 2016
45. Lunch break
Hong Kong Vocational Training Council Staff Training Program on Workplace Assessment Wednesday 3rd August 2016
46. Printed material
• PowerPoint handout
• VET Glossary
• Workshop 1
• MEM18002B unit
• Workshop 2
• SNR1 clauses 1.8-1.12
• Workshop 3
• MEM18002B TPR
• MEM1802B TRB
• Training record –
eProfiling
• Training plan
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Editor's Notes
Welcome to the TAFE Queensland teacher training workshop for Hong Kong Vocational Training Council delegates.
My name is Simon Brown and I am a teacher at TAFE Queensland SkillsTech.
You are welcome to connect with me online and keep in touch with me after this session.
My contact details are:
Simon Brown
Teacher
Foundation Program
Educational Delivery
TAFE QUEENSLAND SKILLSTECH
p: +617 3244 0781
m: +614 0852 1826
e: Simon.Brown@tafe.qld.edu.au
a: 247 Bradman St, Acacia Ridge, Qld 4110
w: tafeskillstech.edu.au
RTO: 31396 | CRICOS: 02014M
Monday 1st August 2016
10:30-12:00 Overview of training program; Overview of the Australian VET System; Campus tour
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:15 Overview of the Australian apprenticeship system; Industry engagement – how TAFE involves industry; How qualifications are developed
14:30-16:00 Workshop activity 1
Tuesday 2nd August 2016
09:00-10:15 Principles of assessment
10:15-10:30 Rules of assessment evidence
10:30-12:00 Workshop activity 2
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:15 Assessment methods in the workplace
14:30-16:00 Workshop activity 3
Wednesday 3rd August
09:00-10:15 Validation and Moderation of assessment
10:30-12:00 Validation process
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-16:00 Overview of apprenticeships in other disciplines
Thursday 4th August
Industry visits
TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is the largest and most experienced provider of further education and training in Queensland offering practical, industry-relevant training to over 180,000 students annually, across more than 500 program areas.
On 1 July 2013, TAFE Queensland was established as an independent statutory body under the TAFE Queensland Act 2013.
The TAFE Queensland network is made up of six regions delivering training from Thursday Island to the Gold Coast, from Bundaberg to Roma and across the south-east corner.
TAFE Queensland Brisbane
TAFE Queensland SkillsTech
TAFE Queensland Gold Coast
TAFE Queensland East Coast
TAFE Queensland South West
TAFE Queensland North
Overview of the Australian VET System
Glossary of terms
SNR - Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015
AQF - Australian Qualifications Framework
Entities in the Australian VET industry are conceptualised as a title which is always abbreviated – some commonly-used abbreviations become a word such as TAFE, VET and ASQA.
A glossary of VET terms is detailed at ASQA’s website http://www.asqa.gov.au/news-and-publications/glossary.html
The AQF defines qualification levels by several criteria:
A summary of what is generally expected of graduates;
Required knowledge and skills;
How that knowledge and those skills will be applied in the workplace.
Australian Apprenticeships are generally Cert III (AQF level 3).
In 2015, ASQA released an updated set of standards for Registered Training Organisations to follow.
They are sometimes referred to as “SNR” (Standards for Nationally Registered Training Organisations 2015)
The Australian VET system is set in a fairly complicated landscape of industry needs and fit-for-purpose skills training, underpinned by government funding.
Military rule at the beginning of white settlement in Australia (late 18th- early 19th centuries) set the scene for Big Government, which was then taken up by states and continued after their Federation. Training for trades and occupations generally followed British master-apprentice models which was provided at local level by trade guilds and trade unions. In 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed and the new federal government took over some roles previously carried out by states. The economic boom and industry growth during the decades after WWII fuelled the need for skilled workers to be trained. Recent decades have seen several renewals of the vocational training sector, leading to the introduction of nationally-recognised competency-based training.
This training is funded by the federal government through states, using money collected from Australian taxpayers in the form of a 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) which is redistributed to states according to each state’s capacity to provide services.
TAFE Queensland has a 130+ year history of providing training for trades and occupations, originally as technical colleges under the governance of the Department of Education. These technical colleges were referred to as TAFE (Technical and Further Education) in the 1970s and in 2013 TAFE became a statutory authority answerable to the Queensland Government Minister for Training and Skills.
TAFE Queensland provides skills training in both formal and informal settings. They are differentiated by pathways that lead either to an apprenticeship (resulting in a trade qualification outcome) or otherwise for personal development, for job-readiness or to improve existing job skills. Funding for each mode of training is drawn from both public and private sectors.
At a national level, apprentice training is administered by the Commonwealth Government Department of Education and Training. Australian Apprenticeships specify training criteria for apprentices and allocate funding according to set rules and regulations. This body acts separately to industry bodies and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).
In Queensland, individual training contracts are administered by the Queensland Government Department of Education and Training.
The Queensland Skills Plan 2008 examined industry needs and skills training and recommended 24 actions to address skills shortages http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/documents/2008/jul/qld%20skills%20plan/attachments/Queensland%20Skills%20Plan%202008.pdf
The Queensland Government implemented these actions in four sections:
Realigning the training system
Communicating industry training needs through stakeholder organisations
Allocating more apprenticeship funding and shortening the length of apprenticeships
Introducing flexible training programs
TAFE Queensland partners with industry organisations to deliver customised training in the workplace.
Training packages are sets of nationally endorsed standards and qualifications for recognising and assessing people’s skills. They are developed by Service Skills Organisations (SSOs) on behalf of Industry Skills Councils (ISCs) for specific industries, industry sectors and enterprises.
Training packages are used to define apprenticeships as well as to guide professional development training within an organisation.
Any RTO that wants to deliver nationally recognised training must register each qualification with the governing body ASQA (Australian Skills Qualifications Authority).
Training packages consist of qualifications and skill sets that are in turn made up from collections of individual units of competency. These units can be used like building blocks according to industry need, and are assigned as core units and elective choices.
Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) must regularly demonstrate that it is complying with training package requirements and must also demonstrate that its practice is continuously improving.
As training packages are updated, RTOs “teach-out” the previous version while implementing the new one during a 12-month transition period.
If the new version of a training package is considered to be not equivalent to the old version, then the RTO must undergo a new registration process for the new one.
E-Oz is the Industry Skills Council responsible for developing training specifications in the energy sectors.
Manufacturing Skills Australia is the Industry Skills Council for the metals industries
The Australian Commonwealth Government oversees Vocational Education and Training and regulates funding for skills shortages according to industry needs.
VET training in Queensland is divided between public and private providers. TAFE Queensland provides public training and its activities are accountable to Yvette D'Ath, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Minister for Training and Skills. Through the minister, the TAFE Queensland Board direct TAFE Queensland training policy and its training activities are controlled by TAFE Queensland CEO Jodi Schmidt. Supported by TAFE Queensland Central, six General Managers are responsible for training products delivered by Regions, which are separate but complementary enterprises.
In Queensland, private VET training is grouped under ACPET (Australian Council for Private Education and Training). ACPET is run by an executive team under the control of a board, with committees responsible for national and state activities. ACPET benefits its members by offering professional development activities and resources for RTO best practice.
In Australia, the mandatory VET teacher qualification is Cert IV TAE. The latest version of this qualification includes two Diploma electives as Cert IV core units: TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy and numeracy skills and TAEASS502 Design and develop assessment tools. VET practitioners who have achieved higher level education qualifications (Diploma, Degree, Masters and Doctorate) must also achieve this Cert IV qualification.
The TAFE Queensland VET Educator Capability Framework consists of
8 domains of professional practice:
Professionalism and core values
Learning and teaching
Assessment
Innovative product and practices
Technology for learning
Learning, industry and community engagement
Educational leadership
At 4 levels of proficiency:
Transitioning
Proficient
Highly accomplished
Leading
The Centre for Learning and Teaching (C$LT) provides TAFE VET educator professional development in a yearly program.
Workshop activity 1:
List attributes of apprenticeship systems in Hong Kong and Australia for comparison.
Tuesday 2nd August 2016
AQF (Australian Qualification Framework)
ACSF (Australian Core Skills Framework)
Principles of assessment
Rules of evidence for assessment
Unpacking a unit of competency
Workshop activity 2
Lunch break
Assessment methods in the workplace
Workshop activity 3
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Create - Produce new or original work
Design, assemble, construct, conjecture, develop, formulate, author, investigate
Evaluate – Justify a stand or decision
Appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, critique, weigh
Analyze – draw connections among ideas
Differentiate, organize, relate, compare, contrast, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test
Apply – use information in new settings
Execute, implement, solve, use, demonstrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch
Understand
Explain ideas or concepts
Classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate
Remember
Recall basic facts and basic concepts
Define, duplicate, list, memorize, repeat, state
AQF level 3 criteria
Summary
Graduates at this level will have theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for work and/or further learning
Knowledge
Graduates at this level will have factual, technical, procedural and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area of work and learning
Skills
Graduates at this level will have a range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply a specialised range of methods, tools, materials and information to:
complete routine activities
provide and transmit solutions to predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems
Application of knowledge and skills
Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy and judgement and to take limited responsibility in known and stable contexts within established parameters
5 core skills are applied
Learning
Reading
Writing
Oral communication
Numeracy
Core skills are gauged at any one of 5 levels of performance
1 (low level performance) to 5 (high level performance)
Considering 4 performance variables may influence a person’s performance at any time
Support
Context
Text complexity
Task complexity
Core skills may be used in broad contexts – the 3 domains of communication
Personal and community
Workplace and employment
Education and training
Principles of assessment
Fairness
Consider learner’s needs
Make reasonable adjustment
Communicate assessment process
What learner must do to demonstrate competence
Flexibility
Assessment should reflect learner’s needs
Recognise competency regardless of how it’s been acquired
Draw on a range of methods appropriate to context
Support continuous competency development
Reliability
Evidence presented for assessment is consistently interpreted
Interpretation results in consistent assessment outcomes
Assessment instrument must include benchmarks for consistent determination of competence
Validity
Assessment process must be sound
Assessment must cover elements, PCs, skills and knowledge
Judgement of competence based on sufficient evidence
Rules of evidence
Authenticity
Assessor must be sure that evidence presented for assessment is the learner’s own work
Currency
Competency requires demonstration of current performance
Evidence must be from the present or from the very recent past
Sufficiency
Quantity of evidence – all aspects of competency must be satisfied
Quality of evidence – competency can be demonstrated repeatedly and consistently (not just once)
Validity
Assessments should be aimed at appropriate AQF level
Assessment arrangements must be developed keeping in mind:
Audience
Expected outcomes
Levels of required skills and knowledge
Assessments should be developed around actual work places, work practices and tools & equipment
Assessment should be clustered to form holistic projects or case studies
New units of competency are structured in 2 parts – Unit and Assessment requirements
MEM18002B Use power tools/hand held operations
A low-level Engineering unit is selected to assist with understanding the unpacking process.
Unit Descriptor
This unit covers using a range of hand held power tools and fixed power tools for hand held operations for a variety of general engineering applications.
Application of the unit
This unit applies to loosening and fastening items or components and shaping, finishing, cutting, grinding metallic and non-metallic materials and/or tool bits to size and shape. This unit should not be selected if the power tools used are dedicated to an operation or machine, e.g. nut-runner, air drill, power driver, etc. For using hand tools, see Unit MEM18001C (Use hand tools).
Prerequisite units
None
Unit sector
None
Elements and Performance Criteria
1 element of competency (Use power tools); 6 performance criteria (PCs 1.1-1.6 are selected below to describe Foundation skills)
Foundation skills
PC 1.1.Power tools are selected appropriate to the task requirements (learning, oral communication)
PC 1.2.Power tools are used for a determined sequence of operations (learning, reading)
PC 1.3 All safety requirements are adhered to (learning, oral communication, reading)
PC 1.4 Unsafe or faulty tools are identified and marked for repair (learning, reading, writing, numeracy)
PC 1.5.Operational maintenance of tools is undertaken (learning, reading, numeracy)
PC 1.6.Power tools are stored safely (learning, reading, numeracy)
Skills and knowledge
Skills (doing) and knowledge (knowing) requirements are listed
Critical aspects for assessment
Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently perform all elements of the unit as specified by the criteria, including required knowledge, and be capable of applying the competency in new and different situations and contexts.
Range of conditions
Tools, equipment and materials resource requirements
Unit sector
Not listed
Link to SNR 1.8-1.12 http://www.asqa.gov.au/users-guide-to-the-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015/about-the-standards-for-rtos/standard-one/clauses/clauses-1.8--1.12.html
What must the learner do to demonstrate competence in this unit?
What learning strategies and assessment arrangements must be designed?
How will you ensure that principles of assessment are applied?
How can you demonstrate that rules of evidence are followed?
This is an example of a page in a training record book. It records how key activities specified in the unit are carried out in the workplace. This usually follows formal training provided in a classroom or training workshop.
This record of training is entered electronically which enables up-to-date visual confirmation of skills progression.
The training plan sets out when and where formal training is to take place during the course of an apprenticeship.
Sequence
Target group and client – detail the learner group and their employer
Context of the strategy and learning program – describe the strategy’s purpose and learning outcomes
Contents of the learning program – describe in detail what the strategy includes
Structure of the program – what resources are to be used; how, when and where the learning programs will be delivered
Assessment arrangements – how competency will be measured; what tools and benchmarks will apply
Pathways for learners both in and out of the learning program
Feedback and evaluation on the strategy and learning program