COMPETENCY BASED COMPLETIONS Geoff Foster OTTE Skills Victoria

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COMPETENCY BASED COMPLETIONSGeoff Foster -
OTTE (Skills Victoria)
17 April 2008
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Competency and Apprenticeships

• Apprenticeships have ALWAYS been about competency
  
• The concept of time served

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Auspicing of CBCs

• Actions auspiced by COAG agreement and by
  Victorian Skills Statement
• By December 2006 once apprentices or trainees
  have demonstrated competency to the satisfaction
  of their employer and RTO they will be able to be
  certified by the State Training Authority as
  competent without the need to make special
  application for this or the need to serve a
  minimum time (COAG)
• The Government will work with industry to ensure
  that early completion is a common feature. The
  key.will be to ensure that the quality assurance
  for RTOs is rigorous (Skills Statement
  Accelerating Apprenticeships)

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Competency based completionsvs Competency Based
Wages

• The two can co-exist or exist separately
• Fair Pay Commission reference now withdrawn
• Competency based wages exist only in the
  Engineering trades for now

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CBC Progress Outside Engineering

• Identified needs
• - inform employers and stakeholders to gain
  acceptance and participation
• - changes for Group Training
• - reform of TAFE delivery, communication and
  assessment practices

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The two processes

• Interim system employer driven and is technically
  COAG compliant
• The preferred way forward is more RTO driven with
  employer consultation
• Utilises the RTOs responsibility for assessment
  under the AQTF
• Competency will now trigger contract completion

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The preferred model

• Employer consultation in the development of
  training plans
• On-going performance dialogue between RTO,
  employer and apprentice
• Simple and transparent dispute resolution based
  on existing grievance procedures and peer review

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TAFE Development Centre

• Researched and identified good practice models
  already existing in these areas
• Information workshops in April and May
• (book now folks!!!)

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Where too from here??

• Victorian Skills Commission considers project
  reports and determines way forward
• Negotiate any changes needed in delivery
  guidelines
• Employer and stakeholder communication strategies
• Assessment confirmation by employers
• Working together to make it happen
• Any questions??