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Clustering units of competence: A guide on how to cluster units of competence for delivery and assessment - 1st Edition (2009)
The purpose of this publication is to provide registered training organisations (RTOs) with guidance about how to use clustering to improve delivery and assessment practice. |
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Professional development framework for vocational skills of VET practitioners: A guide on how to maintain and enhance the vocational skills of VET practitioners - 1st edition (2009)
This framework provides the Western Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector with guidance on how to maintain and enhance the vocational skills of VET practitioners.
The Framework has been prepared by the Western Australian Department of Training and Workforce Development against a backdrop of sector wide consultation and a review of relevant literature and practices elsewhere in Australia. It is designed to act as an accessible resource for those VET sector participants seeking inspiration and support for keeping the vocational skills of practitioners up to date.
The Framework provides a definition of vocational skills as they relate to VET practitioners and also:
• communicates key principles underpinning vocational skills professional development activities.
• describes learning strategies for vocational skills professional development.
• outlines the ideal management framework within which Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) should conduct vocational skills maintenance and enhancement. |
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Recognition of Prior Learning: An assessment resource for VET practitioners - 3rd edition (2009)
This publication replaces the 2008 2nd edition. It was developed by the Department to provide RTOs with an up-to-date, streamlined guide to Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) within VET assessment strategies.
The purpose of the guide is to:
- define the nature and role of RPL in the VET context
- demonstrate RPL's relationship to the other forms of assessment carried out by RTOs
- show how RPL relates to assessment of competency as described in Training Packages
- promote the use of a range of alternative methods of task based assessment and pathways to achieving recognition of skills
- provide developers with guidelines for the development of quality, holistic assessment tools
The Publication also contains some templates which may prove useful when adapted to meet RTO assessment requirements. To view and download the templates in Word document (.doc) format, click on the links listed below.
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A Workforce Development Framework for VET Practitioners 2008 - 2013
The purpose of this document is to identify and prioritise whole of sector needs to enable implementation of a strategic approach to workforce development and learning in Western Australia. The document provides a scan of the change drivers within the vocational education and training (VET) sector and information relating to effective professional development strategies. This information can be used to inform approaches to workforce development in the VET sector. |
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Reasonable adjustment - A practical guide to reasonable adjustment in assessment of candidates with disability in VET - 1st edition (2008)
The purpose of this publication is to ensure candidates with disability have the best opportunity to have their competencies accurately and fairly recognised. It offers practical examples of how to arrive at alternative assessment and reasonable adjustment to accommodate students with disability, as well as informing the user of their obligations under relevant state and federal acts and regulations. |
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Apprenticeships and traineeships - good practice guide for Registered Training Organisations - 1st edition (2008)
The purpose of this publication is to provide Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) delivering training for apprenticeships and traineeships in Western Australia with guidance to achieve good practice standards. |
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Troubleshooting guide: Assessment in VET - 2nd edition (2008)
This publication replaces the original Troubleshooting Guide: Competency Based Assessment (2005) which was designed to help RTOs to develop, implement and refine competency based assessment processes. It identifies a number of common challenges related to assessment that RTOs and assessors face in their daily training delivery and assessment practices, discusses the challenges and offers a range of strategies for RTOs to consider. |
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A Guide to continuous improvement of assessment in VET - 2nd edition (2008)
This publication replaces a previous publication in 2005. It is written primarily for assessors who are responsible for the design, development and management of assessment strategies and assessment tools; evidence gathering; judgement and record keeping processes. It is designed to provide the assessors with strategies and information that will assist in developing their own assessment validation procedures. |
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Designing assessment tools for quality outcomes in VET (2008)
This publication produced to assist trainers and assessors to design assessment tools that support candidates to demonstrate their competency and enable assessors to make sound professional judgements.
It contains Templates which may prove useful when adapted to meet RTO assessment requirements. To view and download the templates in Word document (.doc) format click on the links listed below.
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Guidelines for assessing competence in VET - 2nd Edition (2008)
These guidelines replace the Guidelines for Competency Based Assessment in VET in WA 2003 - 1st Edition. They provide information on the policies and processes involved in assessment for practitioners and other stakeholders in vocational education and training sector. They also contain some templates which prove useful when adapted to meet RTO assessment requirements. Click here to view and download templates in WORD format.
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Future Now 2006 - 2010 (2006)
This publication outlines the roles, knowledge and skill requirements of the VET Practitioner to address the key challenges that practitioners face in the VET sector over the next 5 years. |
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The Professional Development Framework outlines the goals and system to support Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to meet the challenges of change to VET in Western Australia. |
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TAFEWA Lecturers Qualifications Framework (2005)
The TAFEWA Lecturers Qualification Framework (the Framework) describes career and professional development pathways for lecturers working within TAFE colleges in Western Australia. This brochure details provides an overview of the Framework.
Note: This file is large (2.5 MB). |
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In this publication the Department has sought to identify good practice examples of RTO performance linked to AQTF Standards and to identify innovative good practice in Training Package delivery, meeting the needs of clients. |
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The purpose of this Glossary is to facilitate the delivery of VET for school students by making all policy documents available in one publication. Policies that inform the delivery of VET in Schools are briefly summarised and a contact and web address are provided for each. This publication will be updated as policies are reviewed or new policies are developed. |
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This Framework is a tool to guide the manager through a professional development pathway. This pathway aims to provide a range of strategies, which strongly focus on leadership development and change management. |
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This discussion paper was commissioned by the then Department of Training as part of the response to the recommendation in the McRae Report to develop a Professional Development Strategy to improve and maintain the quality of training, learning and assessment in Western Australia. It was first published in December 2002. |
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An evaluation of the Professional Development Support Program (PDSP) in Western Australia 1997 - 1999 (Published September 2000). |
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An evaluation of the Professional Development Support Program (PDSP) in Western Australia 2000-2001. |
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