Skills Standards and VET qualifications

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Skills Standards and VET qualifications

Will a model of broader vocational outcomes promote greater transferability and better meet the future needs of industry and learners?

By Ai Group

Date and time

Sun, 6 Nov 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PST

Location

Online

About this event

At the September Jobs and Skills Summit the Commonwealth committed to accelerating reforms to VET qualifications and micro-credentials to ensure they are most relevant to labour market needs. This is part of a broader skills reform agenda agreed by all governments.

The aim is to reduce complexity, proliferation and a perceived narrow prescription within national VET qualifications, as well as focus on quality outcomes. Discussions are occurring about a model which proposes Skills Standards, at a job function level – not a task level – as the new basis for VET qualifications.

Separate Training and Assessment Requirements would detail what is needed to train and assess the skills. Qualifications will support the skills and knowledge needs of a range of common job roles. It is intended that this separation will develop widespread transferability of skills more relevant to the labour market, and that there will be improved recognition of shorter forms of training.

  • Will skills standards sitting across multiple industries and job roles work for industry, learners and training providers?
  • How will the separation of accreditation and training documents promote transferability of skills?
  • How would Registered Training Organisations need to change delivery practices to develop quality graduates under such a model?

Join Megan Lilly, Executive Director of the Centre, and our panel as they discuss the proposed reforms and address these and other questions.

Panel members include:

Mary Faraone, Chief Executive, Holmesglen Institute

Phil Clarke, General Manager, Industry Engagement, IBSA Group

Chris Alach, Assistant Secretary – Qualification Reform, Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations

Organised by

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) is Australia's peak industry association. Acting on behalf of business for 150 years, we are the country's only truly national employers' organisation.

 

Ai Group represents the interests of more than 60,000 businesses employing more than 1 million staff. Our longstanding involvement with diverse industry sectors including manufacturing, construction, transport, labour hire, mining services, defence, airlines and ICT means we are genuinely representative of Australian industry.

 

With more than 250 staff in offices across NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA, we have the resources and the expertise to meet the changing needs of our members. We provide the practical information, advice and assistance you need to run your business more effectively.

 

Ai Group also offers members a voice at all levels of government through our policy leadership and influence. Our deep experience of industrial relations and workplace law positions Ai Group as the leading advocate on behalf of enterprises large and small across Australia.

 

We intrinsically appreciate the challenges facing industry and remain at the cutting edge of policy debate and legislative change – and strategic business management.

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