VET News 12th of September 2017

Cancellation of registration as a provider of vocational education and training (VET) services. ASQA has announced six additional RTOs who have been notified that their registration will be cancelled. ASQA’s decisions will take effect unless the provider seeks a review of ASQA’s decision including via the the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
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Extended transition period for units affected by ‘Deleted’ status issue

ASQA has announced that, a number of ‘Superseded’ and ‘Current’ training products (315 in total) had their status on training.gov.au changed to ‘Deleted’. The ‘Deleted’ status indicates that a training product is no longer current and that it has not been replaced or superseded by another training product. Due to the status being applied retrospectively and to ensure no enrolled students are disadvantaged, ASQA Commissioners have approved an extended transition period of one (additional) year, until 13 June 2018 for the affected units of competency.
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International education targeted in strategic review

ASQA has announced that it has made international education one of two target areas over the next 12 months. ASQA will undertake a strategic review of VET and English language education delivery to overseas students.
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In May 2017, Skills Tasmania held six Regional Skills Forums around the State. These regional forums replaced the annual Skills and Workforce Development Conference. The main objective of the forums was to expand the understanding of a new audience about how the training system can support business productivity and local workforce participation.

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Qualifications implemented in South Australia:

• Australian Meat Processing – AMP30316 Certificate III in Meat Processing (Meat Safety)
• Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Refining – PMA30116 Certificate III in Process Plant Operations
• Resources and Infrastructure – RII30915 Certificate III in Civil Construction – RII32015 Certificate III in Drilling Oil/Gas (On shore).

In most cases ASQA is empowered to fix transition periods longer or shorter than those detailed in Clauses 1.26 (a), (b) and (c) of the Standards for RTOs 2015. ASQA will only consider applications for an altered transition period where it can be demonstrated that there would be genuine disadvantage to a cohort of learners if such an application was not approved. To read more about the reduced transition periods for MAR qualifications see the link below.

• Update to the unique record check in the NAT00020 file.
• Updated Standard Enrollment Form.
• Minor text edits throughout the document for clarification purposes.

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The following events are coming up fast:
October:

• Reinvent your career, Sydney, 21 – 22 of October 2017 click here
• Skills and Thrills Careers Showcase, click here

New research connecting the 2006 VET in Schools Collection with the 2011 Census shows that school students undertaking VET studies are gaining positive employment and educational opportunities, to read more on this research CLICKHERE .