Vocational Education and Training

Structured Workplace Learning Recognition workshop

Structured Workplace Learning Recognition (SWLR) provides the formal framework and processes to enable students to integrate their on-the-job experience and learning in a workplace with nationally recognised VET undertaken as part of either the VCE or the VCAL.

The resources required to set up a SWLR program for VET students in your school are available on the SWLR webpage.

Schools are invited to attend a dedicated workshop to understand the assessment and administrative requirements, including VASS enrolment and resulting.

The workshop will be held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre, Brens Drive, Parkville, on Tuesday 14 May 2019.

Further information and a link to the registration page is available on the VET Professional Development webpage.

For further information, email the VET Unit: vet.vcaa@edumail.vic.gov.au.

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Revised VASS certificate types: Transition advice for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Students who commence a School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship (SBAT) in 2019 need to be enrolled in the VE2 certificate type on VASS.

Students who commenced an apprenticeship or traineeship in 2018 or earlier and were enrolled in a VFE certificate type on VASS (with the Apprenticeship/Traineeship flag ticked), and are continuing their SBAT this year, should be enrolled in the VE3 – 2018 version of the certificate on VASS.

Students who commenced an apprenticeship or traineeship in 2018 or earlier and were enrolled in a NAP certificate type on VASS, and are continuing their SBAT this year, must continue their enrolment on VASS in a VE2 certificate type.

Schools needing access to a VE2 apprenticeship or traineeship are required to send a copy of the training plan to the VET unit: vet.vcaa@edumail.vic.gov.au.

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VCE VET Equine Studies

Certificate III Equine Studies is in the process of being accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. The Primary Industries Curriculum Maintenance Manager (PICMM) has collated responses from Steering Committee members and made the required amendments.

The current course – 22246VIC Certificate II in Equine Studies – has a new accreditation expiry date of Tuesday 31 December 2019 and no new students may be enrolled after this date. Continuing students may complete their studies and receive the qualification for successful completion according to the transition arrangements specified by the relevant VET regulator.

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Coursework Audit 2018

Results and feedback from 2018 VCE VET Coursework Audit will be sent to principals or managers of the Assessing Group in April 2019. Teachers of VCE VET programs are requested to ensure that they receive the outcome of the audit from their principal. If training and assessment is conducted externally within a cluster or at a registered training organisation, schools and assessing groups are reminded to forward the audit results to these trainers and assessors.

If audit results are satisfactory, no further action is required by schools and assessing groups.

Where a school or assessing group does not meet the VCAA assessment requirements, improvement in task design is required, and teachers and trainers should contact the VET Unit: vet.vcaa@edumail.vic.gov.au.

The school will be re-audited for the same program in the 2019.

Notification of audits in 2019 will be made in late August.

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State reviewer vacancies

Applications are invited for the vacant VCE VET state reviewer positions for:

• Integrated Technologies
• Information Digital Media and Technology.

Teachers of the programs at Units 3 and 4 levels are encouraged to apply for the positions. State reviewers are required to undertake a range of activities, including:

• participating in VCAA professional development activities
• assisting in VCE VET program reviews
• providing feedback and advice to schools and registered training organisations
• assisting in the preparation of published advice regarding scored assessment
• conducting coursework audits
• preparing feedback as a result of the coursework audits.

For more information and details of how to apply, email the VET unit: vet.vcaa@edumail.vic.gov.au.

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Get VET

The VCAA has a number of Get VET resources for schools.

The Get VET Resources webpage provides 12 downloadable and printable A3 posters that can be displayed in schools or included in presentations for staff, students and parents/guardians. Each poster focuses on a different aspect of VET in the VCE and VCAL, including ATAR contribution, myths versus facts, outcomes and pathways. At the bottom of the webpage are Get VET pull-up banner designs that schools can display at events and information sessions. To request the print files, email the VET unit: vet.vcaa@edumail.vic.gov.au.

The VET Success Stories webpage features the experiences and pathways of 10 students, such as for VET Electrical Industry student, Emily. Each success story has a downloadable and printable A3 poster for display and presentations.

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Extension of implementation date for trainer and assessor credentials requirements

The requirements for trainers and assessors, as set out in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015, were due to take effect on Monday 1 April 2019, bringing the requirements in line with 2016 changes to the Training and Education Training Package. The introduction of these requirements has been extended by three months, to Monday 1 July 2019, enabling trainers and assessors to continue to train while they complete gap training.

For more information about the extension, go to the Trainer and Assessor Credential Requirements webpage of the Australian Department of Education and Training website.

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