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Tri-partite Group Set to Reform VET Qualifications Design

Between September 2022 and March 2023, significant national consultation activities were undertaken with a broad range of VET stakeholders, including:

• over 80 meetings and workshops with industry and training peaks, employers, unions, training providers, licensing bodies, regulators, Skills Services Organisations and State and Training Authorities across all states and territories,
• an online national survey with 246 completed responses from individuals and organisations, and
• 2 public webinars with a total of 825 attendees.

Consultation activities centred on testing an example VET qualification architecture model based on:

• Skills Standards that described the skills required for a particular job;
• Training and Assessment Requirements that provided guidance to training providers on training delivery and assessment for those Skills Standards; and
• Completion Rules detailing the required packaging of Skills Standards and Training and Assessment Requirements into recognised qualifications and skill sets.

The example model focused on using these elements to develop qualifications with broader vocational outcomes and to provide learners with skills and knowledge that are common across a range of job roles, with specialisations to provide job role specific training.

Access VET Qualification Consultation Reform Feedback here.

In response to stakeholder feedback, a time-limited tripartite Qualifications Reform Design Group will be established to provide industry leadership and to work with Jobs and Skills Councils to take this reform forward.

The Qualifications Reform Design Group will draft new training package rules for the development of units of competency and qualifications that recognise the differing needs of industry by the end of 2023.

Jobs and Skills Councils will provide expert advice to the Design Group on the proposed rules and their application within their industries before further work in 2024 to develop a change program for transitioning VET qualifications.

This will be the first step of a multi-year program of work to deliver on the Skills Ministers’ reform ambition, and further information on the Qualifications Reform Design Group will be available on this webpage shortly.

See full information from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations here.

Date posted Jul 27, 2023