TRAINING
PACKAGE COMPONENTS
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A training package comprises two components;
endorsed and support materials. The endorsed components are
endorsed by the Australian National Training Authority’s
National Training Quality Council (NTQC).
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The endorsed components consist of three elements:
competency standards, qualifications and assessment guidelines.
These components are explained in more detail below:
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Competency Standards
specify the knowledge and skills needed for work within the
scope of the training package. The standards provide an industry
benchmark for training and assessment. They enable enterprises
to accurately define particular roles and provide useful guidance
for designing job classifications, workplace appraisal and skill
development. They also provide the basis for designing vocational
education and training courses for delivery by registered training
providers off the job. Within a training package, competency
standards are also referred to as Units of Competency.
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- each unit of competency identifies a discrete workplace
requirement.
- units incorporate underpinning skills and knowledge, key
competencies, language, literacy and numeracy, and occupational
health and safety requirements.
- units are flexible in application but sufficiently detailed
to guide registered training organisations (RTO) and assessors
and provide consistent outcomes.
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Qualifications
are aligned to the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
and are awarded when an employee/learner has been assessed as
achieving a combination of competency units that provide a meaningful
outcome at an industry or enterprise level. Each qualification
consists of a number of core, specialist and elective competencies
that industry experts consider workers require to perform a
particular role. Where an employee or learner has achieved less
than the combination of competency standards required for a
qualification to be issued, that individual is given a Statement
of Attainment that similarly recognises their achievement.
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| Key Features: |
- each qualification (made up of a set of Units of Competency)
is aligned directly against the Australian Qualifications
Framework (AQF)
- within a Training Package, qualifications may range from
Certificate I to Advanced Diploma and will include the national
title for each qualification
- the qualification will have the Australian Nationally
Recognised Training logo displayed on the qualification
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Further information about the Australian Qualifications
Framework can be found at the AQF website which is located at
www.aqf.edu.au
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A Statement of Attainment
is issued to individuals who have been assessed and deemed competent
against Units of Competency. A Statement of Attainment is issued
by an RTO to the individual on completion of a total qualification
or, where the required set of units have not been completed,
a Statement of Attainment will be issued detailing those units
which have been successfully achieved. Statements of Attainment
issued by one RTO must be recognised by other RTOs. Accrual
of these Statements can eventually lead to the meeting of all
requirements for a qualification.
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| Key Features: |
- will identify the Units of Competency for which an individual
has been assessed and is deemed competent by the RTO.
- will display the Australian Nationally Recognised Training
logo.
- will identify the RTO.
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Assessment Guidelines
provide a framework to ensure that accurate, reliable and valid
assessment of the applicable competency standards takes place.
The guidelines ensure that all assessments will be thorough,
consistent and valid. The guidelines provide an important part
of the quality assurance for the issuing of qualifications.
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| The endorsed components of the training package
are complemented by the development of optional learning strategies,
assessment tools and professional development materials which
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