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ACCI: Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Accredited Course : a structured sequence of vocational education and training that
leads to an Australian Qualifications Framework qualification or Statement of Attainment.
ACTU : Australian Council of Trade Unions
Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) : an education and settlement program funded
by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs for new immigrants and
refugees providing English language teaching, counselling and support services.
Advanced Standing : (also called status or credit recognition granted to a student
on the basis of previous study (credit transfer) and / or experience (recognition
of prior learning), exempting the student from a particular course, subject or module.
ANTA : Australian National Training Authority, is a Commonwealth statutory authority
providing a national focus for vocational education and training.
API : Australian Property Institute
Apprentice : a person undertaking training under an apprenticeship. See also New
Apprenticeships trainee.
Apprenticeship : a system of training regulated by law or custom which combines
on-the-job training and work experience while in paid employment with formal off-the-job
training. The apprentice enters into a contract of training or training agreement
with an employer, which imposes mutual obligations on both parties. Traditionally,
apprenticeships were in trade occupations (declared vocations) and were of four
years' duration. See also New Apprenticeships.
AQF : Australian Qualifications Framework. The AQF provides a comprehensive, nationally
consistent yet flexible framework for all qualifications in post-compulsory education
and training. The Framework was introduced Australia wide on 1 January 1995 and
The following table outlines the qualifications contained in the AQF:
Higher Education Sector Doctorate Masters Graduate Diploma Graduate Certificate
Bachelor Degree Advanced Diploma Diploma
Vet Sector Advanced Diploma Diploma Certificate IV Certificate III Certificate II
Certificate I School Sector Senior Secondary Certificate of Education
ASIAL : Australian Security Industry Association
Assessment : the process of gathering and judging evidence in order to decide whether
a person has achieved a standard or objective. See also competency-based assessment.
Assessment Guidelines : an endorsed component of a Training Package which underpins
assessment and which sets out the industry approach to valid, reliable, flexible
and fair assessment. Assessment guidelines include information concerning: assessment
system overview, assessor requirements, designing assessment resources, conducting
assessment, sources of information on assessment.
Assessment materials : optional component of Training Packages that complement endorsed
industry assessment guidelines and could take the form of assessment exemplars or
specific assessment tasks and instructions.
Assessor :a person qualified to carry out assessment.
Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA) : a written agreement between an employer and
an employee about the employee's wages and conditions of employment. AWAs may be
negotiated collectively between an employer and a group of employees, as long as
they are signed by each employee who wishes to be a party to the agreement.
Austudy : an Australian federal government scheme offering means-tested financial
assistance to mature-age full-time students; commenced in 1986.
Award : Industrial relations agreement outlining conditions of work, including pay.
Award Restructuring : the changing of industrial awards, including the removal of
obsolete classifications, a reduction in the number of classifications, and the
redefinition of a range of jobs under single classifications, in order to improve
workplace productivity and the efficiency and flexibility of workers.
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Best Practice : management practices and work processes that lead to outstanding
or top-class performance and provide examples for others.
Block Release : the release of an employee from the workplace for periods of time,
usually of a week or more, in order to undertake related training in an educational
institution. The term applies particularly to apprentices and trainees. Compare
day release.
Bridging Course : a course designed to equip students to take up a new subject or
course by covering the gaps between the students' existing knowledge and skills
and the subject or course prerequisites and assumed knowledge.
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Cadetship : an employment arrangement in which an employer undertakes
to subsidise an employee's formal training leading to certain qualifications, and
in which the employee is usually required to remain with the employer for a specified
period after completion of training.
CAI : computer-aided (or computer-assisted) instruction; see computer-based training.
CAL : computer-assisted learning.
Career Counselling : (also called vocational counselling) the process of assisting
and guiding people in their career choices. Casual Employee an employee who generally
has no entitlement to paid holiday or sick leave and who lacks the security of ongoing
employment, with each job constituting a separate contract of employment. Under
some awards casual employees are entitled to either holiday leave or sick leave.
CBA :see Competency Based Assessment
CBT : see Competency Based Training
Centrelink : a statutory authority providing information and assistance relating
to a range of Commonwealth Government programs, including all services formerly
provided by the Department of Social Security, as well as childcare and student
assistance payments and services, registration of all new applicants for income
support and employment assistance, self-help job search facilities, referrals for
employment assistance, and specialist labour market assistance services for disadvantaged
groups.
Certificates I-IV : a set of qualifications awarded in the vocational education
and training sector and recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework
(AQF). The four levels of certificate recognise increasing levels of skill. .
Class Contact Hours : the number of hours in any given period for which a teacher
is programmed to be in contact with classes of students.
Competency : (also referred to as 'competence') the ability to perform tasks and
duties to the standard expected in employment. Competency Standard : an industry-determined
specification of performance which sets out the skills, knowledge and attitudes
required to operate effectively in employment. Competency standards are made up
of units of competency, which are themselves made up of elements of competency,
together with performance criteria, a range of variables, and an evidence guide.
Competency standards are an endorsed component of a training package.
Competency-Based Assessment : (or CBA) the gathering and judging of evidence in
order to decide whether a person has achieved a standard of competence. Competency-Based
Training : (or CBT) training which develops the skills, knowledge and attitudes
required to achieve competency standards.
Contextualisation : the addition of industry or enterprise specific information
to a unit of competency to improve the standards relevance to industry.
Contract of Training : (also called training agreement) a legal agreement between
an employer and an apprentice or trainee, which defines the rights and responsibilities
of each party. These include the employer guaranteeing to train the apprentice or
trainee in the agreed occupation or training area, and to allow time off work to
attend any required off-the-job training; and the apprentice or trainee agreeing
to learn all aspects of the occupation or training area, and to work for the employer
for a specified period. Contracts of training supersede indentures.
Core Competencies :identifies units of competency within a competency standard
that an industry has agreed are essential to be achieved if a person is to be accepted
as competent at a particular level. All units may be core, but in many cases competency
at a level will involve core units plus optional or specialisation units of competency.
Core competencies are normally those central to work in a particular industry.
Course : a structured and integrated program of education or training, usually consisting
of a number of modules (subjects) or shorter programs, and leading to the award
of a qualification.
Credit : (also called status or advanced standing) the acknowledgment that a person
has satisfied the requirements of a module (subject) or unit of competency either
through previous study(credit transfer) or through work or life experience (recognition
of prior learning). The granting of credit exempts the student from that part of
the course.
Curriculum : the specifications for a course or subject (module) which describe
all the learning experiences a student undergoes, generally including objectives,
content, intended learning outcomes, teaching methodology, recommended or prescribed
assessment tasks, assessment exemplars, etc.
Customisation : tailoring to individual requirements; (in vocational education and
training) the process of tailoring a program to meet the specific needs of clients.
Customised qualifications are devised by Registered Training Organisations, created
through combining competency standards drawn from two or more different endorsed
Training Packages to create a new qualification outcome. Such qualifications must
meet the requirements of the Australian Qualifications Framework, the Customisation
Policy of the National Training Quality Council and the customisation advice of
the relevant Training Packages.
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Day Release : the release of an employee from the workplace, usually for one day
per week, in order to undertake related training in an educational institution.
The term applies particularly to apprentices and trainees. Compare block release.
Declared Vocation : a trade occupation specified in legislation, regulations or
an industrial award for which the entrance requirement is successful completion
of an apprenticeship. With the implementation of New Apprenticeships, declared vocations
have been abolished in most States and Territories.
DEST : Department of Education, Science and Training. The Commonwealth Department
responsible for public and private schools and school systems, higher education
institutions and research, vocational education and training, student and youth
affairs, school to work transition programs, indigenous employment and education,
and internationalisation of Australia's education and training systems. Formerly,
the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA),and before that
the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) and
earlier the Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)
DET The NSW Department of Education and Training.
Workplace Relations and Small Business Diploma : a qualification in the vocational
education and training and higher education sectors. See also Australian Qualifications
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Education :
- the process of imparting knowledge or developing skills, understanding, attitudes,
character or behaviours.
- the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, understanding, attitudes, etc.
- the knowledge, skills, understanding, attitudes, etc. acquired.
- the field of study concerned with teaching and learning.
EEO : equal employment opportunity.
Employee : The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines employee in the following
way: An employee is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives
remuneration in wages, salary, a retainer fee by their employer while working on
a commission basis, tips, piece-rates or payment in kind, or a person who operates
his or her own incorporated enterprise with or without hiring employees.
Employer : The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines employer as: An employer
is a person who operates his or her own unincorporated economic enterprise or engages
independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees.
Endorsed Component : the central part of a training package, endorsed by the National
Training Framework Committee, comprising competency standards, assessment guidelines
and qualifications. Compare non-endorsed component.
Enterprise Agreement : a collective agreement between the employer and employees
in an enterprise or workplace, about the employees' wages and conditions of employment.
Agreements can be negotiated directly with employees or with their representatives,
eg unions.
Enterprise Bargaining : a process of negotiation on wages and conditions between
the employer and employees (or their representatives) in an enterprise or workplace,
leading to an agreement for that enterprise or workplace.
Entry Requirements : the qualifications, knowledge, skills or experience required
for entry to an education or training program.
Entry-Level Skill : a skill required to commence employment in an organisation or
more generally, to gain entry into the workforce.
Entry-Level Training : (or ELT) training undertaken to gain entry into the workforce
or further vocational education and training.
Equity : fairness, social justice. In vocational education and training, equity
policy incorporates measures to improve access to, participation in, and outcomes
of vocational education and training for those who may be disadvantaged or have
traditionally been under-represented, especially indigenous Australians, people
with a disability, women, people in remote and rural communities, and people from
a non-English-speaking background.
ESL : English as a second language.
Evidence Guide : the part of a competency standard which provides a guide to the
interpretation and assessment of the unit of competency, including the aspects which
need to be emphasised in assessment, relationships to other units, and the required
evidence of competency.
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Fee-For-Service Training :training for which most or all of the cost is borne by
the student or a person or organisation on behalf of the student.
Flexible Delivery : a range of approaches to providing education and training, giving
learners greater choice of when, where and how they learn. Flexible delivery may
involve distance education, mixed-mode delivery, online education, self-paced learning,
self- directed learning, etc.
Flexible Learning : the provision of a range of learning modes or methods, giving
learners greater choice of when, where and how they learn. See also flexible delivery.
Full-Time Student : a student who has a full-time study load. For AUSTUDY entitlement,
the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs regards a normal full-time
study load as 720 student contact hours in a year, and any student undertaking 540
hours or more is regarded as a full- time student.
Full-Time Worker : a person working all the normal working hours. The Australian
Bureau of Statistics defines full-time workers as: Employed persons who usually
worked 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and others who, although usually working
less than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week.
Further Education (FE) : post-secondary education, including higher education, adult
education, and vocational education and training. general adult education programs
for adults undertaken for personal enrichment, personal development, general interest
or recreation.
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Group Training Company : a company which employs apprentices and trainees, and places
them with one or more host employers who are usually small to medium-sized businesses.
The host employers provide on-the-job training and experience, while the group training
company organises off-the-job training, and handles recruitment, rotation and payroll.
GTA : Group Training Australia . The national professional association for group
training companies.
HECS : see Higher Education Contribution Scheme
Higher Education : post-secondary education offered by a university or other recognised
higher education institution, or through Open Learning Australia, leading to the
award of a degree or higher level qualification.
Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) : a funding arrangement whereby students
pay part of the cost of their higher education, and the Commonwealth government
pays the rest. It can be paid up-front or as a levy on income when the graduate¡¯s
income reaches a specified level.
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Indenture : (historically) the legal agreement between an apprentice and an employer
under which the apprentice was bound to the employer for a specified period in return
for the training received; superseded by contract of training or training agreement.
Industrial Award : see Award.
Industry Restructuring : a process of changing the forms of work organisation within
enterprises and across industry in order to improve productivity, competitiveness,
quality and flexibility. This may involve job redesign, award restructuring, new
technology, and ongoing training or retraining of workers.
Institute of TAFE : a regional grouping of TAFE college campuses with common management
and administration and sharing some functions and resources.
Integrated Assessment : an approach to assessment that covers multiple elements
and/or units of competence from relevant competency standards. The integrated approach
attempts to combine knowledge, understanding, problem solving, technical skills,
attitudes and ethics into an assessment task with the aim of reducing the time spent
on testing as well as making assessment more ¡®authentic¡¯.
ITAB : Industry Training Advisory Body. Also called industry training advisory board.
An organisation, usually an incorporated association or company, recognised as representing
a particular industry and providing advice to government on the vocational education
and training needs of that industry. There were both national and State / Territory
industry training advisory bodies, but the national bodies have been reconstituted
as Skills Councils, and the term ITAB now refers to the State / Territory bodies
only.
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Job Guide : a guide produced by the Department of Education, Training and Youth
Affairs, giving information on jobs, education and training pathways. The Job Guide
is available as a book, on disk and on the internet at www.jobguide.dest.gov.au
Job Network : a network of private, community and government organisations assisting
people to find jobs.
Jobs Pathway Program (JPP) : a government program designed to assist students in
the transition from school to work by developing links between schools, industry
and the local community, and through support, guidance, education and training.
Jobseeker : a person looking for and available for work.
JPP :see Jobs Pathway Program.
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Key Competency : any of several generic skills or competencies considered essential
for people to participate effectively in the workforce. Key competencies apply to
work generally, rather than being specific to work in a particular occupation or
industry.
Labour Market Program : a program designed to increase the number of people in employment
or to improve the employment prospects of a target group, eg by the payment of subsidies
to businesses that take on long-term unemployed people, young people, etc.
LAFHA : living away from home allowance. LAFHA may be accessed by apprentices who
are forced to leave their home to find work. Consult Centrelink for more details.
Learning Pathway : a path or sequence of learning or experience that can be followed
to attain competency. Learning pathways may be included as part of the non-endorsed
component of a training package.
LHMU : Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union
Lifelong Learning : the process of acquiring knowledge or skills throughout life
via education, training, work and general life experiences.
LLN : language, literacy and numeracy.
Logbook : a record kept by a person of the knowledge, skills or competencies attained
during on-or off-the-job training.
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Mixed-Mode Delivery : (also called mixed delivery) a combination of learning modes
to deliver a course or module, such as distance education and face-to-face study
in classes, tutorials, practical sessions or workshops.
Modular Course : a course composed of modules.
Module (also called subject) : a unit of education or training which can be completed
on its own or as part of a course. Modules may also result in the attainment of
one or more units of competency.
Multi-Skilling : training workers in a number of skills, enabling them to perform
a variety of tasks or functions across traditional boundaries. Multi-skilling may
be horizontal (broad skilling),vertical (upskilling) or diagonal (contributory skilling).
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NAAP : New Apprenticeships Access Program
NAC : See New Apprenticeship Centre
National Training Framework : the system of vocational education and training that
applies nationally. It is made up of the Australian Quality Training Framework and
nationally endorsed Training Packages.
National Training Information Service (NTIS) : an online database (at http://www.ntis.gov.au/)developed
by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), providing information on vocational
education and training in Australia, including details of training packages, competency
standards, assessment guidelines, courses, qualifications, and registered training
organisations.
NCVER : the National Centre for Vocational Education Research is Australia 's principal
provider of vocational education and training (VET) search and statistics.
New Apprenticeships : an umbrella term for the national apprenticeship and traineeship
arrangements which came into effect on 1 January 1998.The main characteristics of
New Apprenticeships include a contract of training between employer and apprentice
or trainee, public funding and support for employers, choice of training provider,
a wider range of occupations and industries than previously, competency- based training
using national training packages, pprenticeships in schools, and a continued role
for group training companies.
New Apprenticeships Centre (NAC) : an organisation providing advice and assistance
to apprentices, trainees and employers with training arrangements, training agreements
and financial incentives under the New Apprenticeships system. Find the nearest
NAC to you by calling 1800 639 629.
Newstart Allowance : a government allowance paid to unemployed people who are actively
seeking paid work and are participating in activities designed to assist their employment
prospects, undertaking approved training or approved voluntary work.
Nominal Hours : (supervised) the hours of supervised learning or training deemed
necessary to cover the educational material in a training program when undertaken
in standard classroom delivery mode. Nominal hours (unsupervised) the hours of unsupervised
learning or training deemed necessary to cover the educational material associated
with the delivery of a training program. These hours include the time spent in work
experience, industry placement or field placement. non-compliance in relation to
RTOs means failure to comply with one or more of the Australian Recognition Framework
Standards for Registered Training Organisations.
Non-Endorsed Component : the parts of a training package not required to be endorsed
by the National Training Framework Committee, including support materials for learning,
training, assessment, and professional development.
NTIS : See National Training Information Service
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Off-the-Job Training : training which takes place away from a person's job, usually
off the premises, eg at TAFE, but may be on the premises, eg in a special training
area.
On-Site Training : training conducted at the work site (eg in a training room)but
not on the job.
On-the-Job Training : training undertaken in the workplace as part of the productive
work of the learner.
Online Education : (also online learning and online training learning or training
conducted via a computer network, eg using the internet and the World Wide Web,
a local area network (LAN),or an intranet. See also flexible delivery.
Open Learning : an approach to learning which gives students flexibility and choice
over what, when, at what pace, where, and how they learn, commonly using distance
education and the facilities of educational technology. See also flexible delivery.
Outcomes-Based Education : an educational system focussed and organised around clearly
defined outcomes which students are expected to demonstrate upon completion. outsourcing
the practice of having goods or services provided by a person or persons outside
the business or organisation
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Pathway : a path or sequence of learning or experience that can be followed to attain
competency.
Performance Criteria : the part of a competency standard specifying the required
level of performance in terms of a set of outcomes which need to be achieved in
order to be deemed competent.
Portable Skill : a skill or competency that can be transferred from one work context
to another.
Post-Compulsory Education : education beyond the compulsory age prescribed by statute
in each State or Territory, including the senior years of secondary schooling, and
all higher, further, or other post-secondary education.
Post-Secondary Education : all education beyond secondary school level, including
that delivered by universities, colleges, community providers, etc.
Post-Trade Course : a course which provides further or more advanced training for
qualified tradespersons. PRA see primary recognition authority.
Pre-Apprenticeship Course : (also pre-traineeship course) a course which provides
initial training in a particular industry or occupation. Successful completion of
the course can assist participants in obtaining an apprenticeship or traineeship,
and may enable the term of the apprentice's training agreement to be reduced.
Pre-Employment Training Course : a course which provides initial training in a particular
industry or occupation. Successful completion of the course can assist participants
in obtaining an apprenticeship or traineeship, and may enable the term of the apprentice's
training agreement to be reduced.
Pre-Vocational Course : a course designed to prepare people for vocational education
and training or work, including bridging courses, basic literacy and numeracy training,
or training in job skills.
Prerequisite : (in vocational education and training) a requirement for admission
to a particular course or module, eg satisfactory completion of a specific subject
or course, at least five years in the workforce.
Prior Learning : skills and knowledge acquired from previous study, work or life
experiences. See also recognition of prior learning (RPL).
Private Provider : a non-government training organisation, including commercial
providers (providing courses to industry and individuals for profit),community providers
(non-profit organisations, funded by government or community sponsors),enterprise
providers (companies or other organisations providing training mainly for their
own employees),and industry providers (organisations providing training to enterprises
across an industry). professional continuing education (also called professional
development education of adults in professional fields, updating and improving occupational
skills, often involving short-term, intensive, specialised courses.
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Qualification : The combined packaging of a group of competencies or modules.
Qualification Certification : awarded to a person on successful completion of a
course in recognition of having achieved particular knowledge, skills or competencies.
See also Australian Qualifications Framework.
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Range of Variables : (also called range statement) the part of a competency standard
which specifies the range of contexts and conditions to which the performance criteria
apply.
RCC : see Recognition of Current Competencies.
Recognition : the formal approval of training organisations, products and services
operating within the vocational education and training (VET) sector (as defined
by State and Territory legislation).
Recognition of Current Competencies : (RCC) the acknowledgment of competencies currently
held by a person, acquired through training, work or life experience. More commonly
known as recognition of prior learning.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) : the acknowledgment of a person's skills and
knowledge acquired through previous training, work or life experience, which may
be used to grant status or credit in a subject or module.
Registered Training Organisation (RTO) : an organisation registered by a State or
Territory recognition authority to deliver training and/or conduct assessments and
issue nationally recognised qualifications in accordance with the Australian Quality
Training Framework. They include TAFE colleges and institutes, adult and community
education providers, private providers, community organisations, schools, higher
education institutions, commercial and enterprise training providers, industry bodies
and other organisations meeting the registration requirements.
REIA : Real Estate Institute of Australia
Retraining training to facilitate entry to a new occupation.
Risk Management the systematic application of management policies, procedures and
practices to the tasks of identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating and monitoring
risk.
RTO : See Registered Training Organisation
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School to Work Program : a government program aimed at developing partnerships between
schools and industry, business and the vocational education and training sector
in order to establish accredited vocational education and training. School to Work
Transition : the process of transferring from school to the workforce or further
study. scope of registration the range of operations for which a training organisation
is registered, including whether it may deliver training as well as assessment,
the fields or industries in which it may deliver training or assessment, and the
maximum level of qualifications it may issue.
School-Industry Program : a program for Year 11 and 12 students which combines school
learning with workplace learning. Many programs lead to advanced standing in an
apprenticeship or traineeship or credit towards a vocational education and training
course.
Self-Assessment : a process in which learners or organisations assess their own
performance against particular standards or criteria;(in competency-based training)
a process in which learners assess their own performance against competency standards;(in
quality endorsement)a process in which an organisation assesses the extent to which
it satisfies the criteria for quality endorsement, identifying opportunities for
improvement.
Self-Paced Learning : learning undertaken at a student's own pace.
Short Course. a course of vocational education and training which stands alone and
does not usually lead to a full qualification. A statement of attainment may be
issued on successful completion.
STA : See State Training Authority
Standard : a level or measure of achievement; a statement of performance or outcome
criteria. See also competency standard.
State Training Authority (STA) : also called State/Territory Training Authority
- the body in each State or Territory responsible for the operation of the vocational
education and training system within that jurisdiction. Each State or Territory
training authority participates in the formulation of national policy, planning
and objectives, and promotes and implements the agreed policies and priorities within
the State or Territory.
Statement of Attainment : certification issued to a student for partial completion
of a qualification, including, where relevant, the units of competency achieved
under nationally endorsed standards. Achievements recognised by statements of attainment
can accumulate towards a qualification within the Australian
Structured Workplace Learning : (also called workplace learning and work placement)
the on-the-job component of a VET in Schools program. The skills or 'learning outcomes'
commonly reflect nationally recognised, industry-defined competency standards. The
student is not paid by the employer.
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TAFE : a publicly funded post-secondary organisation which provides a range of technical
and vocational education and training courses and other programs, eg entry and bridging
courses, language and literacy courses, adult basic education courses, Senior Secondary
Certificate of Education courses, personal enrichment courses, and small business
courses. Each State and Territory has its own TAFE system.
Tertiary Education : formal education beyond secondary education, including higher
education, vocational education and training, or other specialist post-secondary
education or training; sometimes used to refer only to higher education. Also called
post-secondary education or further education.
Tertiary Entrance Rank : (or TER) a ranking of students (usually based on results
in the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education) used by universities and some
providers of vocational education and training courses when selecting the students
who will be offered places in particular courses.
Trade Course : a course offered by a vocational education and training provider
which covers the off- the-job requirements of an apprenticeship and supplements
the on-the-job training, now being replaced by training package qualifications.
See also apprenticeship.
Trainee : a person receiving training or undertaking a traineeship. See also New
Apprenticeships apprentice.
Traineeship : a system of vocational training combining off-the-job training at
an approved training provider with on-the-job training and practical work experience.
Traineeships generally take one to two years and are now a part of the New Apprenticeships
system.
Training : the development of skills, knowledge, attitudes, competencies, etc. through
instruction or practice.
Training Organisation : an organisation which provides vocational education, training
and/or assessment services. See also Registered Training Organisation.
Training Package : an integrated set of nationally endorsed standards, guidelines
and qualifications for training, assessing and recognising people's skills, developed
by industry to meet the training needs of an industry or group of industries. Training
packages consist of core endorsed components of competency standards, assessment
guidelines and qualifications, and optional non-endorsed components of support materials
such as learning strategies, assessment resources and professional development materials.
Training Plan : a program of training and assessment which forms part of a New Apprenticeship
Training Contract and is registered with the relevant State or Territory Training
Authority.
Training Program : a set of education and training activities designed to achieve
a specific vocational outcome, eg a course, module (subject), on-the-job training,
etc.
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Unit of Competency : a component of a competency standard. A unit of competency
is a statement of a key function or role in a particular job or occupation. See
also element of competency, performance criteria, range of variables.
User Choice : a provision of New Apprenticeships whereby an employer and an apprentice
or trainee can choose the training provider for the government-funded off-the-job
elements of the training program. The organisation chosen can be a TAFE college
or any other registered training organisation (including a school)that has been
registered to deliver the required training.
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VET : See Vocational Education and Training
VET in Schools : allows school students to combine vocational studies with their
general education curriculum. Students participating in VET in Schools continue
to work towards their secondary school certificate. The VET component of their studies
gives them credit towards a nationally recognised VET qualification. In this way,
participants can keep their options open to pursue further full-time or part-time
vocational training or to move into tertiary studies after school.
Vocational Education and Training (VET) : post-compulsory education and training,
excluding degree and higher level programs delivered by higher education institutions,
which provides people with occupational or work-related knowledge and skills. VET
also includes programs which provide the basis for subsequent vocational programs.
Alternative terms used internationally include technical and vocational education
and training (TVET),vocational and technical education and training (VTET),technical
and vocational education
(TVE),vocational and technical education (VTE),and further education and training
(FET).
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Work Experience : a period (usually one or two weeks) of unpaid work undertaken
by secondary school students as part of their careers education, to provide some
insight into the world of work. Compare work placement.
Work Placement : (also called field placement, vocational placement, structured
work placement) a period of unpaid work with an employer undertaken by VET students
in order to satisfy the requirements of a course or module, with supervision provided
by the employer, the training provider or both.
Work-Based Learning : programs for both secondary and post- secondary students which
provide opportunities to achieve employment- related competencies in the workplace.
Work-based learning is often undertaken in conjunction with classroom or related
learning, and may take the form of work placements, work experience, workplace mentoring,
instruction in general workplace competencies, and broad instruction in all aspects
of industry.
Work-Based Training : training provided by an organisation primarily for its own
employees using the employer's own staff or consultants. Work- based training can
be conducted either on- site or at an off-site location.
Workplace Assessment : the gathering and judging of evidence during normal work
activities in order to determine whether a required standard has been achieved.
Workplace assessment usually involves observation of work in progress, checking
the product(s)of a work activity, and receiving oral responses to questions posed
while work is in progress.
Workplace Learning (also workplace training) learning or training undertaken in
the workplace, usually on the job, including on-the-job training under normal operational
conditions, and on-site training, which is conducted away from the work process
(eg in a training room).
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