TAEPDD401 - Work effectively in the VET sector

Unit code: TAEPDD401 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours
40
Location
City Campus
Footscray Nicholson
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to operate within the vocational education and training (VET) sector regulatory and operational context relevant to the job role of an entry-level VET teacher, trainer and assessor.The unit applies to VET teachers, trainers and assessors who use a range of general competencies and knowledge to work effectively within the VET sector and typically within a Registered Training Organisation (RTO).

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • develop a plan for own development, including:
  • identifying and applying the regulatory requirements of a vocational education and training (VET) teacher, trainer and assessor
  • evaluating vocational competency and industry currency, and current skills and knowledge related to the delivery of vocational training, including digital skills
  • identifying opportunities for professional development to improve professional practice and knowledge.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • purpose of the VET Quality Framework and key content relevant to VET teachers, trainers and assessors, including:
  • Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 (or their successor)
  • structure and overarching content and levels of the Australian Qualifications Framework (or its successor)
  • VET sector structure and roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders, including:
  • Australian government
  • state and territory governments, including state or territory training authorities
  • VET regulators
  • training package developers
  • peak bodies
  • networks, communities of practice and professional development providers
  • legislative and VET regulatory requirements relevant to VET teachers, trainers and assessors, including:
  • training and assessment
  • vocational learner support
  • trainer and assessor qualifications
  • maintaining vocational competency, industry currency and skills and knowledge in vocational training and learning
  • working under supervision
  • organisational requirements and procedures relating to working as a VET teacher, trainer and assessor at an RTO, including:
  • position description
  • induction
  • code of conduct
  • duty of care
  • risk mitigation
  • continuous improvement
  • records management
  • professional development and maintaining currency
  • diversity and inclusion
  • privacy and confidentiality
  • anti-discrimination
  • consumer protection requirements
  • copyright and plagiarism
  • internal quality audits
  • child safe standards
  • workplace health and safety
  • key components of plan to improve own professional practice
  • features of the competency-based VET system, including:
  • industry aligned
  • nationally focus
  • based on competency standards that define the standard of performance required in the workplace
  • assessment is criterion referenced not norm referenced
  • use of ‘competent’ and ‘not yet competent’
  • dimensions of competency
  • diversity of learners in VET, their needs and expectations, and implications for own inclusive work practices
  • current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks used to analyse the foundation skill demands of training products and levels of learners and candidates
  • VET sector terminology, including terminology used in nationally recognised training products.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the VU Learning Management System (LMS) called VU Collaborate.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
TAE40122 | Certificate iv | Duration:

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