Course Title: Use nationally recognised training products to meet vocational training needs

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2025

Class Number: 1053

Class Section: TAE2

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Course Code: TCHE5955C

Course Title: Use nationally recognised training products to meet vocational training needs

School: 525T Business & Enterprise

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4436 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Course Contact: Jeremy Glover

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99251485

Course Contact Email: jeremy.glover@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Nil

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to analyse and use nationally recognised training products to meet vocational learners’ skill and knowledge development needs.

The unit applies to entry-level VET teachers, trainers and assessors who use a range of products that are nationally recognised or aligned with other recognised frameworks in the course of addressing learners’ training needs.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

TAEDES411 Use nationally recognised training products to meet vocational training needs

Element:

1. Prepare to use nationally recognised training products

Performance Criteria:

  • 1.1 Access and interpret industry and learner information to identify training needs
  • 1.2 Research nationally recognised training products that would meet identified training needs

Element:

2. Analyse nationally recognised training products

Performance Criteria:

  • 2.1 Read and interpret nationally recognised training products that may meet training needs
  • 2.2 Select those training products that meet identified needs
  • 2.3 Review and interpret information in available support material relating to selected training products
  • 2.4 Access and interpret existing training and assessment strategy to determine the training context and assessment environment

Element:

3. Apply and evaluate selected nationally recognised training products

Performance Criteria:

  • 3.1 Apply selected nationally recognised training products to own practice according to learner needs and regulatory requirements
  • 3.2 Seek feedback relating to whether applied training products meet specified requirements and identified needs
  • 3.3 Analyse collected feedback and identify required changes to product use

Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities include discussions, quizzes, peer presentations, small group work, online research tasks, simulations and creating workplace documents. These activities and the participant manual form a core component of the course and many of the relevant activities will need to be completed prior to the live session each week, whereas others are done during class-time.

 

The learning resources and activities listed above are all accessed via "Modules" from the Canvas Course Menu.


Teaching Schedule

WeekDateTopic / Learning activitiesAssessments

Week 1

 10-16 February

Topic 1 - Use nationally recognised training products

  • Introduction to Assessment in VET Module, format, learning and assessment outcomes.
  • Nationally Recognised Training and Training Packages
  • Competency-based assessment in VET
  • Explore Training Packages, qualifications, units and accredited courses.
  • Start Assessment Task 01 (Knowledge Questions) which continues over the next 2 weeks

 

 

 

 

Week 2

 17-23 February

Topic 2 - Introduction to competency-based assessment

  • Review Week 1 content 
  • Features of Competency-based assessment
  • Assessment terminology
  • Assessment pathways
  • Quality assessment
  • Assessment methods, tools and instruments
  • Assessor roles and responsibilities
  • Assessing competence
  • Discuss Assessment Tasks 01 (Knowledge Questions) 
  • Outline Assessment Tasks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

 

 

Week 3

 24 Feburary-2 March

Topic 3 - Assess competence

  • Review key content from Week 1 covered so far -
  • Assessment terminology, Assessment Tool components, quality assessment
  • Preparing for assessment, briefing candidates, assessing candidates, making judgements

Topic 4 - Participate validation

  • Introduction to assessment validation
  • Assessment Task 02 (Package an AQF qualification to meet identified needs) – carried out in class in small groups
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 03 in class in small groups
  

Week 4

 3-9 March
  • Revisit preparing for pre-assessment validation
  • Assessment Task 03 (Participate in pre-assessment validation x 3) – carried out in class in small groups
  • Outline requirements of Assessment Task 04 (Assess competence x 4)
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 04 in class in small groups

AT02 (Package an AQF qualification). Due Sunday 09/03/25 at 11:59pm 

Week 5

 10-16 March
  • Revisit preparation for assessment including briefing and documentation 
  • Assessment Task 04 Assess competence x 4) - Day 1 - Brief candidates (– carried out in class in small groups
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 04 in class in small groups

AT03 (Assessment Validation) Due Sunday 16/03/2025 at 11:59pm
Week 6 17-23 March
  • Revisit preparation for assessment including briefing and documentation 
  • Assessment Task 04 (Assess competence x 4) - Day 2 - Assessments – carried out in class in small groups

 
Week 7 24-30 March
  • Revisit preparation for assessment including briefing and documentation 
  • Assessment Task 04 (Assess competence x 4) - Day 2 - Assessments – carried out in class in small groups
  • Outline requirements of Assessment Task 05 (Assess by RPL x 2)
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 05 in class in small groups
 AT01 Knowledge Questions (KQ) Due Sunday  30/03/2025 at 11:59pm
Week 8  31 March - 6 April
  • Revisit RPL, briefing, methods, tools, tips and pitfalls
  • Assessment Task 05 (assess RPL x 2) - Stage 1 – carried out in class in small groups
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 05 in class in small groups

AT04 (assess competence x4) Due Sunday 06/04/2025 at 11:59pm

 
Week 9  7-13 April
  • Revisit RPL, briefing, methods, tools, tips and pitfalls
  • Assessment Task 05 (assess RPL x 2) - Stage 2 – carried out in class in small groups
  • Outline requirements of Assessment Task 06 (Participate in assessment validation x 3)
  • Prepare to carry out Assessment Task 06 in class in groups
  
Week 10  14-20 April
  • Assessment Validation revisited
  • Assessment Task 06 (Participate in assessment validation x 3) – carried out in class in small groups
  • Review and assessment and resubmission process

 

Mid-Semester Break: 18-25 April

Week 11 28 April - 4 May Final Resubmissions (Non-Teaching Week)

 AT05 (assess RPL x2) Due Sunday 04/05/2025 at 11:59pm

AT06 (validate x3) Due Sunday 04/05/2025 at 11:59pm


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Performance Evidence

The individual must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

  • use nationally recognised training products to meet the training needs of vocational learners as follows:
  • select and use at least 1 selected nationally recognised unit of competency or skill set that addresses the identified skills and knowledge needs of at least 1 learner cohort
  • identify and use at least 1 set of support material relating to above unit or skill set
  • select at least 1 nationally recognised qualification that is at the appropriate Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level and package it to meet the identified needs of a different learner cohort.
  •  
  • In the course of the above, the candidate must:
  • use the National Register of VET (Training.gov.au, or its successor)
  • analyse the contents of the nationally recognised products to confirm their suitability for use
  • comply with the specified nationally recognised training product requirements, including entry requirements, packaging rules and any prerequisite requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

The individual must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

  • vocational education and training (VET) regulatory requirements for using nationally recognised training products, including:
  • industry engagement and relevance
  • scope of registration
  • meeting the specified requirements of nationally recognised training products, including entry requirements, packaging rules and prerequisite requirements
  • function of nationally recognised training products in a competency-based VET system
  • purpose and use of the National Register of VET (Training.gov.au, or its successor), including to:
  • ensure version control
  • identify changes to nationally recognised training products
  • structure, levels and overarching content of the AQF (or its successor)
  • purpose, structure and content of accredited courses and endorsed training package qualifications, skill sets, units of competency, and their associated assessment requirements
  • purpose, key content and use of support material relating to nationally recognised training products, including companion volume implementation guides
  • basic overview of the nature, purpose and structure of current authorised Australian foundation skill frameworks used to analyse the foundation skill demands of training products
  • methodology relating to analysing and using nationally recognised training products to meet the skills and knowledge needs of learners, including:
  • entry requirements of qualifications
  • packaging rules of qualifications and skill sets
  • prerequisite unit requirements for units of competency
  • foundation skill demands of units of competency, including those relating to language, literacy, numeracy, digital literacy and employability skills
  • assessment requirements relating to units of competency
  • clustering units of competency for delivery and assessment.


Feedback 

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions.  You are encouraged to ask and answer questions during class time and online sessions so that you can obtain feedback on your understanding of the concepts and issues being discussed. Finally, you can email or arrange an appointment with your teacher to gain more feedback on your progress. 

You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning outcomes and final performance in the course. 

 


Assessment Tasks

Students enrolled in Vocational Education and Training qualifications are assessed for Competency. To be assessed as Competent means a student has consistently demonstrated the required knowledge and skills at a standard expected in the workplace.   

To be assessed as Competent in this course, you will need to complete each assessment task to a satisfactory standard. You will receive feedback from the teacher at the conclusion of each assessment task.  
  
You should refer to the assessment brief which is available through Canvas for full assessment criteria and due dates.

Due Dates are provided in both the Syllabus tab and the Assignments tab in Canvas 

  

Results

Results that apply to courses that are delivered and assessed in accordance with competency-based assessment are:  

CA: Competency Achieved  
NYC: Not Yet Competent 

 

Names and due dates of Assessment Tasks

Task 01 Knowledge Questions                                                Due: 30/03/2025

Task 02 Package an AQF Qualification to meet client needs       Due: 09/03/2025

Task 03 Participate in pre-validation (3)                                  Due: 16/03/2025

Task 04 Assess competence (4)                                              Due: 04/043/2025

Task 05 Assess RPL (2)                                                          Due: 20/04/2025

Task 06 Participate in assessment validation (3)                       Due: 20/04/2025

 

 


Assessment Matrix

The Assessment Matrix demonstrates alignment of assessment tasks with the relevant unit of competency. These mapping documents are available

through Program Administration if required.  

Other Information

Attendance:  

Your learning experience will involve class-based teaching, discussion, demonstration and practical exercises   

It is strongly advised that you attend all timetabled sessions. This will allow you to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring you the maximum opportunity to complete this course successfully.  

  

Information about your studies:  

You can access My Studies through the RMIT website for information about timetables, important dates, assessment dates, results and progress, Canvas etc.  

 https://www.rmit.edu.au/students  

  

Assessment:  

Information on assessment including Special consideration, Adjustments to assessment, (eg. applying for an extension of time):  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment  

  

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:   

RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the website for more information on this policy.  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/academic-integrity  

  

Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning:   

Credit transfer is the recognition of previously completed formal learning (an officially accredited qualification).  

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process that allows you to demonstrate competence using the skills you have gained through experience in the workplace, voluntary work, informal or formal training or other life experiences.    

Please speak to your teacher if you wish to discuss applying for Credit Transfer or RPL for the unit(s) of competency addressed in this course.  

https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/enrolment/apply-for-credit  

 

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