National Scene
David Miller
5 June 2015
National VET Governance
Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
VET
Advisory
Board
COAG Industry and Skills Council
(State and Territory Ministers for
Skills/Training and Industry)
Australian Industry and
Skills Committee
COAG Senior Officials
Meeting (Head of Service)
Industry and Skills
Secretaries
Skills Senior Officials Network
Industry
Reference
Committees
Skills Service
Organisations
National Areas of Focus
VET Reform priorities, Skills Reform NP +
Roles of Governments
Harmonise Australian Apprenticeships
National RTO Standards + new legislation
Australian Apprenticeships Support Network
VET FEE-HELP
COAG ISC
COAG Industry and Skills Council (COAG ISC):
Decision-making council on areas of
national importance for VET
Meeting 8 May 2015
Split Industry and Skills portfolios
Discussion on NP and consumer information
New Arrangements for Training Product Development for Australian Industry
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The Australian Government’s new model for training product development will place industry engagement at the centre of training package
development. The model will support industry reference committees (IRCs) as the conduit for industry intelligence into training policy and
practice and to guide the development of industry-based training products (including training packages and support materials).
They will be supported by skills service organisations (SSOs) which will be funded by the Government to provide IRCs with administrative,
technical and operational support to engage with industry . SSOs will be governed by professional boards with demonstrated independence
and strategic and professional skills.
New Arrangements for Training Product
Development for Australian Industry
The national industry body responsible for overseeing the national training system, the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) will play
a central role in the new approach to training product development by prioritising and scheduling this work on the basis of industry demand
and government priority.
Australian Industry
and Skills Committee
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Advise on VET quality
instruments (Provider Standards
and Training Package
Standards)
Endorse qualifications
Provide industry input to
guide VET research
Provide industry input
to ministerial council
Assess business cases from
IRCs for training product
review
Allocate work to SSOs and
quality assure results
Consider need for additional
materials to support training
products (eg companion volumes)
Assign new IRCs or re-assign IRC
Industry
Reference
Committee
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Industry
Reference
Committee
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3
Skills Service
Organisation
Professional Board
4
Skills Service
Organisation
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Professional Board
Industry
Reference
Committee
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2
3
Skills Service
Organisation
4
Professional Board
Industry
Reference
Committee
1
Skills Service
Organisation
2
Professional Board
^ Each box represents different clusters of
industries
Skills Service Organisations are not limited to
4
Industry Engagement
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Gather industry intelligence to inform training product
review
Training product development oversight
Other support to VET sector
Enabling Services
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Existing IRC may seek to change
SSO on performance grounds or to
align skills with other sectors
*Training Products = training packages and
qualifications
New industry sector can apply
for coverage by an SSO
Committee management
Technical specifications for
training product
development
Co-ordination services to
support the work of IRCs
Australian Industry and Skills
Committee
National industry body responsible for overseeing
the national training system:
Full composition announced 8 May 2015
Meeting 9-10 June 2015
Quality assure and endorse training products
Provide industry input to guide VET policy
Provide industry input to ministerial council
IRCs and SSOs
Industry Reference Committees (IRCs):
Gather industry intelligence to inform training
policy and practice
Guide development of training products
Skills Service Organisations (SSOs):
Support IRCs with administrative, technical and
operational support to engage with industry
Develop training products on behalf of IRCs
upload training products and other materials to
training.gov.au
Review of Training Packages and
Accredited Courses
Broader qualifications with job outcomes
Rationalisation of Training Packages
Consultation in January 2015
Reform options to be developed for
consideration in late 2015
VET Reform Consultations
 Consultations around Australia on Review of
Training Packages and Accredited Courses and
broader VET reform priorities
 Students, employers, training providers, industry
associations, and others about what is working
and what needs improving?
 Key themes: Quality, red tape, relevance of
training, industry engagement, role of schools,
status of VET career, are training packages
broken?
Australian Apprenticeship Support
Network (AASN)
 Will replace Australian Apprenticeships Centres
from 1 July 2015
 Organisations announced 27 April 2015
 Government to invest $200m to establish
Network services in 440 locations
 Providing universal and targeted services
VET FEE-HELP
 $18.2 million over four years
 Amendments to VET Guidelines 2015
 Addressing improper use of the scheme
 Banning of inducements, prizes, cash payments
 Additional protections for students
 Consultations underway for VET-FEE HELP reform
NVETR Amendment Act 2015
 The National Vocational Education and Training
Regulator Amendment Act 2015 was registered
9 April 2015.
 Measures intended to complement the Standards
for Registered Training Organisations 2015 and
facilitate more effective and efficient regulation.
 Strengthening ASQA further to address poor RTO
behaviour and also allow more generous terms for
strong performing RTOs
Budget 2015
Reflection of commitments made in 2014/15
financial year
Commonwealth investing approx. $6b to
support VET
Trade Support Loans of up to $20,000
$68m for ASQA to enforce new standards
What else?
 Total VET Activity reporting – increased frequency
commenced
 Expansion and potential tender for MySkills
 Training.gov.au, Unique Student Identifier
 Review of the National Partnership Agreement on
Skills Reform
 Reform of the Federation White paper – issues
paper released in December 2014
 1st Minister’s retreat in July to discuss reform
 Industry Skills Fund
Thank You