Author: Alan Maguire

40+ years experience as a trainer, instructional designer, quality manager, project manager, program manager, RTO auditor, RTO manager and VET adviser.

TAE40122 packaging rules: using the qualification for different cohorts

The packaging rules for the draft TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification were used to select elective units at the VET Practitioners Network (VPN) meeting held on Friday 5 August 2022. Four different cohorts were considered:

  • TAE40122 Public program / General program
  • TAE40122 Program dedicated for TAFE Teachers
  • TAE40122 Program for school teachers delivering VET in School program
  • TAE40122 Program for industry trainers, enterprise trainers, workplace trainers, or volunteer trainers who are delivering a VET program.

Packaging rules

The TAE40122 packaging rules require a total of 12 units of competency for the qualification consisting of 6 core units and 6 elective units.

TAE40122 Public program / General program

Learners enrolled in a TAE40122 Public program / General program are from various industry sectors and are destined to work for different types of RTO. It is normal to have many people in this cohort who will connected to apprenticeship, traineeship or work placements. Therefore, the TAEDEL412 Facilitate workplace-based learning unit of competency would be a desirable elective unit.

Also, it has become common for many RTOs to deliver online training. Therefore, the TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning and TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment units of competency would be suitable electives units.

The following shows the units of competency for a TAE40122 Public program / General program:

Core units

  • TAEASS412 Assess competence
  • TAEASS413 Participate in assessment validation
  • TAEDEL411 Facilitate vocational training
  • TAEDES411 Use nationally recognised training products for accredited vocational training and assessment
  • TAEDES412 Design and develop plans for vocational training
  • TAEPDD401 Operate effectively in the VET sector

Elective units

  • TAEDEL311 Provide work skill instruction
  • TAEDEL412 Facilitate workplace-based learning
  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment
  • TAETAS411 Maintain training and assessment information

Select one of the following:

  • TAELLN421 Integrate core skills support into training and assessment
  • TAEDEL416 Facilitate learning for young vocational learners

Note:

  • The TAELLN421 Integrate core skills support into training and assessment unit of competency is still a useful, and this would be better than selecting the TAEDEL416 Facilitate learning for young vocational learners unit of competency.

TAE40122 Program dedicated for TAFE Teachers

Some TAFE deliver will deliver a TAE40122 program for their own newly employed TAFE Teachers. The following shows the units of competency that could be used for a program dedicated for TAFE Teachers:

Core units

  • TAEASS412 Assess competence
  • TAEASS413 Participate in assessment validation
  • TAEDEL411 Facilitate vocational training
  • TAEDES411 Use nationally recognised training products for accredited vocational training and assessment
  • TAEDES412 Design and develop plans for vocational training
  • TAEPDD401 Operate effectively in the VET sector

Elective units

  • TAEDEL311 Provide work skill instruction
  • TAEDEL412 Facilitate workplace-based learning
  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment
  • TAELLN421 Integrate core skills support into training and assessment

Select one of the following:

  • TAEDEL415 Complete a practicum in a vocational education and training environment
  • TAEDEL416 Facilitate learning for young vocational learners
  • TAETAS411 Maintain training and assessment information

TAE40122 Program for school teachers delivering VET in School programs

Some school teachers deliver VET in School programs.

Core units

  • TAEASS412 Assess competence
  • TAEASS413 Participate in assessment validation
  • TAEDEL411 Facilitate vocational training
  • TAEDES411 Use nationally recognised training products for accredited vocational training and assessment
  • TAEDES412 Design and develop plans for vocational training
  • TAEPDD401 Operate effectively in the VET sector

Elective units

  • TAEDEL311 Provide work skill instruction
  • TAEDEL412 Facilitate workplace-based learning
  • TAEDEL416 Facilitate learning for young vocational learners
  • TAELLN421 Integrate core skills support into training and assessment

Select two of the following:

  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment
  • TAETAS411 Maintain training and assessment information

TAE40122 Program for industry trainers, enterprise trainers, workplace trainers, or volunteer trainers who are delivering a VET program

This cohort is diverse and their skill requirements may vary. For example, a TAE40122 program for nurses may be different than a TAE40122 program for police, or a TAE40122 program for workers at a mine site, or a TAE40122 program for trainers at a community centre.

The following shows the units of competency that could be used for a TAE40122 program for industry, enterprise, workplace or volunteer trainers:

Core units

  • TAEASS412 Assess competence
  • TAEASS413 Participate in assessment validation
  • TAEDEL411 Facilitate vocational training
  • TAEDES411 Use nationally recognised training products for accredited vocational training and assessment
  • TAEDES412 Design and develop plans for vocational training
  • TAEPDD401 Operate effectively in the VET sector

Elective units

  • TAEDEL311 Provide work skill instruction
  • TAEDEL412 Facilitate workplace-based learning
  • TAETAS411 Maintain training and assessment information
  • BSBAUD412 Work within compliance frameworks
  • BSBHRM413 Support the learning and development of teams and individuals

Select one of the following:

  • TAELLN421 Integrate core skills support into training and assessment
  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment

Notes:

  • The two BSB units have been selected to to fill up the course, not because they would add value. The aim is to avoid delivering irrelevant units of competency.
  • The TAEDEL414 Mentor in the workplace unit of competency may be relevant for a TAE40122 program for nurses and midwives.

Summary of packaging rule

The packaging rules for the TAE40122 qualification provide an unnecessary level of flexibility. The following is a chart that compares the selection of units of competency for four different cohorts. The pink identified that twelve units of competency that are most likely to be used by RTOs delivering the TAE40122 qualification.

In conclusion

This article should be seen as a valuable contribution to the implementation of the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification. It provides new insight into how the TAE40122 packaging rules can be used.

Increased total number of units

The TAE40122 qualification will require 12 units of competency compared with 10 units of competency for the TAE40116 qualification. The increased number of units is probably unnecessary. Units of competency are likely to be selected to pad out the program rather than address any particular skills required to perform the role of a trainer and assessor working in VET.

Greater flexibility

The packaging rules for the TAE40122 qualification have been designed to provide greater flexibility (6 core units, 6 elective units) compared with the TAE40116 qualification (9 core units, one elective unit). It is highly unlikely that this greater flexibility will be used. It probably indicates that this greater flexibility was unnecessary.

Fit for purpose

The TAE40116 qualification was condemned because some people said it was not fit for purpose. Will the TAE40122 qualification be seen as fit for purpose? Or, will the complaints about the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment continue after the TAE40122 qualification has been implemented? What do you think?

Do you need help with your TAE studies?

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TAE40122 pending endorsement: It’s all over but the shouting

TAE40122 pending endorsement

Submissions to the public validation for the draft TAE Training Package closed on Friday 12th of August 2022. The new TAE Training Package is expected to be endorsed and released for use before the year ends.

There were many complaints raised about the draft TAE Training Package during the public validation period. I predict that complaints about the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification will continue after it has been endorsed.

Some people will still say that the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification is not fit for purpose. Some people will still identify issues or disagree with the details covered by TAE Units of Competency.

I do not believe that the TAE40122 Graduate will be any better than a TAE40116 Graduate. And in some respects, the TAE40122 Graduate may have training and assessment skills that are less than those of a TAE40116 Graduate.

It’s all over but the shouting

The following lyrics to a song, ‘It’s all over but the shouting’, were written by JD Pherson in 2015.

It’s all over but the shouting
It’s all done but the deed
It’s all healed but the hurtin’
It’s all taken but the heed
It’s all over but the shouting
It’s all gone but the need.

These words capture my thoughts and feelings about the proposed TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification. I have reflected upon these words. I have thought about the changes to the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification and the TAE Units of Competency. And I have thought about the process that has been used to determine these changes.

Will you shout for joy when the TAE40122 qualification is released? Will you shout with frustration or despair?

What are your thoughts and feelings about the new TAE40122 qualification?

TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

The TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification has been designed for people who are seeking employment as a trainer working for an RTO. This includes TAFE teachers and teachers delivering VET in School programs .

TAE40122 Qualification Packaging Rules

The packaging rules for the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification require a total of 12 units of competency:

  • 6 core units
  • 6 elective units

No every RTO delivering the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification will select or offer the same elective units. On this website I have provided information that is relevant to the core units and some elective units.

Introduction to the VET system

Competency-based training design

Competency-based training delivery

Competency-based assessment

Learner support

Online learning and assessment

  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning [Elective]
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment [Elective]

Personal effectiveness

Do you need help with your TAE studies?

I have found that many TAE Students do not get sufficient or proper training.

Are you a doing the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and are you struggling with your studies? Do you want help with your TAE studies?

Ring Alan Maguire on 0493 065 396 to discuss.

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How to design competency-based training and assessment

Unpacking a unit of competency is like solving a puzzle

Units of competency are often ambiguous. When we first read them they can be vague. Performance criteria lack content. Foundation skills may be absent or written in a way that makes no sense. The connection between performance and required knowledge is not provided.

It is important for us to understand or ‘unpack’ units of competency because they are the building blocks for Australia’s competency-based training system. Reading, interpreting and contextualising units of competency is our starting point for designing competency-based training and assessment.

In the beginning the unit of competency is ambiguous or vague. It is like looking at a colourless Rubik’s cube. By reading, interpreting and contextualising the unit of competency we begin to understand more about what competency looks like. Now it is like having an unsolved Rubik’s cube. Often, we still have to work at analysing, deconstructing and reconstructing the unit of competency so that we can clearly explain it to our learners. This moment is like having solved the Rubik’s cube.

What do we need to do after we have ‘unpacked’ the unit of competency? And what are the next steps to designing competency-based training and competency-based assessment?

How to design competency-based training

I have developed a 7-step process to describe how I design competency-based training.

How to design competency-based assessment

I have developed a 7-step process to describe how I design competency-based assessment.

What comes first?

Do we design and develop the training first? Or do we design and develop the assessment first?

I always design and develop the assessment before the training. The training program becomes the pathway to the assessment. Assessment is the destination and we need to know that first.

Do you want more details about my two 7-step approaches?

On Tuesday 2nd of August 2022, I will be delivering a 3-hour webinar about designing competency-based training and assessment for the VET Development Centre (VDC). Come along if you want to hear more details about my two 7-step approaches.

The cost is only $110.

Go to the VDC website for more information or to register.

TAESS00023 Online Learning and Assessment

Introducing the TAESS00023 Skill Set

The TAESS00023 Online Learning and Assessment Skill Set was released on the 1st of June 2022. The skill set consists of two units of competency:

  • TAEDEL405 Plan, organise and facilitate online learning
  • TAEASS404 Assess competence in an online environment.

This skill set addresses the skills and knowledge required to plan, organise and facilitate online learning and assess competence across various electronic applications and communication channels. It involves gathering evidence using both synchronous and asynchronous assessment methods, and making judgements on the outcomes of the online assessment using a range of devices and digital tools. [1]

Professional development

The new online learning and assessment units or skill set can deliver an immediate value for many TAFE teachers, trainers and assessors.

The TAESS00023 Online Learning and Assessment Skill Set can be used to deliver a structured professional development program for current trainers, assessors and TAFE teachers working in the VET sector.

In additional to being relevant professional development, the attainment of the two new online learning and assessment units can be used as credits towards the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification (expected to be endorsed before the end of 2022). [2]

References

[1] https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/TAESS00023 accessed 1 June 2022

[2] https://www.skillsforaustralia.com/project-page/education-tae/ accessed 1 June 2022

Are you a doing the TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and are you struggling with your studies? Do you want help with your TAE studies?

Do you want more information? Ring Alan Maguire on 0493 065 396 to discuss.

Contact now!

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