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The National VET Regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), has recently released a “Choosing a training or education provider Fact Sheet”, which includes a “Consumer Checklist” to guide potential students\/consumers to make an informed decision.<\/p>

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The mentioned document explain the “…most important things to look for when choosing a training or education provider…” The main aspects listed in the consumer checklist are:<\/p>\n

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• confirm the training provider is a registered training organisation and has the course offered included into its scope of registration,<\/li>\n
• confirm the training program leads to a national reccognised qualification,<\/li>\n
• confirm the course meet the requirements of a eventual required industry license,<\/li>\n
• confirm the training provider holds relevant industry bodies or associations memberships,<\/li>\n
• confirm the training program learning outcomes,<\/li>\n
• confirm online services, and<\/li>\n
• read the enrolment agreement\/contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  The checklist has a set of parameters “find out the following”, including “tips” for each main aspect; and while the document is full of VET jargon, it will provide help to some specific audiences.<\/p>\n

  Specific aspects of the training such as: training resources samples or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), are not included in the checklist.<\/p>\n

  There is no procedure to “check\/confirm” two of the main aspects of competency-based training, such as attending to individual needs (student-focused), or contextualisation to a specific industry area (workplace-specific).<\/p>\n

  It is a very interesting move from ASQA, as will position the Regulator in the middle of the training market, accountable to the most important stakeholder of the Vocational and Education Industry: the user\/student.
  I am sure ASQA will receive invaluable information and feedback from “consumers”, which could be use in regulating the system.<\/p>\n

  The Fact sheet\u2014Choosing a training or education provider can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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