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ASPHALT REVIEW
CPEE postgraduate
re-accreditation
The Centre of Pavement
Engineering Education is a
specialised training and higher
education provider strongly
supported by AAPA. Its focus
is on providing post graduate
education in pavement related
areas, including at the Graduate
Diploma and Masters level.
CPEE has always maintained
the highest quality in its courses
and accreditation under new
national rules that will further
highlight CPEE’s high standards.
In today’s busy business world
it is often easy to forget the
value of higher education. But a
CPEE qualification not only gives
current and useable knowledge, it
also provides a valuable and long
lasting means of highlighting a
person’s interest and knowledge
in our industry to both employers
and potential employers.
The following note highlights
the process that CPEE is going
through to show that it continues
to offer the highest quality post
graduate training.
CPEE offers a number of postgraduate
courses, some as a private provider and
others jointly with its university partner, the
University of Tasmania. Its private provider
courses were first accredited in 2003 and
re-accredited in 2008.
This year CPEE is required to apply to
the recently created Tertiary Education
Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) for
re-accreditation of the Graduate Certificate
in Pavement Technology and the Master of
Pavement Technology. At the same time
CPEE is also applying for renewal of its
registration as a private provider.
The new national body replaces the state
based agencies, such as the VRQA in Victoria,
and brings all Australian higher education
providers under the one set of requirements.
CPEE will be one of the first providers to be
reviewed under this new body in 2013.
Along with the new body comes a
completely new set of standards and
requirements for accreditation and
certification within the Higher Ed space.
Following the introduction of the new
standards CPEE began adapting its own
processes to meet these leading up to its
re-accreditation.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
qualifications, other than those offered
by the universities and self-accrediting
institutions, are able to be offered by a non
self-accrediting higher education institution.
The courses offered by CPEE as a non
self-accrediting higher education provider
are registered and evaluated against the
Higher Education Standards Framework. This
Framework comprises five domains: Provider
Standards; Qualification Standards, Teaching
and Learning Standards; Information
Standards and Research Standards. These
standards are collectively the Threshold
Standards which all providers must meet to
enter and remain within Australia’s higher
education system.
The preparation of substantial submissions
in response to the TEQSA re-accreditation
and re-registration requirements has not
impacted on CPEE offering any of its distance
education courses in 2013.
In all six courses are offered: - the
Graduate Certificate in Infrastructure Asset
Management; the Graduate Diploma of
Infrastructure Asset Management; the
Graduate Certificate in Road Engineering &
Construction; and the Graduate Diploma
of Road Engineering & Construction jointly
with the University of Tasmania and its own
Graduate Certificate in Pavement Technology
and Master of Pavement Technology.
All in all these changes are seen by CPEE as
a positive for ensuring the quality of higher
education providers and the courses they offer.
Details of all CPEE courses can be found on
the CPEE website www.pavementeducation.
edu.au
AAPA
Training
Report
AAPA Training is Australia’s foremost provider
of quality training courses on all aspects of
asphalt and bituminous surfacing.
The Training Centre presents a program
of around 90 courses each year in all capital
cities and many regional centres, in addition
to customised courses presented on request.
AAPA’s major courses are:
• Asphalt Placement & Compaction;
• Bituminous Surfacing Principles & Practice;
• Fundamentals of Bituminous Surfacing;
• Pavement Maintenance Practices;
• PMBs & Bitumen Emulsions;
• Selection of Pavement Surfacings;
• Sprayed Sealing Design;
• Sprayed Sealing Selection & Design;
• Sprayed Sealing Field Procedures; and
• Working Safely with Bitumen
Information on each of these courses is
available from the AAPA website under the
heading Training/Course Outlines.
All AAPA presenters are recognised experts
in their field, and will ensure that delegates
receive authoritative, up-to-date and relevant
information, delivered in an informal and
supportive learning environment.
Certificates of Attendance, Statements of
Attainment, comprehensive course notes
and access to the latest technical industry
documentation and specifications are
additional benefits offered by the AAPA
Training Centre.
Flying start for 2013 courses
Strong demand for AAPA’s highly-regarded
training courses means an early start to the
2013 training programme.
Queensland welcomed in the New Year with
a series of “Working Safely With Bitumen”
presentations in January, commencing in
Toowoomba, Brisbane, Mackay, Townsville
and concluding in Cairns – all to capacity
audiences.
“It is always somewhat of a challenge
presenting training courses in Queensland at
this time of year, but it is an opportune time
for some of our clients. AAPA’s presenters
have always been either in advance or behind
adverse weather episodes in the region – we
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