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Improve pathways and choices for students by:
• making a commitment to skills recognition delivery
• maintaining and fostering a close working relationship with the WA Department of Education and Training’s Career Development
Centre (formerly the Training Information Centre) to build a stronger focus upon career guidance services for students
• implementing the Western Australian Certifi cate of Education requirements through cooperative delivery of VET for Schools
programs; and
• achieving targets as set out in the District Education and Training Plan for 2006 and supporting the District Education and
Training plan development for 2007.
Work with business and industry to:
• deliver training in fl exible ways to ensure graduates have expertise and skills relevant to current industry standards;
• provide on the job training for existing and new workers in order to maximise training and up-skilling opportunities;
• reduce skill shortages and align outcomes to meet future industry needs;
• develop and implement programs to expand and increase the fl exibility of apprenticeships and traineeships;
• increase market share of apprenticeship training in TAFEWA colleges; and
• develop and implement programs to meet the needs of high priority industry sectors with special skills needs.
1.3 - SHAPING OUR FUTURE: AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR VET 2004-2010
Shaping our Future sets out four objectives and 12 broad strategies for progressing vocational education and training (VET) in
Australia until the end of the decade.
The four objectives for 2004–2010 are that:
1. Industry will have a highly skilled workforce to support strong performance in the global economy.
2. Employers and individuals will be at the centre of vocational education and training.
3. Communities and regions will be strengthened economically and socially through learning and employment.
4. Indigenous Australians will have skills for viable jobs and their learning culture will be shared.
1.4 - AUSTRALIAN QUALITY TRAINING FRAMEWORK (AQTF) REQUIREMENTS
Challenger TAFE is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and ongoing registration is dependent upon our adherence to the
ten Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) standards. The AQTF was developed by the National Training Quality Council
of the Australian National Training Authority Board in conjunction with States and Territories, the Commonwealth and industry.
Ministers for vocational education and training endorsed the AQTF on 8 June 2001.
In 2006, Challenger TAFE was one of ten sites across Australia for trialling a new quality framework. It is anticipated that this will
roll out in 2007, as a Commonwealth government initiative.
The key objective of the AQTF is to provide the basis for a nationally consistent, high quality vocational education and training
system. The current AQTF Standards for Registered Training Organisations are:
Systems for quality training and assessment
• The RTO has systems in place to plan for and provide quality training and assessment across all of its operations.
Compliance with Commonwealth, State/Territory legislation and regulatory requirements
• The RTO ensures that compliance with Commonwealth, State/Territory legislation and regulatory requirements relevant to its
operations is integrated into its policies and procedures and that compliance is maintained.
Effective fi nancial management procedures
• The RTO has effective fi nancial management procedures in place.
Effective administrative and records management procedures
• The RTO has effective administrative and records management procedures in place.