CITO - Phase I Report - Industry Training Authority

FERENCE WEICKER & COMPANY
Function Questions
Upgrading of
Standards
Proposal/Approval/
Development of
New Programs
Development
of Exams
Red Seal
Trades
Exam
Application
Forecast
Demand
Activities to
Increase
Employer &
Apprentice
Participation
NEXT STEPS
• Links to program updates
• Other triggers
• Leaders
• Process
• Participants in the process
• Consultation – e.g., process for obtaining input from stakeholders on
proposed changes in standards
• Who typically proposes
• Frequency
• Triggers
• Required information (e.g., information that must be included in
proposals)
• Approval process
• Criteria for approval
• Difference in program development process vis-à-vis updating of
existing programs
• Process – who develops and how
• Number of exams/questions developed per level/trade/area
• Resource requirements
• Procedures for field testing
• Standards for field testing
• Process involved in the development of NOA/exams
• Role of lead agency
• Other key participants from the jurisdiction
• Resource requirements (people/other)
• Sources of funding
• Use of practical assessments
• Use of invigilators
• Resource requirements
• Demand/course registration or intention information obtained from
apprentices at time of registration
• On-going follow-ups conducted with registered apprenticeships (trainees
and employers)
• Other sources of information used to project demand
• If/how demand forecasting function is centralized
• How supply is coordinated across trainers/how trainers involved in the
process (links to college groups)
• Resource requirements
• Level of emphasis placed on promotion – how that has changed over
time
• Existing strategies and actions
• Messaging, methodologies, sample materials, campaigns
• Resources committed to it
• What has been effective/what has not been effective
• Performance indicators/tracking
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