Attachment A

List of priorities for the National Quality Council from the Framework for the New National Training System

For 2006, priorities for the National Quality Council include:

seeking ongoing improvement of training packages including by:
driving process in implementing the recommendations of the High Level Review of Training Packages.
ensuring all training package qualifications are available as New Apprenticeship pathways
ensuring qualifications can be delivered in a modular way that reflects the skill needs of industry rather then institutional needs.

commissioning an independent review of State and Territory performance against the AQTF Standards, with an emphasis on identifying any areas where the standards are being applied inconsistently;
on the basis of that review, recommend appropriate options to the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education to achieve a significant improvement in the national consistency of registration and audit practices within 12 months of the new Commonwealth-State Agreement for Skilling Australia’s Workforce being signed;
developing an outcomes based audit model to address concerns that the Australian Quality Training Framework is too strongly focused on inputs and processes;
commissioning strategic nationally coordinated audits, in all States and Territories, of high risk training areas, as determined by the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education;
developing a national model for offshore auditing and commissioning a pilot series of offshore audits;
developing a single User Choice contract template for RTOs; and
conducting a regular audit of accredited courses to ensure they are not being accredited in areas where relevant training package qualifications exist.

The implementation of priorities will be subject to the work plan submitted by the National Quality Council and endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education.

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