Quality Standing Committee
Welcome to the Quality Standing Committee web page.
Overview
The Quality Standing Committee was established by the National Quality Council to give effect to the Council’s resolutions and provide strategic oversight and guidance to Working Groups and/or project contractors on projects in the NQC Work Plan which focus on quality within the national VET system. This includes monitoring, review and implementation of the Australian Quality Training Framework.
In relation to the AQTF 2007, the Standing Committee role includes:
- providing leadership to the change management processes associated with AQTF 2007;
- planning and monitoring to ensure that resources are adequate and appropriately targeted for successful implementation of the new arrangements; and
- monitoring implementation and advising the NQC of performance and improvement issues.
- Assist the Council to fulfill its responsibilities in relation to meeting COAG and MCVTE priorities and targets for the AQTF 2007 and related quality initiatives
- Give effect to, and expedite Council resolutions in relation to the AQTF 2007 and related quality initiatives
- Provide strategic oversight and guidance to project work, including contractual requirements
- Establish, as necessary, and provide guidance to working groups set up to develop and trial components of the AQTF 2007 and related quality initiatives
- Provide strong leadership and guidance at the national level to ensure national consistency in the implementation of, and transition to the AQTF 2007
- Plan and monitor resources to ensure that resources are adequate and appropriately targeted for successful implementation of the AQTF 2007
- Monitor implementation and transition to the AQTF 2007 and advise the NQC of performance and improvement issues.
Quality Standing Committee - List of Members
The current membership of the QSC is noted below:
| Criag Robertson(Chair) | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) | |
| Mary Hicks (Deputy Chair) | Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) | |
| Julie Moss | Australian Council of Private Education and Training (ACPET) | |
| Virginia Simmons | Chisholm Institute of TAFE | |
| Robert Fearnside | Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) | |
| Andrew Rimington | Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (VECCI) | |
| Phil Geeves | Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (TQA) | |
| Dianne Orr | Department of Education, Training and the Arts (DETA) | |
| Chris Whitton | Department of Education and Training (DET) | |
| David Collins | NSW Dept of Education and Training (NSWDET) | |
| Ian Curry | Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)/(ACTU) | |
| Craig Simmons | ACT Planning & Land Authority(ACT) | |
| Fay Bellis | Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) | |
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