12 Mar Professional Development

Professional Development for Training and Assessment | Clause 1.16 of Standard 1 of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 stipulates;

1.16.  The RTO ensures that all trainers and assessors undertake professional development in the fields of the knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment including competency based training and assessment.

It is our experience that Trainers and Assessors tend to conduct Professional Development (PD) for their base VET competency. Many, however, do not conduct it for their Training and Assessment qualification. Rest assured during Audit, the National VET Regulator will ask the RTO for your PD register and PD plan. Failure to have it current and relevant to both the vocational competency you train and or assess, PLUS, your training and assessment qualification, is a non-compliance. This can have a devastating effect on an RTO and, of course, your employment.

We offer, on a Free of Charge basis, the following Professional Development activities. This is via the Virtual Classroom. If you wish to join, simply send an email to [email protected] and she will issue you with an online invitation to attend.

The first 3 sessions are:

4pm to 5pm Friday 9^th April 2021 – The Principles of Assessment, The Rules of Evidence and how to apply these

4pm to 5pm Friday 30^th April – Recognition of Prior Learning

4pm to 5pm Friday 21^st May – Training and Assessment strategies, Learning Programs and Session Plans

We will continue to offer free PD for everyone. If you have a subject you would like covered simply email [email protected]. When there are multiple requests for the same subject we will schedule it to occur.