This is a temporary website designed to provide the VET sector with immediate access to professional development resources. The materials will be relocated to a permanent website – www.training.com.au – in early-mid 2008. When the materials are moved, a link from this page will be made available until December 2008.

 The resources on this website are designed to be used by you, a VET practitioner, to suit your context. 

 1. Professional development resources

• Level 1 workshop for implementing the model for assessing and reporting employability skills

  *  Lists of selected PD resources available in the sector are set out in Handout No.12 of this resource

  *  Information about reporting on employability skills in Training Packages is provided in section 6 of handout No. 11 of the resource
   

• PowerPoint slides: Employability skills workshop: Level 1 workshop for implementing the model for assessing and reporting employability skills
   

• Level 2 workshop for implementing the model for assessing and reporting employability skills
   

• Good practice professional development strategies to support the development of skills in assessing and reporting employability skills
   

• Strategies to promote industry input and engagement in level two professional development on employability skills
   

• Definitions of key terms

2. Articles

The project produced nine articles and a set of PowerPoint slides on good practice by VET practitioners. Read about the background:

• Background to and suggested uses of articles and PowerPoint slides

The nine articles are:

• Assisting learners to develop employability skills
   

• Encouraging learners to develop a portfolio of employability skills
   

• Partnering industry to ensure job-ready graduates
   

• Communicating with industry about employability skills
   

• Collaborating with employers to improve employability skills
   

• Reviewing training and assessment strategies for employability skills
   

• Guiding part-time trainers regarding employability skills
   

• Customising professional development for employability skills
   

• Designing state-wide professional development for employability skills

A PowerPoint presentation is available:

• Employability skills: key messages in the articles

3. Pamphlets

Three pamphlets area available for your distribution, either electronically or in hard copy. One is for learners, one for employers and one for your colleagues within the RTO.

The Print version is for sending to your professional printer, to make high quality hard copies. The Web version is for emailing out and for reading on screen. The Web versions also provide a good printed copy.

• Learner pamphlet: Improve your employability skills (Printer version
   

• Learner pamphlet: Improve your employability skills (Web version
   

• Employer pamphlet: Employability skills add value to your business (Printer version)
   

• Employer pamphlet: Employability skills add value to your business (Web version)
   

• RTO pamphlet: Employability skills: fostering, assessing and reporting (Printer version)
   

• RTO pamphlet: Employability skills: fostering, assessing and reporting (Web version)

4. Project background, model and PD strategy

As background, the overall aims of the NQC project were to:

1.   Establish and pilot an approach or model for assessing and reporting on employability skills in Training Packages. The model developed is available here:

The model for assessing and reporting employability skills

2.   Develop a professional development (PD) strategy and associated resources for implementing the approach in the vocational education and training (VET) sector. Key components of the PD strategy are set out in the Appendix in each of the following two resources:

Level 1 workshop for implementing the model for assessing and reporting employability skills

Level 2 workshop for implementing the model for assessing and reporting employability skills

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