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2008 Delivery and Performance Agreement Between the Minister for Education and Training and Central TAFE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Central TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Central TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director Central TAFE 25 Aberdeen Street PERTH WA 6000
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Central TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 7,910 9,000 169,360 0 186,270
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 34,728 405,022 124,429 564,179
01C Design 3,360 0 252,408 128,419 384,187
02A Automotive 200 0 0 0 200
03A Building and Constructions 0 3,600 0 134,640 138,240
03B Surveying and Building 0 8,055 122,997 303,480 434,532
04A Community Service Workers 10,000 0 244,178 59,396 313,574
04B Education and Childcare 9,900 0 215,225 57,488 282,61304C Health 11,400 3,000 189,320 196,564 400,284
04D Library Workers 2,030 500 500 89,374 92,404
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 10,000 0 65,109 38,020 113,129
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 27,360 27,360
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 16,210 0 30,240 57,380 103,830
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 63,040 214,182 277,222
09B Metal and Mining 11,308 41,244 72,000 118,316 242,868
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 0 0 0
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 3,936 0 0 3,936
11A Process Manufacturing 20,000 0 0 0 20,000
12A Personal Service 6,503 10,148 65,920 0 82,571
12B Retail 3,400 6,323 0 0 9,723
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0 0
13C Tourism 1,991 16,800 26,187 142,490 187,468
13D Travel agents 8,960 0 88,315 0 97,275
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 95,700 87,760 183,460
15B Electrical Trades 460 0 0 0 460
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 216,383 121,308 337,691
16B Management 400 0 82,930 118,250 201,580
16C Office and Clerical 45,000 21,045 100,170 3,700 169,915
17A Computing 1,290 0 179,735 76,674 257,699
18A Science and Technical Workers 23,040 5,040 36,540 103,790 168,410
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 199,040 207,880 0 406,920
19C Languages 0 111,344 93,927 26,970 232,241
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 104,480 0 0 104,480
193,362 578,283 3,023,086 2,229,990 6,024,721Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Metropolitan)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 7,910 9,000 169,360 0 186,270
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 34,728 405,022 124,429 564,179
01C Design 3,360 0 252,408 128,419 384,187
02A Automotive 200 0 0 0 20003A Building and Constructions 0 3,600 0 134,640 138,24003B Surveying and Building 0 8,055 122,997 303,480 434,53204A Community Service Workers 10,000 0 244,178 59,396 313,57404B Education and Childcare 9,900 0 215,225 57,488 282,61304C Health 11,400 3,000 189,320 196,564 400,28404D Library Workers 2,030 500 500 89,374 92,40405A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 10,000 0 65,109 38,020 113,129
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 27,360 27,360
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 16,210 0 30,240 57,380 103,830
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 63,040 214,182 277,222
09B Metal and Mining 11,308 41,244 72,000 118,316 242,86810A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 0 0 0
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 3,936 0 0 3,936
11A Process Manufacturing 20,000 0 0 0 20,000
12A Personal Service 6,503 10,148 65,920 0 82,57112B Retail 3,400 6,323 0 0 9,723
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0 0
13C Tourism 1,991 16,800 26,187 142,490 187,468
13D Travel agents 8,960 0 88,315 0 97,275
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 95,700 87,760 183,460
15B Electrical Trades 460 0 0 0 460
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 216,383 121,308 337,691
16B Management 400 0 82,930 118,250 201,580
16C Office and Clerical 45,000 21,045 100,170 3,700 169,915
17A Computing 1,290 0 179,735 76,674 257,69918A Science and Technical Workers 23,040 5,040 36,540 103,790 168,410
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 199,040 207,880 0 406,920
19C Languages 0 111,344 93,927 26,970 232,241
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 104,480 0 0 104,480
193,362 578,283 3,023,086 2,229,990 6,024,721Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
100,000
3,000
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
14,133
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 71%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 73%01C Design 71% 71%02A Automotive 90% 100%03A Building and Constructions 87% 83%03B Surveying and Building 66% 62%04A Community Service Workers 78% 73%04B Education and Childcare 75% 73%04C Health 79% 78%04D Library Workers 83% 83%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 82%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 0%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 82%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 85%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 63%09B Metal and Mining 87% 69% *10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 0%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 70%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 92%12A Personal Service 85% 85%12B Retail 81% 73%13A Cooking 79% 0%13B Hospitality 76% 0%13C Tourism 71% 69%13D Travel agents 74% 73%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 0%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 49% *15B Electrical Trades 86% 23%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 63%16B Management 64% 62%16C Office and Clerical 70% 69%17A Computing 55% 56% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 71%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 37% *19C Languages 74% 74%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 92%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 6,024,721
Teaching Hours (TH) 385,373
Lecturing Staff
$29,399,089
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$2,108,823
$0
Program Management Staff
$2,833,068
$0
Step 1 $1,344,800
Step 3
$6,739,200
$3,225,381
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $29,399,089
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $2,108,823
Total Funding for Program Management $2,833,068
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $11,309,381
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$6.99$6.39
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Consumables
$1,278,190
$0
Indirect Costs $145,883
$510,234
$6,136,096
$704,275
$843,159
$312,598
Maintenance $1,602,704
Minor Works $286,418
Equipment $1,639,239
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $1,278,190
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $8,652,244
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $3,528,361
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$4,922,197
Support for Students with Disabilities $712,614
$1,687,465
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $55,874,423
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $955,890
Innovation Strategy Projects $287,500
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $272,621
Compaction of salary grades $246,919
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $150,713
KT Studios - Salary (including 15.09% on cost) $121,166
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $121,010
Additional FTE Funding $120,000
School Student Resource Fees $76,000
Indigenous Funding $73,435
KT Studios - non salary cost $68,959
"Gap" funding for training delivery in Fremantle $48,586
TAFEWA Plus $12,500
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$4,002
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$25,000
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$230,651
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$270,077
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$301,553
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$371,455
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$385,714
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 73.40 $4,883,742
$5,559,652Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 73.40
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 36.70 $2,522,721
$2,871,866Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 36.70
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 11.20 $802,794
$913,900Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 11.20
SM Armstrong, Drew A 1.00 $66,536
SM Barrett, Digby 1 1.00 $66,536
SM Bishop, Toni A 1.00 $66,536
SM Boeing, Kari W 0.52 $34,599
SM Booker, William A 1.00 $66,536
SM Brackenreg, Gavin F 1.00 $66,536
SM Chiang, Laurence C T 0.25 $16,634
SM Colcutt, Robert B 1.00 $66,536
SM Cooper, Dominic 1.00 $66,536
SM D' Orsogna, Marie C 1.00 $66,536
SM England, Mark G 1.00 $66,536
SM Gibbs, Phillip A 1.00 $66,536
SM Hayes Margaret 1.00 $66,536
SM Hollis, Nail R 0.70 $46,575
SM Jayasekere, Don S R 1.00 $66,536
SM Jelly, Eugenie A 1.00 $66,536
SM King, Rodney W 1.00 $66,536
SM Kotai Bela 1.00 $66,536
SM Kozyrski, Leon J 1.00 $66,536
SM Lennox, Robert 1.00 $66,536
SM Milledge, Leonard A 1.00 $66,536
SM Pablo, Richard R 1.00 $66,536
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SM Padfield, Gregory W 1.00 $66,536
SM Phillips, Robin AA 1.00 $66,536
SM Plewright, Rodney J 1.00 $66,536
SM Radanovich,Llazar 0.59 $39,256
SM Teune, Erik 1.00 $66,536
SM Turpin, David W 1.00 $66,536
SM West, Alan J 1.00 $66,536
SM Williams, Jeremy C 1.00 $66,536
$2,125,393Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 28.06
$11,470,811Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
13D Travel agents
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19C Languages
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
Agreed Industry Group, SCH
Project Name Funding
$287,500Building Our Future
$287,500Total Funding
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
TOOLMAKING AND JIGMAKING (METAL FURNITURE)
SCREEN PRINTING STENCIL PREPARATION
OPTICAL MECHANICS
JEWELLERY
GRAPHIC PRE-PRESS
BINDING AND FINISHING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 7,910 0 178,360 186,270
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 564,179 564,179
01C Design 3,360 0 380,827 384,187
02A Automotive 200 0 0 200
03A Building and Constructions 0 0 138,240 138,240
03B Surveying and Building 0 426,477 8,055 434,532
04A Community Service Workers 10,000 76,220 227,354 313,574
04B Education and Childcare 9,900 137,913 134,800 282,613
04C Health 11,400 183,817 205,067 400,284
04D Library Workers 2,030 0 90,374 92,404
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 10,000 0 103,129 113,129
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 27,360 27,360
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 16,210 0 87,620 103,830
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 277,222 0 277,222
09B Metal and Mining 11,308 190,316 41,244 242,868
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 0 0
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 0 3,936 3,936
11A Process Manufacturing 20,000 0 0 20,000
12A Personal Service 6,503 0 76,068 82,571
12B Retail 3,400 0 6,323 9,723
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0
13C Tourism 1,991 0 185,477 187,468
13D Travel agents 8,960 0 88,315 97,275
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 183,460 0 183,460
15B Electrical Trades 460 0 0 460
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 53,050 284,641 337,691
16B Management 400 0 201,180 201,580
16C Office and Clerical 45,000 0 124,915 169,915
17A Computing 1,290 0 256,409 257,699
18A Science and Technical Workers 23,040 115,120 30,250 168,410
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 406,920 406,920
19C Languages 0 0 232,241 232,241
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 0 104,480 104,480
193,362 1,643,595 4,187,764Total 6,024,721
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Central TAFE
2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
5,716
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
128
0
1,858
6,273
574
1,609,906
172,621 193,362
1,643,595
626TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
0
128
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 1,858
15-19
6,867Course Enrolments 6,972
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Central West TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Central West TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director Central West TAFE Fitzgerald Street GERALDTON WA 6530
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Central West TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 740 9,560 7,260 0 17,560
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 14,061 7,040 0 21,101
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 19,418 19,564 0 0 38,982
03A Building and Constructions 18,080 81,103 5,400 0 104,583
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 7,700 300 8,000
04A Community Service Workers 3,180 0 31,085 5,890 40,155
04B Education and Childcare 4,890 0 30,490 6,180 41,56004C Health 0 0 14,446 17,798 32,244
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 273 0 273
06A Food Trades and Processing 3,330 3,330 0 0 6,660
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 6,000 0 0 6,000
07B Furniture Manufacture 5,440 8,320 0 0 13,760
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 26,592 26,050 0 0 52,642
10A Animal Care 0 5,600 4,700 0 10,300
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 3,240 25,443 14,516 7,487 50,686
10C Fishing 1,100 6,200 0 0 7,300
10D Horticulture 2,400 8,364 0 0 10,764
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,548 15,350 10,260 0 31,158
12B Retail 9,540 2,088 0 0 11,628
13A Cooking 8,240 2,680 9,400 0 20,320
13B Hospitality 3,360 6,805 8,000 0 18,165
13C Tourism 0 3,050 2,880 0 5,930
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 4,350 24,080 0 28,430
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 1,000 1,000
15B Electrical Trades 16,704 27,600 0 0 44,304
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 1,050 0 23,350 5,510 29,910
16B Management 0 0 7,840 3,500 11,340
16C Office and Clerical 11,504 44,455 13,160 0 69,119
17A Computing 0 0 26,210 3,600 29,810
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 23,015 8,113 1,600 32,728
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 51,732 0 0 51,732
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,784 33,960 0 0 40,744
151,140 428,680 256,203 52,865 888,888Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 740 8,840 7,260 0 16,840
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 6,020 5,040 0 11,060
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 18,048 14,784 0 0 32,83203A Building and Constructions 16,080 31,800 2,400 0 50,28003B Surveying and Building 0 0 7,700 300 8,00004A Community Service Workers 2,260 0 24,905 5,890 33,05504B Education and Childcare 3,330 0 23,010 6,180 32,52004C Health 0 0 6,446 17,798 24,24404D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 273 0 273
06A Food Trades and Processing 3,330 3,330 0 0 6,66007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 5,440 7,200 0 0 12,640
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 26,592 20,922 0 0 47,51410A Animal Care 0 5,600 4,700 0 10,30010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 5,688 13,676 7,487 26,851
10C Fishing 1,100 0 0 0 1,100
10D Horticulture 0 4,428 0 0 4,428
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,548 13,610 10,260 0 29,41812B Retail 9,540 2,088 0 0 11,628
13A Cooking 8,240 2,680 9,400 0 20,320
13B Hospitality 1,020 3,200 8,000 0 12,220
13C Tourism 0 1,630 1,460 0 3,090
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 2,520 16,492 0 19,01215A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 1,000 1,000
15B Electrical Trades 16,704 27,600 0 0 44,304
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 1,050 0 21,350 5,510 27,910
16B Management 0 0 4,840 3,500 8,340
16C Office and Clerical 7,910 32,035 11,560 0 51,505
17A Computing 0 0 26,210 3,600 29,81018A Science and Technical Workers 0 10,530 8,113 1,600 20,243
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 44,692 0 0 44,692
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 25,740 0 0 25,740
126,932 274,937 213,095 52,865 667,829Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 720 0 0 720
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 5,471 0 0 5,471
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 470 1,770 0 0 2,24003A Building and Constructions 0 31,457 3,000 0 34,45703B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 0 0 1,650 0 1,65004B Education and Childcare 0 0 0 0 004C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 1,120 0 0 1,120
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 2,028 0 0 2,028
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 3,240 15,975 840 0 20,055
10C Fishing 0 5,440 0 0 5,44010D Horticulture 0 0 0 0 0
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 1,740 0 0 1,740
12B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0 013C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 016B Management 0 0 0 0 0
16C Office and Clerical 630 0 0 0 630
17A Computing 0 0 0 0 0
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 7,530 0 0 7,530
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 0 0 019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 2,784 2,720 0 0 5,504
7,124 75,971 5,490 0 88,585Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Remote Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 2,000 0 2,000
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 510 0 0 0 51003A Building and Constructions 2,000 8,370 0 0 10,37003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 920 0 1,970 0 2,89004B Education and Childcare 1,040 0 3,160 0 4,20004C Health 0 0 8,000 0 8,00004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 6,000 0 0 6,000
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0 0
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 0 0 0
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 010D Horticulture 2,400 0 0 0 2,400
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 2,340 3,080 0 0 5,42013C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 3,368 0 3,368
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 2,000 0 2,00016B Management 0 0 3,000 0 3,000
16C Office and Clerical 2,019 5,100 0 0 7,119
17A Computing 0 0 0 0 0
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 2,700 0 0 2,700
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 7,040 0 0 7,04019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 4,000 5,500 0 0 9,500
15,229 37,790 23,498 0 76,517Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Remote Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 2,570 0 0 2,570
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 390 3,010 0 0 3,40003A Building and Constructions 0 9,476 0 0 9,47603B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 0 0 2,560 0 2,56004B Education and Childcare 520 0 4,320 0 4,84004C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 3,100 0 0 3,100
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 3,780 0 0 3,780
10C Fishing 0 760 0 0 76010D Horticulture 0 3,936 0 0 3,936
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 525 0 0 52513C Tourism 0 1,420 1,420 0 2,840
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 1,830 4,220 0 6,050
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 016B Management 0 0 0 0 0
16C Office and Clerical 945 7,320 1,600 0 9,865
17A Computing 0 0 0 0 0
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 2,255 0 0 2,255
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 0 0 019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 0 0 0 0
1,855 39,982 14,120 0 55,957Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
52,505
22,270
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
7,060
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 52% *01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 59% *01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 96%03A Building and Constructions 87% 67% *03B Surveying and Building 66% 55% *04A Community Service Workers 78% 85%04B Education and Childcare 75% 79%04C Health 79% 82%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 100%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 99%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 78%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 48% *08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 98%09B Metal and Mining 87% 89%10A Animal Care 84% 96%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 84%10C Fishing 80% 72%10D Horticulture 81% 97%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 77%12B Retail 81% 93%13A Cooking 79% 87%13B Hospitality 76% 75%13C Tourism 71% 69%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 98%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 86%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 72%16B Management 64% 90%16C Office and Clerical 70% 89%17A Computing 55% 63%18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 67%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 51% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 60%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 888,888
Teaching Hours (TH) 80,464
Lecturing Staff
$5,734,885
Remote / Regional Loadings $247,963
Academic Support Staff
$634,785
$25,432
Program Management Staff
$690,117
$25,074
Step 1 $1,288,750
Step 3
$477,625
$748,221
$74,952
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $5,982,848
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $660,217
Total Funding for Program Management $715,191
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,589,548
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$10.16$9.08
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Consumables
$378,744
$42,765
Indirect Costs $27,923
$158,184
$1,847,921
$136,462
$43,007
$129,442
Maintenance $307,559
Minor Works $112,892
Equipment $171,399
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $421,509
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $2,342,940
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $591,850
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$615,110
Support for Students with Disabilities $132,390
$1,229,638
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $13,918,629
Indigenous Funding $317,655
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $194,380
Provision for Operating Costs for New centre $157,500
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $132,842
GROH $83,208
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$81,539
Project Supervision and Management $66,000
School Student Resource Fees $64,840
Funding for a Technician $60,427
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $57,342
Funding for Travel Allowance $47,465
Maintenance of "Master Class" Vessel $45,900
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $38,176
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
Funding for Marine Engineer $20,590
Compaction of salary grades $18,869
TAFEWA Plus $12,025
Inland Aquaculture Project $10,200
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$28,000
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$37,503
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$43,855
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$56,094
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$63,062
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$108,196
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 14.20 $944,811
$1,075,573Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 14.20
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 7.10 $488,047
$555,593Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 7.10
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 2.60 $186,363
$212,155Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 2.60
$1,843,321Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
HAIRDRESSING
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (MECHANICAL)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (ELECTRICAL)
CABINETMAKING
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Delivery relating to the Mid West Football Academy is not part of the ceiling on VET for Government Schools.
c) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 740 0 16,820 17,560
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 21,101 21,101
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 19,418 0 19,564 38,982
03A Building and Constructions 18,080 5,400 81,103 104,583
03B Surveying and Building 0 8,000 0 8,000
04A Community Service Workers 3,180 11,240 25,735 40,155
04B Education and Childcare 4,890 17,200 19,470 41,560
04C Health 0 25,369 6,875 32,244
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 273 273
06A Food Trades and Processing 3,330 0 3,330 6,660
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 6,000 6,000
07B Furniture Manufacture 5,440 0 8,320 13,760
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 26,592 700 25,350 52,642
10A Animal Care 0 0 10,300 10,300
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 3,240 840 46,606 50,686
10C Fishing 1,100 0 6,200 7,300
10D Horticulture 2,400 0 8,364 10,764
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,548 0 25,610 31,158
12B Retail 9,540 0 2,088 11,628
13A Cooking 8,240 10,800 1,280 20,320
13B Hospitality 3,360 8,000 6,805 18,165
13C Tourism 0 0 5,930 5,930
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 28,430 28,430
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 1,000 0 1,000
15B Electrical Trades 16,704 0 27,600 44,304
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 1,050 5,510 23,350 29,910
16B Management 0 0 11,340 11,340
16C Office and Clerical 11,504 0 57,615 69,119
17A Computing 0 0 29,810 29,810
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 8,208 24,520 32,728
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 51,732 51,732
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,784 0 33,960 40,744
151,140 102,267 635,481Total 888,888
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
298
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
91
812
324
315
491
87,424
133,012 151,140
102,267
416TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
916
91
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 325
15-19
1,428Course Enrolments 1,554
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Challenger TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Challenger TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider A/Managing Director Challenger TAFE 1 Fleet Street FREMANTLE WA 6160
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Challenger TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chai of the College Council r Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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DEFENCE INDUSTRIES SKILLS UNIT The Skilling WA’s Defence Industry Taskforce was formed to identify strategies to provide a sustainable skilled workforce for the defence industry. A key recommendation of the Taskforce was to create a Defence Industry Skills Unit (DISU) within Challenger TAFE’s structure to continue and extend the initiatives commenced by the Taskforce. This Unit will be accommodated within the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson and be a visible centre of contact for the defence industry on education and training matters. The Unit will work closely with industry to support the take-up of apprentices to address the potential shortfall in tradespeople, identified by the Taskforce. In addition it will serve to build cooperative links between industry and schools/universities.
Funding will be provided for the actual establishment and operating costs of the DISU in 2007 and 2008 up to a total value of $935 823 (inclusive of GST). Based on the initial budget for the DISU it is estimated that $565 878 of funding will be required in 2007 and $369 945 in 2008. These funds will be released quarterly in; September 2007, December 2007, March 2008, June 2008, September 2008 and December 2008 on submission of a College invoice together with a signed acquittal statement of actual expenditure. The final payment in December 2008 is subject to the submission of a report describing the establishment of the Unit and the activities that have been undertaken to support the skill development of the defence industry workforce. The report is to include statistics on industry contacts and achievements in facilitating increased training for the defence industry. The continuation of funding in 2009 and for future years will depend on an annual assessment of the performance of the Unit and its operating requirements.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 38,800 53,265 0 92,065
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 4,914 30,260 0 35,174
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 48,220 63,408 27,328 0 138,956
03A Building and Constructions 117,068 141,936 0 0 259,004
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 18,000 0 18,000
04A Community Service Workers 0 2,304 201,815 29,200 233,319
04B Education and Childcare 2,100 0 128,555 27,645 158,30004C Health 0 0 7,852 70,406 78,258
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,968 0 30,000 0 34,968
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 9,020 2,500 0 11,520
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 1,146 0 40,778 0 41,924
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 4,500 0 47,208 106,350 158,058
09B Metal and Mining 185,122 63,495 6,400 8,640 263,657
10A Animal Care 4,992 0 42,882 0 47,874
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 5,000 32,228 69,984 16,700 123,912
10C Fishing 0 26,780 2,200 31,000 59,980
10D Horticulture 74,002 71,594 63,963 16,760 226,319
11A Process Manufacturing 17,838 49,500 39,000 1,750 108,088
12A Personal Service 55,031 19,614 80,402 0 155,047
12B Retail 10,760 23,156 9,900 0 43,816
13A Cooking 28,800 9,165 21,504 0 59,469
13B Hospitality 2,960 13,495 64,547 20,800 101,802
13C Tourism 0 0 38,547 14,850 53,397
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 3,825 29,902 108,072 72,057 213,856
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 49,790 53,740 103,530
15B Electrical Trades 99,392 35,856 0 0 135,248
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 64,750 24,400 89,150
16B Management 0 33,932 82,130 37,250 153,312
16C Office and Clerical 8,425 99,460 78,315 0 186,200
17A Computing 3,560 0 167,612 30,080 201,252
18A Science and Technical Workers 10,000 5,706 50,702 43,041 109,449
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 99,040 14,400 0 113,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 12,600 184,470 0 0 197,070
700,309 1,057,775 1,642,661 604,669 4,005,414Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Metropolitan)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 37,200 53,265 0 90,465
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 4,914 23,480 0 28,394
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 48,220 53,288 27,328 0 128,83603A Building and Constructions 86,188 103,544 0 0 189,73203B Surveying and Building 0 0 10,000 0 10,00004A Community Service Workers 0 2,304 121,815 29,200 153,31904B Education and Childcare 2,100 0 98,085 26,595 126,78004C Health 0 0 7,852 70,406 78,25804D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 10,000 0 10,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 4,940 2,500 0 7,44007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 1,146 0 40,778 0 41,924
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 4,500 0 47,208 106,350 158,058
09B Metal and Mining 185,122 36,600 6,400 8,640 236,76210A Animal Care 4,635 0 23,232 0 27,86710B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 5,000 20,128 66,984 16,700 108,812
10C Fishing 0 20,240 2,200 31,000 53,440
10D Horticulture 74,002 64,424 60,363 16,760 215,549
11A Process Manufacturing 17,838 49,500 39,000 1,750 108,088
12A Personal Service 55,031 11,288 80,402 0 146,72112B Retail 8,460 17,510 9,900 0 35,870
13A Cooking 28,800 5,013 15,360 0 49,173
13B Hospitality 2,960 11,095 50,575 20,800 85,430
13C Tourism 0 0 17,766 14,850 32,616
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 3,825 24,242 105,672 72,057 205,79615A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 49,790 53,740 103,530
15B Electrical Trades 99,392 35,856 0 0 135,248
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 46,900 15,850 62,750
16B Management 0 33,932 80,130 37,250 151,312
16C Office and Clerical 8,425 69,090 64,895 0 142,410
17A Computing 1,760 0 119,652 30,080 151,49218A Science and Technical Workers 10,000 5,706 50,702 43,041 109,449
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 90,640 10,800 0 101,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 8,700 128,970 0 0 137,670
656,104 830,424 1,343,034 595,069 3,424,631Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 1,600 0 0 1,600
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 6,780 0 6,780
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 0 10,120 0 0 10,12003A Building and Constructions 30,880 38,392 0 0 69,27203B Surveying and Building 0 0 8,000 0 8,00004A Community Service Workers 0 0 80,000 0 80,00004B Education and Childcare 0 0 30,470 1,050 31,52004C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,968 0 20,000 0 24,968
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 4,080 0 0 4,080
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 26,895 0 0 26,895
10A Animal Care 357 0 19,650 0 20,00710B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 12,100 3,000 0 15,100
10C Fishing 0 6,540 0 0 6,54010D Horticulture 0 7,170 3,600 0 10,770
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 8,326 0 0 8,326
12B Retail 2,300 5,646 0 0 7,946
13A Cooking 0 4,152 6,144 0 10,296
13B Hospitality 0 2,400 13,972 0 16,37213C Tourism 0 0 20,781 0 20,781
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 5,660 2,400 0 8,060
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 17,850 8,550 26,40016B Management 0 0 2,000 0 2,000
16C Office and Clerical 0 30,370 13,420 0 43,790
17A Computing 1,800 0 47,960 0 49,760
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 0 0 0
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 8,400 3,600 0 12,00019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,900 55,500 0 0 59,400
44,205 227,351 299,627 9,600 580,783Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
143,236
15,000
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
7,742
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 93%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 51% *01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 91%03A Building and Constructions 87% 95%03B Surveying and Building 66% 64%04A Community Service Workers 78% 74%04B Education and Childcare 75% 69%04C Health 79% 84%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 73%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 72% *07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 71%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 80%09B Metal and Mining 87% 90%10A Animal Care 84% 54% *10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 70%10C Fishing 80% 80%10D Horticulture 81% 85%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 99%12A Personal Service 85% 79%12B Retail 81% 87%13A Cooking 79% 73%13B Hospitality 76% 66%13C Tourism 71% 64%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 91%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 61%15B Electrical Trades 86% 85%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 71%16B Management 64% 61%16C Office and Clerical 70% 64%17A Computing 55% 58% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 70%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 45% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 55% *
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 4,005,414
Teaching Hours (TH) 281,840
Lecturing Staff
$20,910,566
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$2,151,164
$0
Program Management Staff
$2,126,267
$0
Step 1 $1,344,800
Step 3
$6,739,200
$8,625
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $20,910,566
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $2,151,164
Total Funding for Program Management $2,126,267
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $8,092,625
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$8.85$6.98
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Consumables
$1,655,053
$19,023
Indirect Costs $96,987
$356,745
$2,987,399
$423,210
$758,258
$243,494
Maintenance $796,643
Minor Works $143,016
Equipment $603,899
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $1,674,076
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $4,866,092
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $1,543,558
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$3,012,071
Support for Students with Disabilities $513,054
$2,396,675
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $40,748,951
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $582,800
Aquaculture Unit $445,500
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$248,651
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $236,492
Indigenous Funding $200,702
Provisional Funding for Lease Cost and/or Fixed Cost $200,000
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $151,486
Compaction of salary grades $140,432
Staff Transfer Costs $132,806
School Student Resource Fees $130,380
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $71,369
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
TAFEWA Plus $22,775
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$35,000
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$85,034
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$114,001
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$142,437
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$146,110
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$182,190
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 53.70 $3,572,983
$4,067,484Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 53.70
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 26.80 $1,842,205
$2,097,166Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 26.80
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 5.90 $422,900
$481,430Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 5.90
SM Clifford, James G 1.00 $66,536
SM Flynn, John M 1.00 $66,536
SM Jenkins, Brian E 1.00 $66,536
SM Levett, Ronald C 1.00 $66,536
SM Pozzi, Alfred J 1.00 $66,536
$378,723Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 5.00
$7,024,803Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
WALL AND CEILING FIXING
SHIPWRIGHTING AND BOATBUILDING
LOCKSMITHING
HORTICULTURE (LANDSCAPE GARDENING)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (ELECTRICAL)
COMPOSITION
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 92,065 92,065
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 35,174 35,174
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 48,220 34,496 56,240 138,956
03A Building and Constructions 117,068 0 141,936 259,004
03B Surveying and Building 0 18,000 0 18,000
04A Community Service Workers 0 121,590 111,729 233,319
04B Education and Childcare 2,100 84,025 72,175 158,300
04C Health 0 49,150 29,108 78,258
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,968 0 30,000 34,968
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 11,520 11,520
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 1,146 0 40,778 41,924
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 4,500 153,558 0 158,058
09B Metal and Mining 185,122 15,040 63,495 263,657
10A Animal Care 4,992 0 42,882 47,874
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 5,000 13,000 105,912 123,912
10C Fishing 0 0 59,980 59,980
10D Horticulture 74,002 0 152,317 226,319
11A Process Manufacturing 17,838 76,080 14,170 108,088
12A Personal Service 55,031 1,638 98,378 155,047
12B Retail 10,760 0 33,056 43,816
13A Cooking 28,800 30,264 405 59,469
13B Hospitality 2,960 56,047 42,795 101,802
13C Tourism 0 0 53,397 53,397
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 3,825 5,600 204,431 213,856
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 103,530 0 103,530
15B Electrical Trades 99,392 0 35,856 135,248
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 24,400 64,750 89,150
16B Management 0 0 153,312 153,312
16C Office and Clerical 8,425 0 177,775 186,200
17A Computing 3,560 0 197,692 201,252
18A Science and Technical Workers 10,000 66,712 32,737 109,449
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 113,440 113,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 12,600 0 184,470 197,070
700,309 853,130 2,451,975Total 4,005,414
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
2,660
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
180
101
1,131
3,550
1,939
691,377
667,503 700,309
847,530
1,667TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
101
180
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 1,131
15-19
5,448Course Enrolments 5,448
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Curtin University (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Curtin University.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Director Curtin University Vocational Training and Education Centre PMB 22 KALGOORLIE WA 6430
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
Signed for and on behalf of Curtin University
Vice Chancellor Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,276 0 15,142 0 16,418
01B Visual and Performing Arts 235 400 6,325 0 6,960
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 35,882 6,848 2,471 0 45,201
03A Building and Constructions 10,814 6,960 0 0 17,774
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 0 3,300 15,285 0 18,585
04B Education and Childcare 0 0 22,987 1,226 24,21304C Health 0 0 0 25,434 25,434
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 2,340 0 0 2,340
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 9,200 0 0 9,200
07B Furniture Manufacture 1,364 0 0 0 1,364
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 10,640 27,070 0 37,710
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 3,024 0 3,024
09B Metal and Mining 117,598 27,067 8,680 0 153,345
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 8,020 876 3,851 900 13,647
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 7,617 4,515 0 12,132
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 12,662 5,400 0 0 18,062
12B Retail 1,500 1,875 1,600 0 4,975
13A Cooking 13,492 0 1,000 0 14,492
13B Hospitality 340 0 0 0 340
13C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 31,104 0 0 0 31,104
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 0
16B Management 0 0 7,100 15,871 22,971
16C Office and Clerical 3,780 18,490 9,240 0 31,510
17A Computing 0 0 2,940 0 2,940
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 6,450 14,650 21,100
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 19,640 2,520 0 22,160
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,300 0 0 0 6,300
244,367 120,653 140,200 58,081 563,301Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,276 0 13,342 0 14,618
01B Visual and Performing Arts 235 0 6,325 0 6,560
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 32,000 0 2,471 0 34,47103A Building and Constructions 10,814 0 0 0 10,81403B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 0 0 8,235 0 8,23504B Education and Childcare 0 0 12,312 1,026 13,33804C Health 0 0 0 25,434 25,43404D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 2,340 0 0 2,34007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 9,200 0 0 9,200
07B Furniture Manufacture 1,364 0 0 0 1,364
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 1,000 13,150 0 14,150
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 3,024 0 3,024
09B Metal and Mining 101,046 21,283 8,680 0 131,00910A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 876 991 0 1,867
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 2,697 4,515 0 7,212
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 12,662 1,800 0 0 14,46212B Retail 0 1,875 1,600 0 3,475
13A Cooking 10,379 0 1,000 0 11,379
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0 0
13C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 31,104 0 0 0 31,104
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 0
16B Management 0 0 7,100 15,871 22,971
16C Office and Clerical 3,780 9,970 3,850 0 17,600
17A Computing 0 0 2,940 0 2,94018A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 6,450 14,650 21,100
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 14,640 520 0 15,160
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,150 0 0 0 3,150
207,810 65,681 96,505 56,981 426,977Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 1,800 0 1,800
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 0 0 0
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 3,882 5,928 0 0 9,81003A Building and Constructions 0 6,960 0 0 6,96003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 0 3,300 7,050 0 10,35004B Education and Childcare 0 0 9,730 200 9,93004C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 9,640 13,920 0 23,560
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 16,552 5,784 0 0 22,336
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 0 0 0
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 010D Horticulture 0 4,920 0 0 4,920
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 3,600 0 0 3,600
12B Retail 1,500 0 0 0 1,500
13A Cooking 3,113 0 0 0 3,113
13B Hospitality 340 0 0 0 34013C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 016B Management 0 0 0 0 0
16C Office and Clerical 0 8,520 5,390 0 13,910
17A Computing 0 0 0 0 0
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 0 0 0
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 5,000 2,000 0 7,00019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 0 0 0 0
25,387 53,652 39,890 200 119,129Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Goldfields Communities)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 400 0 0 400
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 0 920 0 0 92003A Building and Constructions 0 0 0 0 003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 0 0 0 0 004B Education and Childcare 0 0 945 0 94504C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0 0
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 8,020 0 2,860 900 11,780
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 010D Horticulture 0 0 0 0 0
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 0 0 0 0 0
13B Hospitality 0 0 0 0 013C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 016B Management 0 0 0 0 0
16C Office and Clerical 0 0 0 0 0
17A Computing 0 0 0 0 0
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 0 0 0
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 0 0 019C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,150 0 0 0 3,150
11,170 1,320 3,805 900 17,195Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
45,000
4,000
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,854
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 82%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 96%01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 99%03A Building and Constructions 87% 99%03B Surveying and Building 66% 0%04A Community Service Workers 78% 84%04B Education and Childcare 75% 81%04C Health 79% 91%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 0%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 0%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 0%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 79%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 83%09B Metal and Mining 87% 96%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 86%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 86%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 95%12B Retail 81% 22% *13A Cooking 79% 62% *13B Hospitality 76% 100%13C Tourism 71% 0%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 0%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 97%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 0%16B Management 64% 86%16C Office and Clerical 70% 61%17A Computing 55% 59% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 76%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 67%19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 43% *
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 563,301
Teaching Hours (TH) 50,985
Lecturing Staff
$3,715,229
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$482,824
$0
Program Management Staff
$471,479
$0
Step 1 $1,389,500
Step 3
$514,875
$295,444
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $3,715,229
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $482,824
Total Funding for Program Management $471,479
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,199,819
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$11.18$8.79
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Consumables
$304,884
$30,488
Indirect Costs $13,640
$64,705
$1,250,058
$224,766
$13,488
$109,663
Maintenance $214,321
Minor Works $63,810
Equipment $172,275
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $335,372
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $1,676,319
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $450,406
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$394,311
Support for Students with Disabilities $49,421
$2,428,604
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $11,365,742
Interest & Other Finance Costs (Debt Servicing) $841,358
GROH $527,444
Goldfields Arts Centre $281,540
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$198,504
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $115,481
Indigenous Funding $111,668
Additional funds to support 3.4 FTE Gardener $105,328
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $63,024
School Student Resource Fees $37,238
Provision for Operating Costs for New centre $32,250
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $24,648
TAFEWA Plus $9,900
Special Funding Not Related to Delivery $5,800
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 1.78 $122,493
$139,446Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 1.78
$139,446Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
CABINETMAKING
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL FITTING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,276 0 15,142 16,418
01B Visual and Performing Arts 235 0 6,725 6,960
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 35,882 6,599 2,720 45,201
03A Building and Constructions 10,814 0 6,960 17,774
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 0 11,770 6,815 18,585
04B Education and Childcare 0 8,283 15,930 24,213
04C Health 0 25,434 0 25,434
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 0 0
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 2,340 2,340
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 9,200 9,200
07B Furniture Manufacture 1,364 0 0 1,364
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 37,710 37,710
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 3,024 0 3,024
09B Metal and Mining 117,598 11,060 24,687 153,345
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 8,020 3,760 1,867 13,647
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 0 12,132 12,132
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 12,662 0 5,400 18,062
12B Retail 1,500 0 3,475 4,975
13A Cooking 13,492 1,000 0 14,492
13B Hospitality 340 0 0 340
13C Tourism 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 31,104 0 0 31,104
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0
16B Management 0 0 22,971 22,971
16C Office and Clerical 3,780 0 27,730 31,510
17A Computing 0 0 2,940 2,940
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 21,100 21,100
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 22,160 22,160
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,300 0 0 6,300
244,367 70,930 248,004Total 563,301
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
127
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
100
218
117
223
466
31,865
182,913 244,367
70,930
301TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
329
114
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 120
15-19
716Course Enrolments 762
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and CY O'Connor College of TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means CY O'Connor College of TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director CY O'Connor College of TAFE Lot 1 Hutt Street NORTHAM WA 6401
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of CY O'Connor College of TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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SCHEDULE 9
2008 SHEARER AND WOOL HANDLER TRAINING Under this schedule, the Provider will be allocated 16 500 SCH for delivery of Shearer and Wool Handling training. In addition to the suggested course details described below the Provider may offer the following qualifications (in part or as full qualifications):
• Certificate I Rural Operations (RTE 10103) • Certificate II Wool Handling (RTE 20303) • Certificate II Shearing (RTE 20403) • Certificate III Shearing (RTE 31503) • Certificate II Crutching (RTE 20503)
The structure of the delivery will be determined by the Provider and may include courses provided at training centres or customised training in shearing sheds. The primary focus of the training funded under this program is to provide short courses directed at: a) Potential new entrants to the industry; and b) Relatively new and/or unskilled persons already employed in the industry. However, the program may include training for other existing workers. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
• The total nominal SCH reported on an end-of-study basis; • The number of students trained; • The percentage of students that complete Units they commence; and • The percentage of students that achieve competency in the Units enrolled.
Achievement against these Performance Indicators will be derived from reported delivery data.
ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING The Provider will report all training delivery through the project under fund source code 12 (CMIS fund source code Q) with a contract id of “SHEAR08” at the times and in the format defined in Schedule 3. Training to students of Agricultural Colleges is not to be reported under this project. FUNDING The Department will provide a total of $165 000 for the delivery of 16 500 SCH (Target SCH) in 2008. Where the Provider does not achieve the Target SCH, a refund shall be payable at the rate of $10 per SCH for the difference between reported and target SCH. No additional funding shall be provided for delivery in excess of the Target SCH. All training delivery through the project will be excluded from Reported SCH for the purposes of calculating the refund in Schedule 2.
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SUGGESTED COURSE DETAILS Course for potential new entrants The course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE10103 Certificate I in Rural Operations specialising in Shearing and Wool Handling comprising:
• RTC1801A Prepare for Work (30) Plus any of the following Units*
• RTE1103A Support Woolshed Operations (25) • RTE1105A Undertake basic shearing and crutching (30) • RTE1106A Shear sheep to novice level (approx 40/day consistently) (60) • RTC1201A Maintain the Workplace (30) • RTC1302A Assist with routine maintenance of machinery and equipment (30)
* It is expected that the course should not exceed 120 SCH because industry feedback suggests course fees for a longer course would deter potential students.
Courses for new and unskilled employees i. Shearing
For shearing the suggested course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE20403 Certificate II in Shearing comprising:
• RTC2701 A Follow OHS Procedures (10) Plus any two of the following units
• RTE2107A Crutch sheep (30) • RTE2310A Prepare handpiece and down tube for machine shearing (10) • RTE2149A Shear sheep to improver level (approx 80/day) (50) • RTE2302A Grind combs and cutters for machine shearing (15)
ii. Wool Handling
For wool handling the suggested course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE20303 Certificate II in Wool Handling comprising:
• RTC2701 A Follow OHS Procedures (10) Plus any two of the following units • RTE2117A Pen up sheep (10) • RTE2119A Perform board duties (60) • RTE2120A Assist with pressing wool (10) • RTE2216 Assist in preparing for shearing and crutching (10)
Full qualifications The Provider may also enrol students for the full qualification in the following Certificates where there is such a demand.
• RTE20403 Certificate II in Shearing • RTE20303 Certificate II in Wool Handling
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 3,500 0 0 3,500
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 7,400 16,280 0 23,680
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 17,900 3,000 10,000 0 30,900
03A Building and Constructions 5,300 16,000 1,000 0 22,300
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 3,000 4,000 7,000
04A Community Service Workers 7,480 770 53,650 1,000 62,900
04B Education and Childcare 2,500 0 55,200 7,500 65,20004C Health 1,000 1,000 12,000 25,000 39,000
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 1,500 0 0 0 1,500
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 8,400 0 8,400
07B Furniture Manufacture 2,000 3,300 500 0 5,800
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 16,500 6,000 6,000 0 28,500
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 14,350 15,300 34,500 2,000 66,150
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,250 11,000 5,250 0 21,500
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 7,000 3,000 0 0 10,000
13A Cooking 1,500 1,000 0 0 2,500
13B Hospitality 0 2,000 0 0 2,000
13C Tourism 2,000 0 10,000 0 12,000
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 2,000 0 0 0 2,000
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 5,500 500 6,000
16B Management 0 0 11,500 3,000 14,500
16C Office and Clerical 11,870 29,245 2,800 0 43,915
17A Computing 0 19,500 6,400 0 25,900
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 1,000 0 0 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 36,000 4,000 0 40,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 16,600 0 0 16,600
98,150 175,615 245,980 43,000 562,745Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 3,500 0 0 3,500
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 7,400 16,280 0 23,680
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 17,900 3,000 10,000 0 30,90003A Building and Constructions 5,300 16,000 1,000 0 22,30003B Surveying and Building 0 0 3,000 4,000 7,00004A Community Service Workers 7,480 770 53,650 1,000 62,90004B Education and Childcare 2,500 0 55,200 7,500 65,20004C Health 1,000 1,000 12,000 25,000 39,00004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 1,500 0 0 0 1,500
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 8,400 0 8,400
07B Furniture Manufacture 2,000 3,300 500 0 5,800
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 16,500 6,000 6,000 0 28,50010A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 14,350 15,300 34,500 2,000 66,150
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,250 11,000 5,250 0 21,500
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 012B Retail 7,000 3,000 0 0 10,000
13A Cooking 1,500 1,000 0 0 2,500
13B Hospitality 0 2,000 0 0 2,000
13C Tourism 2,000 0 10,000 0 12,000
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 2,000 0 0 0 2,00015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 5,500 500 6,000
16B Management 0 0 11,500 3,000 14,500
16C Office and Clerical 11,870 29,245 2,800 0 43,915
17A Computing 0 19,500 6,400 0 25,90018A Science and Technical Workers 0 1,000 0 0 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 36,000 4,000 0 40,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 16,600 0 0 16,600
98,150 175,615 245,980 43,000 562,745Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
60,000
42,852
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,000
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 99%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 60% *01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 89%03A Building and Constructions 87% 71% *03B Surveying and Building 66% 94%04A Community Service Workers 78% 91%04B Education and Childcare 75% 57% *04C Health 79% 0%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 0%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 13%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 100%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 94%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 0%09B Metal and Mining 87% 85%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 94%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 67%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 0%12B Retail 81% 100%13A Cooking 79% 93%13B Hospitality 76% 99%13C Tourism 71% 74%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 94%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 0%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 60% *16B Management 64% 48% *16C Office and Clerical 70% 68%17A Computing 55% 44% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 100%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 39% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 56% *
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 562,745
Teaching Hours (TH) 60,403
Lecturing Staff
$4,170,863
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$397,243
$0
Program Management Staff
$518,060
$0
Step 1 $1,288,750
Step 3
$477,625
$273,357
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $4,170,863
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $397,243
Total Funding for Program Management $518,060
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,039,732
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$11.21$9.49
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Consumables
$180,309
$18,031
Indirect Costs $13,626
$64,641
$893,135
$183,688
$38,941
$119,087
Maintenance $98,585
Minor Works $63,703
Equipment $130,638
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $198,340
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $1,313,118
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $292,926
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$364,659
Support for Students with Disabilities $93,412
$863,114
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $9,428,738
Once-Off Funding for Special Projects $165,000
Indigenous Funding $143,064
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $139,500
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $137,834
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $129,756
Compaction of salary grades $38,946
School Student Resource Fees $38,452
Funding for Travel Allowance $34,181
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$26,718
GROH $25,612
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $24,768
Provision for Operating Costs for New centre $24,150
TAFEWA Plus $10,963
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$7,454
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$11,000
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$23,121
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$35,667
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$40,367
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$51,633
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 10.10 $672,014
$765,020Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 10.10
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 5.00 $343,695
$391,262Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 5.00
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 1.90 $136,188
$155,037Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 1.90
$1,311,319Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
PAINTING AND DECORATING
HORTICULTURE (GARDENING)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (MECHANICAL)
COOKING
CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
CABINETMAKING
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL FITTING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 3,500 3,500
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 23,680 23,680
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 17,900 10,000 3,000 30,900
03A Building and Constructions 5,300 500 16,500 22,300
03B Surveying and Building 0 7,000 0 7,000
04A Community Service Workers 7,480 17,350 38,070 62,900
04B Education and Childcare 2,500 25,700 30,000 58,200
04C Health 1,000 30,000 8,000 39,000
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 1,500 0 0 1,500
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 8,400 8,400
07B Furniture Manufacture 2,000 500 3,300 5,800
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 16,500 6,000 6,000 28,500
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 14,350 10,150 41,650 66,150
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,250 0 16,250 21,500
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 7,000 0 3,000 10,000
13A Cooking 1,500 1,000 0 2,500
13B Hospitality 0 0 2,000 2,000
13C Tourism 2,000 0 10,000 12,000
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 2,000 0 0 2,000
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 13,000 13,000
16B Management 0 0 14,500 14,500
16C Office and Clerical 11,870 0 32,045 43,915
17A Computing 0 0 25,900 25,900
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 1,000 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 40,000 40,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 0 16,600 16,600
98,150 108,200 356,395Total 562,745
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CY O Connor College
2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
413
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
92
270
282
598
326
73,039
83,346 98,150
108,200
334TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
296
130
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 283
15-19
939Course Enrolments 939
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Great Southern TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Great Southern TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director Great Southern TAFE Anson Road ALBANY WA 6330
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Great Southern TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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SCHEDULE 9
2008 SHEARER AND WOOL HANDLER TRAINING Under this schedule, the Provider will be allocated 16 500 SCH for delivery of Shearer and Wool Handling training. In addition to the suggested course details described below the Provider may offer the following qualifications (in part or as full qualifications):
• Certificate I Rural Operations (RTE 10103) • Certificate II Wool Handling (RTE 20303) • Certificate II Shearing (RTE 20403) • Certificate III Shearing (RTE 31503) • Certificate II Crutching (RTE 20503)
The structure of the delivery will be determined by the Provider and may include courses provided at training centres or customised training in shearing sheds. The primary focus of the training funded under this program is to provide short courses directed at: a) Potential new entrants to the industry; and b) Relatively new and/or unskilled persons already employed in the industry. However, the program may include training for other existing workers. The Provider is to focus on training delivery in the Great Southern and South West Regions of the State. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
• The total nominal SCH reported on an end-of-study basis; • The number of students trained; • The percentage of students that complete Units they commence; and • The percentage of students that achieve competency in the Units enrolled.
Achievement against these Performance Indicators will be derived from reported delivery data.
ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING The Provider will report all training delivery through the project under fund source code 12 (CMIS fund source code Q) with a contract id of “SHEAR08” at the times and in the format defined in Schedule 3. Training to students of Agricultural Colleges is not to be reported under this project. FUNDING The Department will provide a total of $165 000 for the delivery of 16 500 SCH (Target SCH) in 2008. Where the Provider does not achieve the Target SCH, a refund shall be payable at the rate of $10 per SCH for the difference between reported and target SCH. No additional funding shall be provided for delivery in excess of the Target SCH. All training delivery through the project will be excluded from Reported SCH for the purposes of calculating the refund in Schedule 2.
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SUGGESTED COURSE DETAILS Course for potential new entrants The course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE10103 Certificate I in Rural Operations specialising in Shearing and Wool Handling comprising:
• RTC1801A Prepare for Work (30) Plus any of the following Units*
• RTE1103A Support Woolshed Operations (25) • RTE1105A Undertake basic shearing and crutching (30) • RTE1106A Shear sheep to novice level (approx 40/day consistently) (60) • RTC1201A Maintain the Workplace (30) • RTC1302A Assist with routine maintenance of machinery and equipment (30)
* It is expected that the course should not exceed 120 SCH because industry feedback suggests course fees for a longer course would deter potential students.
Courses for new and unskilled employees i. Shearing
For shearing the suggested course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE20403 Certificate II in Shearing comprising:
• RTC2701 A Follow OHS Procedures (10) Plus any two of the following units
• RTE2107A Crutch sheep (30) • RTE2310A Prepare handpiece and down tube for machine shearing (10) • RTE2149A Shear sheep to improver level (approx 80/day) (50) • RTE2302A Grind combs and cutters for machine shearing (15)
ii. Wool Handling
For wool handling the suggested course should be a Statement of Attainment drawn from RTE20303 Certificate II in Wool Handling comprising:
• RTC2701 A Follow OHS Procedures (10) Plus any two of the following units • RTE2117A Pen up sheep (10) • RTE2119A Perform board duties (60) • RTE2120A Assist with pressing wool (10) • RTE2216 Assist in preparing for shearing and crutching (10)
Full qualifications The Provider may also enrol students for the full qualification in the following Certificates where there is such a demand.
• RTE20403 Certificate II in Shearing • RTE20303 Certificate II in Wool Handling
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SCHEDULE 10
INDIGENOUS STAFF CADETSHIP PROJECT Under this schedule, the Provider will be allocated 13 600 SCH for delivery of Training and Assessment training for Indigenous Staff participating in the Indigenous Cadetship program at TAFEWA colleges. The Provider will be responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the program across all colleges. ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING The Provider will report all training delivery through the project under fund source code 12 (CMIS fund source code Q) with a contract id of “INDIG08” at the times and in the format defined in Schedule 3. All participants in the program will enrolled as students of Great Southern TAFE. FUNDING The Department will provide a total of $106 972 for the delivery of 13 600 SCH (Target SCH) in 2008. No additional funding shall be provided for delivery in excess of the Target SCH in 2008. All training delivery through the project will be excluded from Reported SCH for the purposes of calculating the refund in Schedule 2.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 400 1,845 17,439 0 19,684
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 15,550 30,397 2,720 48,667
01C Design 0 0 13,440 4,200 17,640
02A Automotive 10,160 5,490 0 0 15,650
03A Building and Constructions 28,738 24,200 900 0 53,838
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 6,740 0 6,740
04A Community Service Workers 4,510 2,005 45,075 15,270 66,860
04B Education and Childcare 4,420 0 24,200 2,525 31,14504C Health 0 0 18,600 16,770 35,370
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 1,599 0 0 1,599
06A Food Trades and Processing 15,730 3,940 6,354 470 26,494
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 230 5,580 5,200 0 11,010
07B Furniture Manufacture 3,128 7,984 0 0 11,112
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 2,700 0 0 0 2,700
09B Metal and Mining 16,133 9,596 0 0 25,729
10A Animal Care 0 0 700 0 700
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 4,950 35,422 38,402 7,344 86,118
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,160 15,614 25,195 2,236 47,205
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 9,685 9,540 13,500 0 32,725
12B Retail 1,950 0 0 0 1,950
13A Cooking 3,396 84 3,250 0 6,730
13B Hospitality 1,260 0 5,990 0 7,250
13C Tourism 0 0 5,460 0 5,460
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 1,190 0 0 1,190
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 10,730 11,270 0 0 22,000
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 41,640 6,480 48,120
16B Management 0 0 10,599 7,420 18,019
16C Office and Clerical 2,020 34,620 18,500 0 55,140
17A Computing 1,400 0 30,963 650 33,013
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 900 9,275 800 10,975
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 43,140 19,240 0 62,380
19C Languages 0 7,230 250 0 7,480
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,000 12,020 0 0 15,020
128,700 248,819 391,309 66,885 835,713Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 400 1,675 17,439 0 19,514
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 4,700 9,490 2,720 16,910
01C Design 0 0 13,440 4,200 17,640
02A Automotive 9,930 5,490 0 0 15,42003A Building and Constructions 28,738 24,200 900 0 53,83803B Surveying and Building 0 0 6,740 0 6,74004A Community Service Workers 2,160 2,005 38,575 15,270 58,01004B Education and Childcare 1,960 0 21,700 2,525 26,18504C Health 0 0 18,600 16,770 35,37004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 1,020 0 0 1,020
06A Food Trades and Processing 1,200 3,000 2,014 470 6,68407A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 5,580 3,250 0 8,830
07B Furniture Manufacture 2,288 7,484 0 0 9,772
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 2,700 0 0 0 2,700
09B Metal and Mining 16,133 9,596 0 0 25,72910A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 4,950 20,900 31,352 7,344 64,546
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,160 12,794 9,021 2,236 28,211
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 9,226 5,440 13,500 0 28,16612B Retail 1,044 0 0 0 1,044
13A Cooking 3,396 0 3,150 0 6,546
13B Hospitality 1,020 0 4,480 0 5,500
13C Tourism 0 0 5,460 0 5,460
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 1,190 0 0 1,19015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 10,730 11,270 0 0 22,000
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 35,640 6,480 42,120
16B Management 0 0 5,380 7,420 12,800
16C Office and Clerical 1,390 20,440 16,220 0 38,050
17A Computing 1,400 0 18,843 650 20,89318A Science and Technical Workers 0 900 9,275 800 10,975
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 35,540 16,840 0 52,380
19C Languages 0 4,130 0 0 4,130
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,000 7,700 0 0 10,700
105,825 185,054 301,309 66,885 659,073Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 170 0 0 170
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 10,850 20,907 0 31,757
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 230 0 0 0 23003A Building and Constructions 0 0 0 0 003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 2,350 0 6,500 0 8,85004B Education and Childcare 2,460 0 2,500 0 4,96004C Health 0 0 0 0 004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 579 0 0 579
06A Food Trades and Processing 14,530 940 4,340 0 19,810
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 230 0 1,950 0 2,180
07B Furniture Manufacture 840 500 0 0 1,340
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0 0
10A Animal Care 0 0 700 0 70010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 14,522 7,050 0 21,572
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 010D Horticulture 0 2,820 16,174 0 18,994
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 459 4,100 0 0 4,559
12B Retail 906 0 0 0 906
13A Cooking 0 84 100 0 184
13B Hospitality 240 0 1,510 0 1,75013C Tourism 0 0 0 0 0
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 6,000 0 6,00016B Management 0 0 5,219 0 5,219
16C Office and Clerical 630 14,180 2,280 0 17,090
17A Computing 0 0 12,120 0 12,120
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 0 0 0
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 7,600 2,400 0 10,00019C Languages 0 3,100 250 0 3,350
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 0 4,320 0 0 4,320
22,875 63,765 90,000 0 176,640Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
29,588
39,142
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,000
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 89%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 55% *01C Design 71% 80%02A Automotive 90% 93%03A Building and Constructions 87% 94%03B Surveying and Building 66% 84%04A Community Service Workers 78% 88%04B Education and Childcare 75% 81%04C Health 79% 86%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 75%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 88%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 70%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 85%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 83%09B Metal and Mining 87% 94%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 84%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 79%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 96%12B Retail 81% 81%13A Cooking 79% 79%13B Hospitality 76% 82%13C Tourism 71% 88%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 100%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 96%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 71%16B Management 64% 77%16C Office and Clerical 70% 67%17A Computing 55% 65%18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 100%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 25% *19C Languages 74% 72%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 64%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 835,713
Teaching Hours (TH) 72,012
Lecturing Staff
$5,139,721
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$522,891
$0
Program Management Staff
$617,622
$0
Step 1 $1,288,750
Step 3
$477,625
$670,798
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $5,139,721
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $522,891
Total Funding for Program Management $617,622
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,437,173
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$9.75$8.07
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Consumables
$296,619
$29,662
Indirect Costs $20,236
$95,996
$1,173,562
$115,416
$37,637
$123,164
Maintenance $135,730
Minor Works $92,961
Equipment $324,919
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $326,281
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $1,566,011
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $553,610
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$584,163
Support for Students with Disabilities $150,555
$1,131,248
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $11,710,393
Once-Off Funding for Special Projects $271,972
Indigenous Funding $222,646
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $161,000
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $155,318
Non - Teaching Salary plus on - cost (Regional Employment Coordinator)
$111,560
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $92,783
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$60,540
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $38,218
Provision for Operating Costs for New centre $32,717
School Student Resource Fees $28,073
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
Compaction of salary grades $20,449
Funding for Travel Allowance $14,545
TAFEWA Plus $11,758
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$7,000
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$38,386
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$40,454
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$54,906
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$54,910
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$70,230
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 12.70 $845,007
$961,956Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 12.70
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 6.30 $433,056
$492,991Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 6.30
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 2.70 $193,531
$220,315Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 2.70
$1,675,262Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
ROOF PLUMBING
PLUMBING AND GASFITTING
MACHINE WOODWORKING
HAIRDRESSING
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (MECHANICAL)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (AUTOMOTIVE)
COOKING
CABINETMAKING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 400 0 19,284 19,684
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 48,667 48,667
01C Design 0 0 17,640 17,640
02A Automotive 10,160 330 5,160 15,650
03A Building and Constructions 28,738 2,950 22,150 53,838
03B Surveying and Building 0 6,740 0 6,740
04A Community Service Workers 4,510 17,530 44,820 66,860
04B Education and Childcare 4,420 12,245 14,480 31,145
04C Health 0 11,330 24,040 35,370
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 1,599 1,599
06A Food Trades and Processing 15,730 3,870 6,894 26,494
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 230 0 10,780 11,010
07B Furniture Manufacture 3,128 0 7,984 11,112
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 2,700 0 0 2,700
09B Metal and Mining 16,133 0 9,596 25,729
10A Animal Care 0 0 700 700
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 4,950 1,050 80,118 86,118
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,160 0 43,045 47,205
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 9,685 0 23,040 32,725
12B Retail 1,950 0 0 1,950
13A Cooking 3,396 3,250 84 6,730
13B Hospitality 1,260 2,850 3,140 7,250
13C Tourism 0 0 5,460 5,460
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 1,190 1,190
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 10,730 0 11,270 22,000
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 6,480 41,640 48,120
16B Management 0 0 18,019 18,019
16C Office and Clerical 2,020 0 53,120 55,140
17A Computing 1,400 0 31,613 33,013
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 2,000 8,975 10,975
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 62,380 62,380
19C Languages 0 0 7,480 7,480
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 3,000 0 12,020 15,020
128,700 70,625 636,388Total 835,713
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
310
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
140
430
372
230
312
84,251
133,211 128,700
70,625
363TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
533
140
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 406
15-19
1,388Course Enrolments 1,388
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Kimberley TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Kimberley TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider A/Managing Director Kimberley TAFE PO Box 1380 Broome WA 6743
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Kimberley TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 14,000 27,500 0 41,500
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 3,000 15,500 0 0 18,500
03A Building and Constructions 11,000 28,500 0 0 39,500
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 2,500 6,000 23,500 0 32,000
04B Education and Childcare 3,000 0 20,000 1,000 24,00004C Health 2,000 2,500 0 0 4,500
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 2,000 0 0 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 1,000 7,000 0 0 8,000
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 13,690 22,000 8,500 6,500 50,690
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,000 25,600 0 0 30,600
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 6,000 0 0 6,000
12B Retail 1,350 0 0 0 1,350
13A Cooking 3,500 3,290 0 0 6,790
13B Hospitality 4,500 10,000 1,500 3,500 19,500
13C Tourism 7,000 4,500 5,000 3,000 19,500
13D Travel agents 1,000 0 0 0 1,000
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 10,000 3,500 0 13,500
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 0
16B Management 0 0 4,000 2,000 6,000
16C Office and Clerical 20,300 24,000 16,500 0 60,800
17A Computing 0 0 2,000 0 2,000
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 1,000 0 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 31,000 2,000 0 33,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 10,000 25,300 0 0 35,300
88,840 237,190 115,000 16,000 457,030Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Remote Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 14,000 27,500 0 41,500
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 3,000 15,500 0 0 18,50003A Building and Constructions 11,000 28,500 0 0 39,50003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 2,500 6,000 23,500 0 32,00004B Education and Childcare 3,000 0 20,000 1,000 24,00004C Health 2,000 2,500 0 0 4,50004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 2,000 0 0 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 1,000 7,000 0 0 8,00010A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 13,690 22,000 8,500 6,500 50,690
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,000 25,600 0 0 30,600
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 6,000 0 0 6,00012B Retail 1,350 0 0 0 1,350
13A Cooking 3,500 3,290 0 0 6,790
13B Hospitality 4,500 10,000 1,500 3,500 19,500
13C Tourism 7,000 4,500 5,000 3,000 19,500
13D Travel agents 1,000 0 0 0 1,000
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 10,000 3,500 0 13,50015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 0 0
16B Management 0 0 4,000 2,000 6,000
16C Office and Clerical 20,300 24,000 16,500 0 60,800
17A Computing 0 0 2,000 0 2,00018A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 1,000 0 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 31,000 2,000 0 33,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 10,000 25,300 0 0 35,300
88,840 237,190 115,000 16,000 457,030Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
40,000
15,000
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,000
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 0%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 58% *01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 61% *03A Building and Constructions 87% 8% *03B Surveying and Building 66% 0%04A Community Service Workers 78% 81%04B Education and Childcare 75% 85%04C Health 79% 0%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 90%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 0%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 0%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 100%09B Metal and Mining 87% 82%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 65%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 66%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 0%12B Retail 81% 58% *13A Cooking 79% 0%13B Hospitality 76% 74%13C Tourism 71% 58% *13D Travel agents 74% 98%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 96%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 0%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 49%16B Management 64% 84%16C Office and Clerical 70% 47% *17A Computing 55% 64%18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 0%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 28% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 84%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 457,030
Teaching Hours (TH) 52,582
Lecturing Staff
$3,841,106
Remote / Regional Loadings $768,221
Academic Support Staff
$368,982
$92,245
Program Management Staff
$450,980
$90,196
Step 1 $1,288,750
Step 3
$477,625
$119,436
$377,162
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $4,609,327
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $461,227
Total Funding for Program Management $541,176
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,262,973
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$16.46$12.93
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Consumables
$157,698
$31,540
Indirect Costs $33,145
$245,972
$1,485,379
$228,244
$58,547
$143,073
Maintenance $170,403
Minor Works $75,285
Equipment $98,842
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $189,238
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $2,194,361
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $344,530
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$290,214
Support for Students with Disabilities $61,367
$2,422,070
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $12,734,688
GROH $1,400,000
Indigenous Funding $532,634
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $141,698
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $106,705
Remote Allowance $85,000
Funding for a Technician $75,709
Funding for Travel Allowance $63,232
Provisional Funding for Lease Cost and/or Fixed Cost $61,000
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
School Student Resource Fees $23,020
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $17,414
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$14,269
Compaction of salary grades $11,300
TAFEWA Plus $10,830
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$10,000
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$17,025
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$28,226
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$41,679
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$53,312
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$56,866
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 9.80 $652,053
$742,297Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 9.80
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 4.90 $336,821
$383,437Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 4.90
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 2.00 $143,356
$163,196Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 2.00
$1,288,931Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not Applicable
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 41,500 41,500
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 3,000 7,000 8,500 18,500
03A Building and Constructions 11,000 0 28,500 39,500
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 2,500 9,000 20,500 32,000
04B Education and Childcare 3,000 8,000 8,000 19,000
04C Health 2,000 2,500 0 4,500
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 2,000 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 1,000 0 7,000 8,000
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 13,690 0 37,000 50,690
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 5,000 0 25,600 30,600
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 6,000 6,000
12B Retail 1,350 0 0 1,350
13A Cooking 3,500 0 3,290 6,790
13B Hospitality 4,500 0 15,000 19,500
13C Tourism 7,000 0 12,500 19,500
13D Travel agents 1,000 0 0 1,000
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 13,500 13,500
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 5,000 5,000
16B Management 0 0 6,000 6,000
16C Office and Clerical 20,300 0 40,500 60,800
17A Computing 0 0 2,000 2,000
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 1,000 0 1,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 33,000 33,000
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 10,000 0 25,300 35,300
88,840 27,500 340,690Total 457,030
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
256
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
403
1,805
177
271
369
17,395
71,363 88,840
27,500
261TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
1,805
403
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 177
15-19
799Course Enrolments 799
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Pilbara TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Pilbara TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director Pilbara TAFE Millstream Road KARRATHA WA 6714
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Pilbara TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 20,200 11,000 0 31,200
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 21,660 9,300 0 0 30,960
03A Building and Constructions 16,500 56,100 9,000 0 81,600
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 5,850 15,800 17,670 6,600 45,920
04B Education and Childcare 4,200 0 62,900 7,650 74,75004C Health 0 0 3,000 6,000 9,000
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 1,300 700 0 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 10,300 300 10,600
09B Metal and Mining 82,890 37,300 4,600 0 124,790
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 6,000 7,800 4,000 0 17,800
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 2,250 9,550 200 0 12,000
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,700 3,500 0 0 9,200
12B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 4,000 8,700 0 0 12,700
13B Hospitality 0 2,450 2,450 1,000 5,900
13C Tourism 0 2,000 200 0 2,200
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 1,000 0 6,600 0 7,600
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 4,000 4,000
15B Electrical Trades 48,600 0 0 0 48,600
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 9,000 9,000
16B Management 0 0 11,100 27,300 38,400
16C Office and Clerical 27,400 30,900 16,500 0 74,800
17A Computing 1,400 6,500 14,000 3,550 25,450
18A Science and Technical Workers 1,500 0 10,500 11,000 23,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 37,600 4,500 0 42,100
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 600 38,510 0 0 39,110
229,550 287,510 189,220 76,400 782,680Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Remote Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 20,200 11,000 0 31,200
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 21,660 9,300 0 0 30,96003A Building and Constructions 16,500 56,100 9,000 0 81,60003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 5,850 15,800 17,670 6,600 45,92004B Education and Childcare 4,200 0 62,900 7,650 74,75004C Health 0 0 3,000 6,000 9,00004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 1,300 700 0 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0 007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 10,300 300 10,600
09B Metal and Mining 82,890 37,300 4,600 0 124,79010A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 6,000 7,800 4,000 0 17,800
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 2,250 9,550 200 0 12,000
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,700 3,500 0 0 9,20012B Retail 0 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 4,000 8,700 0 0 12,700
13B Hospitality 0 2,450 2,450 1,000 5,900
13C Tourism 0 2,000 200 0 2,200
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 1,000 0 6,600 0 7,60015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 4,000 4,000
15B Electrical Trades 48,600 0 0 0 48,600
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 0 9,000 9,000
16B Management 0 0 11,100 27,300 38,400
16C Office and Clerical 27,400 30,900 16,500 0 74,800
17A Computing 1,400 6,500 14,000 3,550 25,45018A Science and Technical Workers 1,500 0 10,500 11,000 23,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 37,600 4,500 0 42,100
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 600 38,510 0 0 39,110
229,550 287,510 189,220 76,400 782,680Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
44,400
17,728
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,533
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 0%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 47% *01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 72% *03A Building and Constructions 87% 89%03B Surveying and Building 66% 0%04A Community Service Workers 78% 86%04B Education and Childcare 75% 87%04C Health 79% 82%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 96%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 0%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 0%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 64%09B Metal and Mining 87% 92%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 74%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 95%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 91%12B Retail 81% 0%13A Cooking 79% 90%13B Hospitality 76% 68%13C Tourism 71% 94%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 89%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 98%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 76%16B Management 64% 58% *16C Office and Clerical 70% 75%17A Computing 55% 57% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 58% *19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 34% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 61%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 782,680
Teaching Hours (TH) 93,734
Lecturing Staff
$7,308,502
Remote / Regional Loadings $1,461,700
Academic Support Staff
$715,022
$178,755
Program Management Staff
$803,930
$160,786
Step 1 $1,288,750
Step 3
$477,625
$593,582
$471,991
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $8,770,202
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $893,777
Total Funding for Program Management $964,715
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $2,831,948
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$15.72$14.80
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Consumables
$349,869
$69,974
Indirect Costs $56,762
$421,235
$3,037,986
$391,855
$65,852
$315,892
Maintenance $419,557
Minor Works $96,654
Equipment $330,663
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $419,843
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $4,289,583
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $846,874
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$596,402
Support for Students with Disabilities $71,395
$3,264,882
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
GROH $1,791,000
Indigenous Funding $492,828
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $264,795
Walkington Library $197,546
Walkington Theatre $191,545
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $156,829
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$115,327
Interest & Other Finance Costs (Debt Servicing) $109,686
Aboriginal Culture and Languages $85,000
Funding for Travel Allowance $55,617
School Student Resource Fees $52,364
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $33,457
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $30,969
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
Compaction of salary grades $22,515
Remote Allowance $20,000
Staff Transfer Costs $18,000
Welcome to Hedland $15,000
TAFEWA Plus $10,965
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$18,000
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$32,957
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$92,376
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$114,076
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$118,157
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$119,390
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TOTAL FUNDING $21,685,422
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 19.80 $1,289,812
$1,468,322Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 19.80
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 9.90 $667,498
$759,879Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 9.90
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 2.50 $175,423
$199,701Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 2.50
$2,427,902Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
HAIRDRESSING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 0 0
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 31,200 31,200
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 21,660 800 8,500 30,960
03A Building and Constructions 16,500 9,000 56,100 81,600
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 5,850 18,700 21,370 45,920
04B Education and Childcare 4,200 27,650 28,200 60,050
04C Health 0 9,000 0 9,000
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 2,000 2,000
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 0 0
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 10,600 0 10,600
09B Metal and Mining 82,890 13,600 28,300 124,790
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 6,000 0 11,800 17,800
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 2,250 0 9,750 12,000
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 5,700 0 3,500 9,200
12B Retail 0 0 0 0
13A Cooking 4,000 6,500 2,200 12,700
13B Hospitality 0 2,000 3,900 5,900
13C Tourism 0 0 2,200 2,200
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 1,000 4,600 2,000 7,600
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 4,000 0 4,000
15B Electrical Trades 48,600 0 0 48,600
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 9,000 14,700 23,700
16B Management 0 0 38,400 38,400
16C Office and Clerical 27,400 0 47,400 74,800
17A Computing 1,400 0 24,050 25,450
18A Science and Technical Workers 1,500 0 21,500 23,000
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 42,100 42,100
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 600 0 38,510 39,110
229,550 115,450 437,680Total 782,680
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
1,155
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
396
1,713
206
1,097
665
106,147
188,358 229,550
110,850
426TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
1,822
436
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 206
15-19
1,450Course Enrolments 1,450
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and South West Regional College of TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means South West Regional College of TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director South West Regional College of TAFE Robertson Drive BUNBURY WA 6230
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of South West Regional College of TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,116 4,500 44,902 0 50,518
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 45,540 5,000 50,540
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 56,688 40,170 0 0 96,858
03A Building and Constructions 72,130 27,570 0 6,678 106,378
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 42,740 12,500 55,240
04A Community Service Workers 6,460 12,850 69,775 0 89,085
04B Education and Childcare 14,200 0 99,270 31,600 145,07004C Health 890 0 13,000 36,000 49,890
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,600 708 1,000 1,000 7,308
06A Food Trades and Processing 5,000 18,222 5,500 0 28,722
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 9,600 0 9,600
07B Furniture Manufacture 20,636 15,500 9,075 0 45,211
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 10,824 27,247 38,071
09B Metal and Mining 58,392 42,146 4,000 6,000 110,538
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 1,523 28,594 19,903 4,000 54,020
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,056 17,895 10,605 1,000 33,556
11A Process Manufacturing 28,000 10,300 5,500 100 43,900
12A Personal Service 18,800 4,185 14,500 0 37,485
12B Retail 0 7,362 0 0 7,362
13A Cooking 27,735 8,528 12,400 0 48,663
13B Hospitality 2,000 0 17,606 0 19,606
13C Tourism 640 5,700 0 15,200 21,540
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 46,408 7,200 0 0 53,608
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 62,225 8,000 70,225
16B Management 0 0 48,866 14,000 62,866
16C Office and Clerical 17,480 57,650 46,023 0 121,153
17A Computing 7,102 10,560 36,830 4,000 58,492
18A Science and Technical Workers 540 3,000 25,740 4,750 34,030
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 6,742 63,142 0 69,884
19C Languages 0 2,400 0 0 2,400
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,724 62,686 0 0 69,410
401,120 394,468 718,566 177,075 1,691,229Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Major Regional Centre - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,116 0 44,902 0 46,018
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 12,000 5,000 17,000
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 56,688 40,170 0 0 96,85803A Building and Constructions 72,130 25,380 0 6,678 104,18803B Surveying and Building 0 0 40,660 11,000 51,66004A Community Service Workers 0 8,000 28,700 0 36,70004B Education and Childcare 0 0 43,930 13,600 57,53004C Health 0 0 13,000 36,000 49,00004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,600 0 0 1,000 5,600
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 3,862 0 0 3,86207A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 9,600 0 9,600
07B Furniture Manufacture 17,936 15,000 6,995 0 39,931
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 10,824 27,247 38,071
09B Metal and Mining 58,392 39,388 4,000 6,000 107,78010A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 410 13,165 10,313 2,000 25,888
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 1,306 10,500 9,000 1,000 21,806
11A Process Manufacturing 28,000 10,300 5,500 100 43,900
12A Personal Service 18,800 4,185 14,500 0 37,48512B Retail 0 6,362 0 0 6,362
13A Cooking 17,303 6,528 8,000 0 31,831
13B Hospitality 2,000 0 17,100 0 19,100
13C Tourism 640 4,000 0 15,200 19,840
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 46,408 7,200 0 0 53,608
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 49,000 8,000 57,000
16B Management 0 0 25,000 14,000 39,000
16C Office and Clerical 6,780 26,000 11,185 0 43,965
17A Computing 1,000 0 14,000 4,000 19,00018A Science and Technical Workers 540 3,000 25,740 4,750 34,030
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 23,540 0 23,540
19C Languages 0 2,400 0 0 2,400
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 4,224 39,108 0 0 43,332
338,273 264,548 427,489 155,575 1,185,885Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Hinterland - Regional Loading)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 4,500 0 0 4,500
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 33,540 0 33,540
01C Design 0 0 0 0 002A Automotive 0 0 0 0 003A Building and Constructions 0 2,190 0 0 2,19003B Surveying and Building 0 0 2,080 1,500 3,58004A Community Service Workers 6,460 4,850 41,075 0 52,38504B Education and Childcare 14,200 0 55,340 18,000 87,54004C Health 890 0 0 0 89004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 708 1,000 0 1,708
06A Food Trades and Processing 5,000 14,360 5,500 0 24,860
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 2,700 500 2,080 0 5,280
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 008B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 2,758 0 0 2,758
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 1,113 15,429 9,590 2,000 28,132
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 010D Horticulture 2,750 7,395 1,605 0 11,750
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 0 0 0 0 0
12B Retail 0 1,000 0 0 1,000
13A Cooking 10,432 2,000 4,400 0 16,832
13B Hospitality 0 0 506 0 50613C Tourism 0 1,700 0 0 1,700
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 13,225 0 13,22516B Management 0 0 23,866 0 23,866
16C Office and Clerical 10,700 31,650 34,838 0 77,188
17A Computing 6,102 10,560 22,830 0 39,492
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 0 0 0
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 6,742 39,602 0 46,34419C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 2,500 23,578 0 0 26,078
62,847 129,920 291,077 21,500 505,344Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
75,809
41,037
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
4,593
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 89%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 74%01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 90%03A Building and Constructions 87% 77%03B Surveying and Building 66% 74%04A Community Service Workers 78% 86%04B Education and Childcare 75% 80%04C Health 79% 87%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 98%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 90%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 80%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 87%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 86%09B Metal and Mining 87% 84%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 76%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 76%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 90%12A Personal Service 85% 93%12B Retail 81% 81%13A Cooking 79% 73%13B Hospitality 76% 69%13C Tourism 71% 76%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 0%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 95%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 72%16B Management 64% 71%16C Office and Clerical 70% 62%17A Computing 55% 59% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 78%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 27% *19C Languages 74% 91%19D Miscellaneous 50% 50% *19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 76%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 1,691,229
Teaching Hours (TH) 134,462
Lecturing Staff
$9,598,478
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$950,217
$0
Program Management Staff
$1,153,244
$0
Step 1 $1,344,800
Step 3
$2,417,181
$0
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $9,598,478
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $950,217
Total Funding for Program Management $1,153,244
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $3,761,981
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$9.23$7.80
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Consumables
$630,356
$63,036
Indirect Costs $40,951
$194,266
$1,380,820
$145,666
$242,637
$102,500
Maintenance $258,546
Minor Works $103,735
Equipment $427,874
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $693,392
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $2,106,842
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $790,155
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$1,290,408
Support for Students with Disabilities $210,011
$1,352,212
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $19,116,112
Bus Service $400,000
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $201,500
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $174,356
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $157,800
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$151,717
Indigenous Funding $77,221
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $71,319
School Student Resource Fees $52,983
SAL Coordination Support $50,000
Once-Off Funding for Special Projects $40,000
Compaction of salary grades $37,965
Ryllington Park $30,000
Funding for Travel Allowance $21,079
TAFEWA Plus $15,475
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$7,000
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$48,815
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$52,011
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$70,263
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$71,253
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$89,872
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 23.70 $1,576,903
$1,795,147Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 23.70
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 11.80 $811,120
$923,379Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 11.80
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 3.60 $258,041
$293,754Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 3.60
SM Peter Sheehy 1.00 $66,536
SM Stan Bajdo 1.00 $66,536
$151,489Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 2.00
$3,163,769Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
19D Miscellaneous
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
WALL AND CEILING FIXING
TILELAYING
SAW DOCTORING
PLASTERING
PAINTING AND DECORATING
HORTICULTURE (TURF MANAGEMENT)
HORTICULTURE (GARDENING)
FURNITURE MAKING
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 1,116 0 49,402 50,518
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 50,540 50,540
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 56,688 0 40,170 96,858
03A Building and Constructions 72,130 0 34,248 106,378
03B Surveying and Building 0 55,240 0 55,240
04A Community Service Workers 6,460 47,000 35,625 89,085
04B Education and Childcare 14,200 73,200 57,670 145,070
04C Health 890 40,000 9,000 49,890
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 4,600 0 2,708 7,308
06A Food Trades and Processing 5,000 0 23,722 28,722
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 9,600 9,600
07B Furniture Manufacture 20,636 9,075 15,500 45,211
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 38,071 0 38,071
09B Metal and Mining 58,392 10,000 42,146 110,538
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 1,523 0 52,497 54,020
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,056 0 29,500 33,556
11A Process Manufacturing 28,000 11,500 4,400 43,900
12A Personal Service 18,800 0 18,685 37,485
12B Retail 0 0 7,362 7,362
13A Cooking 27,735 14,400 6,528 48,663
13B Hospitality 2,000 4,000 13,606 19,606
13C Tourism 640 0 20,900 21,540
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 46,408 0 7,200 53,608
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 8,000 62,225 70,225
16B Management 0 0 62,866 62,866
16C Office and Clerical 17,480 0 103,673 121,153
17A Computing 7,102 0 51,390 58,492
18A Science and Technical Workers 540 20,650 12,840 34,030
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 69,884 69,884
19C Languages 0 0 2,400 2,400
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 6,724 0 62,686 69,410
401,120 331,136 958,973Total 1,691,229
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
1,235
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
51
185
535
1,227
1,035
338,411
358,368 401,120
331,136
758TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
187
70
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 556
15-19
2,958Course Enrolments 2,958
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and Swan TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means Swan TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director Swan TAFE PO Box 1336 MIDLAND WA 6936
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of Swan TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chair/Deputy Chair of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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SCHEDULE 9
DREAM FACTORY The Dream Factory Project will provide training in the Pre-Apprenticeship qualification WS67 Certificate I in General Construction [Pre-Apprenticeship (Family of Mortar Trades) for year 11 and year 12 private school students.
ADMINISTRATION 1. As students will be participating in the project outside normal school hours, the
College should seek payment for the normal student enrolment, resource, and course fees from the schools.
2. The College will report all training delivery through the project under fund source
code 12 (CMIS fund source code Q) with a contract id of “DF2008”. This delivery will not be counted as part of the ceiling on Vet for Government Schools delivery.
3. All training delivery through the project will be excluded from Reported SCH for
the purposes of calculating the refund in Schedule 2. 4. The total SCH for 2008 will be 16 000 SCH. The following table summarises the reporting arrangements for the project.
Course Training Type VIS Flag*
Included in VIS
Ceiling
State Fund
Source WADT Group
Vet Level
Contract Id
Target SCH
WS67 P Y No 12 03A 3 DF2008 16 000
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
FUNDING The Department will provide a total of $132 000 for the delivery of 16 000 SCH in 2008. The funding does not form part of recurrent funding allocation for the College and no further funding for the project will be provided. If actual delivery reported in 2008 is below the target SCH, the Provider will pay the Minister a refund calculated at the rate $8.25 per SH below the target.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 8,010 8,800 37,447 0 54,257
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 10,398 16,202 17,920 44,520
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 420,670 157,254 0 0 577,924
03A Building and Constructions 525,337 175,633 468 0 701,438
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 2,320 62,902 65,222
04A Community Service Workers 20 13,300 160,601 39,896 213,817
04B Education and Childcare 3,869 0 254,940 58,584 317,39304C Health 0 0 15,706 12,827 28,533
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 19,508 2,700 1,626 0 23,834
06A Food Trades and Processing 160,463 20,530 160 0 181,153
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 16,130 14,205 110,986 19,276 160,597
07B Furniture Manufacture 194,030 40,302 0 0 234,332
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 2,731 7,425 0 10,156
09A Engineering and Drafting 26,167 9,600 44,919 47,362 128,048
09B Metal and Mining 593,689 148,357 3,027 4,357 749,430
10A Animal Care 34,054 4,795 127,436 0 166,285
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 12,300 10,851 0 23,151
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,493 23,710 10,184 0 38,387
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 79,885 15,450 0 0 95,335
12B Retail 0 7,146 0 0 7,146
13A Cooking 55,080 0 45,289 0 100,369
13B Hospitality 8,180 8,430 31,515 27,473 75,598
13C Tourism 0 1,034 15,777 0 16,811
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 3,708 31,235 5,140 40,083
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14,567 0 17,555 11,980 44,102
15B Electrical Trades 258,882 155,637 0 0 414,519
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 114,639 32,747 147,386
16B Management 0 0 56,388 44,060 100,448
16C Office and Clerical 9,074 109,616 92,639 0 211,329
17A Computing 2,305 4,290 175,648 44,637 226,880
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 40 146,512 66,421 212,973
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 506,358 219,787 0 726,145
19C Languages 0 5,000 0 0 5,000
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 35,466 83,425 0 0 118,891
2,469,879 1,544,749 1,751,282 495,582 6,261,492Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Metropolitan)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 8,010 8,800 37,447 0 54,257
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 10,398 16,202 17,920 44,520
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 420,670 157,254 0 0 577,92403A Building and Constructions 525,337 175,633 468 0 701,43803B Surveying and Building 0 0 2,320 62,902 65,22204A Community Service Workers 20 13,300 160,601 39,896 213,81704B Education and Childcare 3,869 0 254,940 58,584 317,39304C Health 0 0 15,706 12,827 28,53304D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 19,508 2,700 1,626 0 23,834
06A Food Trades and Processing 160,463 20,530 160 0 181,15307A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 16,130 14,205 110,986 19,276 160,597
07B Furniture Manufacture 194,030 40,302 0 0 234,332
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 2,731 7,425 0 10,156
09A Engineering and Drafting 26,167 9,600 44,919 47,362 128,048
09B Metal and Mining 593,689 148,357 3,027 4,357 749,43010A Animal Care 34,054 4,795 127,436 0 166,28510B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 12,300 10,851 0 23,151
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,493 23,710 10,184 0 38,387
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 79,885 15,450 0 0 95,33512B Retail 0 7,146 0 0 7,146
13A Cooking 55,080 0 45,289 0 100,369
13B Hospitality 8,180 8,430 31,515 27,473 75,598
13C Tourism 0 1,034 15,777 0 16,811
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 3,708 31,235 5,140 40,08315A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14,567 0 17,555 11,980 44,102
15B Electrical Trades 258,882 155,637 0 0 414,519
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 0 114,639 32,747 147,386
16B Management 0 0 56,388 44,060 100,448
16C Office and Clerical 9,074 109,616 92,639 0 211,329
17A Computing 2,305 4,290 175,648 44,637 226,88018A Science and Technical Workers 0 40 146,512 66,421 212,973
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 506,358 219,787 0 726,145
19C Languages 0 5,000 0 0 5,000
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 35,466 83,425 0 0 118,891
2,469,879 1,544,749 1,751,282 495,582 6,261,492Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
130,040
17,000
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
7,405
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 82%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 83%01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 90%03A Building and Constructions 87% 91%03B Surveying and Building 66% 78%04A Community Service Workers 78% 76%04B Education and Childcare 75% 74%04C Health 79% 75%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 95%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 90%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 77%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 89%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 70%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 77%09B Metal and Mining 87% 88%10A Animal Care 84% 87%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 70%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 68%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 91%12B Retail 81% 51% *13A Cooking 79% 84%13B Hospitality 76% 86%13C Tourism 71% 85%13D Travel agents 74% 0%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 75%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 68%15B Electrical Trades 86% 84%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 69%16B Management 64% 66%16C Office and Clerical 70% 69%17A Computing 55% 51% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 79%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 46% *19C Languages 74% 74%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 67%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 6,261,492
Teaching Hours (TH) 456,881
Lecturing Staff
$33,923,420
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$4,066,106
$0
Program Management Staff
$3,358,760
$0
Step 1 $1,344,800
Step 3
$6,739,200
$3,602,557
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $33,923,420
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $4,066,106
Total Funding for Program Management $3,358,760
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $11,686,557
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$8.84$6.80
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Consumables
$3,173,630
$0
Indirect Costs $151,616
$530,286
$5,582,972
$613,065
$334,558
$439,097
Maintenance $1,106,187
Minor Works $344,838
Equipment $1,457,237
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $3,173,630
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $7,651,594
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $2,908,262
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$5,234,607
Support for Students with Disabilities $616,195
$2,673,235
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $64,206,956
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$879,061
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $745,000
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $329,827
Indigenous Funding $276,584
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $257,331
Thin Market Loading for Apprenticeships $237,854
Compaction of salary grades $235,276
Project Supervision and Management $132,000
Cataloguing Service $120,233
School Student Resource Fees $84,049
SAL Coordination Support $50,000
TAFEWA Plus $28,750
Provisional Funding for Lease Cost and/or Fixed Cost $25,000
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$23,000
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$195,925
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$254,984
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$258,835
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$280,108
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$331,073
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 87.00 $5,788,632
$6,589,779Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 87.00
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 43.50 $2,990,147
$3,403,983Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 43.50
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 10.20 $731,116
$832,302Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 10.20
SM Bailey L 1.00 $66,536
SM Brendan Sargent 1.00 $66,536
SM Cristopher Smith 1.00 $66,536
SM Donald Hardingham 1.00 $66,536
SM Herbert Auchli 1.00 $66,536
SM Laureen Lindsay 1.00 $66,536
SM Philip Wainwright 1.00 $66,536
SM Roderick Warnock 1.00 $66,536
SM Ross Playle 1.00 $66,536
$681,701Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 9.00
$11,507,765Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
01B Visual and Performing Arts
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not ApplicableApprenticeship
WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIRING
UPHOLSTERING
TRIMMING
TOOLMAKING AND JIGMAKING (METAL FURNITURE)
TIMBER FURNITURE FINISHER
SIGNWRITING
GLAZIER AND GLASS PROCESSOR
FURNITURE MAKING
FRENCH POLISHING (INCLUDING ALL WOOD FINISHING)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (MECHANICAL)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (MECHANICAL)
ENGINEERING TRADESPERSON (FABRICATION)
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - AVIONICS
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 8,010 0 46,247 54,257
01B Visual and Performing Arts 0 0 44,520 44,520
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 420,670 11,396 145,858 577,924
03A Building and Constructions 525,337 6,004 170,097 701,438
03B Surveying and Building 0 65,222 0 65,222
04A Community Service Workers 20 19,781 194,016 213,817
04B Education and Childcare 3,869 146,845 166,679 317,393
04C Health 0 15,706 12,827 28,533
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 19,508 0 4,326 23,834
06A Food Trades and Processing 160,463 0 20,690 181,153
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 16,130 0 144,467 160,597
07B Furniture Manufacture 194,030 0 40,302 234,332
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 10,156 10,156
09A Engineering and Drafting 26,167 92,281 9,600 128,048
09B Metal and Mining 593,689 26,320 129,421 749,430
10A Animal Care 34,054 0 132,231 166,285
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 23,151 23,151
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 4,493 0 33,894 38,387
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 79,885 0 15,450 95,335
12B Retail 0 0 7,146 7,146
13A Cooking 55,080 45,289 0 100,369
13B Hospitality 8,180 31,515 35,903 75,598
13C Tourism 0 0 16,811 16,811
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 40,083 40,083
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14,567 29,535 0 44,102
15B Electrical Trades 258,882 16,524 139,113 414,519
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 0 32,747 114,639 147,386
16B Management 0 0 100,448 100,448
16C Office and Clerical 9,074 0 202,255 211,329
17A Computing 2,305 0 224,575 226,880
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 34,060 178,913 212,973
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 726,145 726,145
19C Languages 0 0 5,000 5,000
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 35,466 0 83,425 118,891
2,469,879 573,225 3,218,388Total 6,261,492
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2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
2,743
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
310
0
1,447
2,228
5,970
677,070
2,081,332 2,469,879
573,225
4,798TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
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310
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 1,447
15-19
10,781Course Enrolments 10,781
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT ..................................................................................... 3 1. PARTIES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2. INTERPRETATION............................................................................................................................... 3 3. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT............................................................................................................... 5 4. SCOPE ............................................................................................................................................... 5
SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES............................................................................................... 7 5. ROLE OF THE MINISTER..................................................................................................................... 7 6. ROLE OF THE PROVIDER .................................................................................................................... 7
SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY............................................................................................... 8 7. STUDENT SERVICE STANDARDS ........................................................................................................ 8 8. TRAINING PACKAGES ........................................................................................................................ 8 9. INABILITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES..................................................................................... 9 10. TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 9 11. ACCESS AND EQUITY ...................................................................................................................... 10 12. CONFIDENTIALITY........................................................................................................................... 10 13. TRANSFER OF APPRENTICES AND TRAINEES.................................................................................... 10 14. RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING................................................................................................ 10
SECTION IV PAYMENT................................................................................................................... 11 15. PAYMENT FOR TRAINING SERVICES ................................................................................................ 11 16. ADDITIONAL TRAINING SERVICES................................................................................................... 11
SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE.............................................................................. 12 17. RECORD-KEEPING ........................................................................................................................... 12 18. AUDITS AND MONITORING VISITS................................................................................................... 12 19. STUDENT SURVEYS ......................................................................................................................... 12 20. INVALID ENROLMENTS (IE) ............................................................................................................ 13 21. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ............................................................................................. 13
SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS............................................................................................ 15 22. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING .................................................................................................................. 15 23. TAXES ............................................................................................................................................. 15
SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT....................................................... 16 24. APPLICABLE LAW ........................................................................................................................... 16 25. VARIATIONS.................................................................................................................................... 16 26. SEVERABILITY................................................................................................................................. 16 27. WAIVER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 28. ENTIRE CONTRACT.......................................................................................................................... 16 29. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ................................................................................................................. 16 30. SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS .................................................................................................. 16 31. NOTICES.......................................................................................................................................... 17 32. SIGNATORIES TO THIS AGREEMENT................................................................................................. 18
SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE................................ 19
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE....................................................... 21 1. FUNDING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. PAYMENT SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 21 3. REFUND........................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 25
SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.................................. 26
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS......................... 28
SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK....................................................................... 29
SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING ..................................... 30
SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY...................................................................................... 31
APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES............................................................................... 33
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SECTION I ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
1. Parties This is an Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training (“the Minister”) and West Coast TAFE (“the Provider”).
2. Interpretation In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
a) headings are for reference only;
b) a reference to a person includes a reference to any corporation or entity that is recognised by law;
c) plural words include the singular and vice versa; and
d) the following terms have specific meanings assigned to them:
“Acquittal Certificate” means a document, issued by the Provider, confirming that both the Minister and the Provider have met all of the terms of this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this document, including any Schedules and Variations.
“Apprentice” means an apprentice or ‘industrial trainee’ registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Industrial Training Act 1975 (WA).
“AQTF” means the Australian Quality Training Framework.
“Credit Transfer” means credit granted to a student for a Unit of Competency achieved through participation in another training program.
“Employment based training” or “EBT” means training delivered to an apprentice or trainee.
“End of Study reporting” means the reporting of module and unit enrolments that end in the collection year and therefore have finalised outcomes.
“Enrolment” means participation with an RTO of a student in learning and/or assessment against a Unit of Competency. A complete definition is available in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“General Institutional” or “GI” means institutional based training in areas other than Skills Shortage Areas.
“GST” means a tax in the nature of a supply or goods and services tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Australia.
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“Industry Group” is a classification, determined by the Minister, of the occupation or outcome that a qualification is intended to serve.
“Institutional based training” or “IBT” means training delivery other than training for an apprentice or trainee.
“Invalid Enrolment” or “IE” refers to an enrolment where the Provider cannot provide proof of student participation as required by the appropriate version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
“Minister” means the Minister for Education and Training, a body corporate as constituted under section 7 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA). References to the Minister include a reference to authorised officers of the Western Australian Department of Education and Training.
“Module” means a component of an accredited course against which a student is assessed. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“Notice of Arrangement” is an arrangement defined in the Acts Amendment (Higher School Leaving Age and Related Provisions) Act 2005 under which a person who has not reached the age of 18, is enrolled in full time accredited training, a gazetted course, an approved combination of education, training and/or employment, becomes an apprentice or trainee or engages in other approved employment.
“Provider” means West Coast TAFE.
“Registered Training Organisation” or “RTO” means a training provider registered with the Training Accreditation Council of Western Australia.
“Recognition of prior learning” or “RPL” is an assessment process resulting in the formal recognition of competencies acquired through formal or informal training, work experience and / or life experience.
“Recognition of current competencies” is an assessment process resulting in the confirmation that a student is currently competent in a Unit of Competency previously attained through training and assessment by an RTO.
“Skills Shortage Areas” are the qualifications identified by the Minister as priority for addressing skills shortage occupations. The qualifications in Skills Shortage Areas are identified in the Course Master file.
“Skills Shortage Institutional” or “SSI” means IBT delivery in Skills Shortage Areas.
“Student” means a person who is provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
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“Student Curriculum Hours” or “SCH” means the number of enrolments in a Unit of Competency multiplied by a figure recognised by the Minister as the weight of that Unit of Competency relative to other Units of Competency.
“TAFEWA College” means a College established under the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Trainee” means a trainee registered in Western Australia in accordance with the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
“Training Arrangement” means an agreement between the Provider and another person to provide some or all of the Training Services in this Agreement.
“Training Package” means an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment Guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.
“Training Services” means the services listed in Schedule 1.
“Unit of Competency” is a component of a training package qualification against which a student is assessed. A Unit of Competency refers to a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. For the purpose of reporting training delivery under this Agreement, Modules and Units of Competency shall be treated as the same entities.
“VET” means Vocational Education and Training.
“VET Level” is a classification, determined by the Minister, which separates Traineeships and Apprenticeships (Employment Based Training) from other delivery (Institutional Based Training) and sub-divides the latter on the basis of Australian Qualification Framework levels.
3. Term of this Agreement
a) The Agreement will conclude on 31 December 2008 or when the Training Services described under Schedule 1 are completed.
b) The Minister may, within twelve months of signing this Agreement, exercise an option to extend this Agreement.
c) The Minister may extend this Agreement on up to two separate occasions, with the maximum period of each extension being one year.
4. Scope
a) Enrolments will only be funded under this Agreement where they meet the criteria in Schedule 1.
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b) Unless expressly stated in Schedule 1, the following categories of Enrolments will not be funded under this Agreement:
i enrolments by students whose primary place of residence is not in Western Australia;
ii enrolments by residents of Christmas Island or Cocos Island;
iii enrolments by students who are neither Australian citizens nor permanent residents of Australia, except where the student is a holder of a visa that entitles the student to enrol in training at the fee rates that apply to publicly funded training (as identified in the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs);
iv higher education programs, including University preparation courses (ie programs whose sole or primary aim is to provide entrance to a university course);
v delivery to secondary school students, unless the delivery is under a Notice of Arrangement;
vi IBT delivery in prisons, or to prisoners;
vii programs classified by the Minister as Adult and Community Education;
viii enrolments in programs that are not accredited by the Training Accreditation Council, or which fall outside of the Provider’s scope of registration;
ix credit transfers, exemptions, enrolments for recognition of current competency and exam only enrolments; and
x recognition of prior learning assessments where the student is found ‘not competent’.
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SECTION II SUMMARY OF ROLES
5. Role of the Minister
The Minister:
a) agrees to provide the funding described in Schedule 2 in accordance with the Payment Schedule described in Schedule 2;
b) will supply the Provider with details of the process for claiming funding under this Agreement; and
c) is only required to provide funding where the Provider meets all of the terms of this Agreement.
6. Role of the Provider
The Provider:
a) agrees to provide the Training Services described in Schedule 1;
b) will meet all relevant requirements of the AQTF, including registration with the Training Accreditation Council;
c) agrees to submit information to the Minister as described in Schedule 3;
d) agrees to meet all of the terms of this Agreement, and of any other Agreements with the Minister;
e) agrees to repay to the Minister any refund as described in Schedule 2;
f) agrees to collect fees from students in accordance with the most current Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs;
g) will comply with the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Policy Guidelines (as issued by the Minister from time to time) including the requirements relating to the implementation of Fast Track Apprenticeships, when providing training to apprentices and trainees;
h) will support the requirement for the State to increase the utilization of publicly funded training infrastructure by making training premises available on a commercial basis for purposes that do not conflict with the Provider’s vocational education and training purposes;
i) will submit a revised profile plan at course level for the May and September addendum by 2 May 2008 and 19 September 2008 respectively; and
j) will comply with all other relevant policies and guidelines issued by the Minister.
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SECTION III TRAINING DELIVERY
7. Student Service Standards
a) For the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider:
i will ensure that students are given appropriate guidance in relation to the selection of units of competency and that meets the students expected outcomes from the program of study;
ii will ensure that training delivery is consistent with Training Package guidelines, including meeting the criteria for the awarding of qualifications;
iii will ensure that the level of resources, including the actual hours of instruction or other supervised learning modes, that is provided to students reflects the content of the program of study and allows for a successful outcome; and
iv will ensure students enrolling in a course of study outside of the normal full-time admissions process comply with the minimum entrance requirements policy.
8. Training Packages
a) Unless otherwise agreed, where:
i a Training Package has been approved for public funding in Western Australia, and
ii the Purchasing Guide (formerly known as Implementation Guide) for the Training Package indicates that the Package covers one or more of the Training Services in Schedule 1,
the Provider must use only qualifications from this Training Package when providing those Training Services to new students.
b) Existing students studying superseded courses should be encouraged to transfer into the equivalent training package qualification as soon as possible. Existing students must be given the option to complete the course or qualification in which they are currently enrolled if transition to the new or equivalent qualification will cause disadvantage in increased nominal hours or cost. New students must be enrolled in the new or equivalent training package qualification within 12 months of final endorsement, provided that a Purchasing Guide is available for implementing the training package. If this requirement cannot be met, approval must be obtained to continue delivering the superseded course or qualification.
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9. Inability to Provide Training Services
a) Where the Provider is unable to offer the Training Services described in Schedule 1, the Provider shall:
i notify the Minister within seven days;
ii make reasonable efforts to assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation.
b) Where the Provider cannot assist students to enrol with an alternative Registered Training Organisation, the Provider shall notify the Minister within seven days.
c) Where in the opinion of the Minister, the Provider is unlikely to achieve the training targets stated in Schedule 1 by 31 December 2008, the Minister may renegotiate the training targets to reflect targets that can be justified against current enrolments and delivery achieved in previous years.
10. Training Arrangements
a) The Provider may enter into a Training Arrangement, but the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the terms of this Agreement are met.
b) In particular, the Provider remains responsible for ensuring that the Training Services are delivered in accordance with the AQTF.
c) The terms of a Training Arrangement must be in writing, and must not be inconsistent with this Agreement.
d) The Provider shall pay all costs associated with a Training Arrangement.
e) The Provider shall advise students, prior to the commencement of training services, of the existence of a Training Arrangement.
f) Within fourteen days of signing a Training Arrangement, the Provider shall advise the Minister of:
i the legal name and business address of the other party to the Training Arrangement; and
ii the training services covered by the Training Arrangement.
g) Where the other party to the Training Arrangement is a TAFEWA College, the Training Arrangement must state that “All delivery covered by this contract is to be reported to the Department of Education and Training as fee for service activity”.
h) Where the Minister is aware of factors that may affect the capacity of a person to meet their obligations under a Training Arrangement, the Minister may notify the Provider of these factors and / or request an appropriate variation to this Agreement.
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11. Access and Equity
a) In providing Training Services, the Provider:
i shall comply with the relevant State and Federal Government anti-discrimination legislation including the Disability Discrimination Act Education Standards 2005;
ii shall not use sexist, racist or other language which offends community standards;
iii shall ensure that the learning environment is free from harassment or victimisation;
iv shall not use or promote cultural, racial, disability or gender based stereotypes;
v shall ensure that programs and appropriate venues are accessible to all students; and
vi shall ensure that students are provided with additional support services where required.
12. Confidentiality
a) Unless the Minister provides approval in writing, the Provider may not disclose information acquired in connection with this Agreement to any person.
b) In particular, the Provider shall establish procedures to ensure the confidentiality of all information relating to its students.
c) The Provider shall ensure that its employees, agents and contractors also meet the terms of this clause.
13. Transfer of Apprentices and Trainees
a) The Minister must approve the transfer of an apprentice or trainee between RTOs.
b) In cases where an apprentice or trainee transfers to the Provider, the Minister will not fund the Provider under this Agreement for units of competency that have previously been completed and a statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO.
c) The Provider will comply with procedures for transferring apprentices and trainees that are published by the Minister from time to time.
14. Recognition of Prior Learning
a) Recognition of prior learning must be offered to all (individuals, clients, students, participants) upon enrolment and prior to commencement of formal training delivery. Providers must be able to demonstrate that they
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have undertaken processes to encourage the uptake of, and to streamline the delivery of RPL.
SECTION IV PAYMENT
15. Payment for Training Services
a) The Minister will make payments to the Provider, following the process contained in Schedule 2.
b) The Minister may, at any time and without notice, vary the process for making payments contained in Schedule 2.
c) Where the Provider does not meet the terms of this Agreement, the Minister may withhold any funding that would otherwise be payable.
d) Where the Provider owes money to the Minister under a separate Agreement, the Minister may offset this against the amount payable for this Agreement.
e) The Minister will conduct a reconciliation of payments at the end of this Agreement.
f) If, at any time, an overpayment is identified, the Minister shall supply the Provider with an invoice for the amount of the overpayment. The Provider shall repay this amount to the Minister within thirty days.
g) If, at any time, an underpayment is identified, the Minister shall pay this amount to the Provider within thirty days.
16. Additional Training Services
a) Training targets, conditions and funding for additional training services (other than the training services defined in Schedule 1) may be defined in additional schedules to this Agreement.
b) Each category of Training Services will be treated separately for funding, reporting and enrolment purposes.
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SECTION V MEASURING PERFORMANCE
17. Record-keeping
a) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment records related to this Agreement in a way that will enable them to be conveniently inspected by the Minister or the Minister’s nominee.
b) The Provider shall keep accounting records that allow income related to this Agreement to be identified separately.
c) The Provider shall keep all financial, enrolment and assessment documentation for at least twelve months from the expiry of this Agreement. Under the AQTF, some documents will need to be kept for longer than twelve months.
18. Audits and Monitoring Visits
a) For the purposes of assessing compliance with both the AQTF and the terms of this Agreement, upon giving reasonable notice, the Minister or the Minister’s nominee may:
i inspect any records under the Provider’s control that relate to this Agreement;
ii inspect the premises used for provision of training services; and
iii meet with the employees, agents, contractors and students of the Provider.
b) Unless otherwise agreed between the Minister and the Provider, audits and monitoring visits will take place during business hours.
c) The Provider shall make every effort to assist the Minister or the Minister’s delegate to carry out an audit or monitoring visit.
19. Student Surveys
The Minister or the Minister’s nominee may conduct surveys of the students being provided with Training Services under this Agreement.
a) The Provider will supply the Minister with information necessary to effectively conduct a student survey.
b) The Minister may publish the results of student surveys, provided that information is not disclosed that would identify individual students.
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20. Invalid Enrolments (IE)
a) Upon request from the Minister, the Provider shall provide evidence to prove student participation in each Enrolment for which funding was claimed.
b) Proof of student participation shall meet the standards contained in the appropriate Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard version.
c) Proof of student participation shall be retained for at least twelve months, as required by clause 17.
d) Where student participation cannot be substantiated, the Minister may adjust the funding payable under Schedule 2.
21. Contract Performance Criteria
a) The Minister may use the Contract Performance Criteria – Quality of Training, Access and Participation, Outcomes Achieved, and Contract Management - when deciding whether to extend this Agreement, vary this Agreement, and / or enter into future Agreements with the Provider.
b) In assessing ‘Quality of Training’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the outcomes of monitoring visits;
ii feedback from student surveys;
iii for delivery to Apprentices and Trainees, feedback from employer surveys;
iv compliance with the AQTF;
v compliance with relevant policies issued by the Minister; and
vi complaints received from the Provider’s students.
c) In assessing ‘Access and Participation’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students from equity target groups relative to the proportion these groups represent in the general population; and
ii the profile of enrolments by students from equity target groups across industry groups, qualification levels and employment and institutional based pathways.
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d) Equity target groups may be identified by the Minister from time to time and include students from the following groups:
i Indigenous students;
ii Students with a disability;
iii Youth (15 to 19 years);
iv Mature age students (over 45 years)
v Students of diverse cultural and linguistic background; and
vi Women
e) In assessing ‘Outcomes Achieved’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the proportion of students successfully completing each Unit of Competency;
ii the proportion of students successfully completing qualifications at certificate III or above;
iii the proportion of students progressing to further study or employment; and
iv for Apprentices and Trainees, the proportion of students achieving a qualification.
These outcomes will be assessed for the student population as a whole, and for targeted access groups within that population.
f) In assessing ‘Contract Management’, the Minister may consider the following factors:
i the timeliness of reporting by the Provider including the resulting of all enrolments within seven (7) weeks of the expiry of the enrolment activity end date;
ii proportion of claims for payment with errors identified;
iii proportion of Invalid Enrolments (IE) identified;
iv the actual level of training delivery compared to the contracted level of training delivery described in Schedule 1;
v the actual level of training delivery compared to the benchmarks for priority areas of delivery stated in Schedule 1; and
vi the timeliness with which contractual documents are returned to the Minister.
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SECTION VI FINANCIAL MATTERS
22. Alternative funding
a) The Provider confirms that, other than the funds provided in this Agreement, it has not received funding for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
b) The Provider shall notify the Minister within fourteen days if it secures funding (either in full or in part) for the delivery to be reported under this Agreement.
c) Upon receiving this notification, the Minister may change the amount payable to the Provider under Schedule 2.
23. Taxes
a) The funding in this Agreement is exclusive of GST.
b) In the event that GST is payable on services provided under this Agreement, the GST will be paid by the Minister upon presentation of a valid Tax Invoice.
c) All other taxes, duties and charges shall be paid by the Provider.
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SECTION VII ADMINISTRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
24. Applicable Law This Agreement is governed by the law of Western Australia.
25. Variations
a) This Agreement may be varied at any time by a signed written agreement between the Minister and the Provider.
b) In deciding whether to agree to a proposed variation, the Minister will have regard to the Contract Performance Criteria described in clause 21.
26. Severability Where any part of this Agreement is not enforceable (for whatever reason), it does not form part of the Agreement. All other parts of the Agreement will remain in full force.
27. Waiver
a) A waiver of a party’s rights under this Agreement must be in writing and signed by that party.
b) A waiver by a party shall not affect that party’s rights in respect of any subsequent breach of the Agreement.
28. Entire Contract The contract between the Minister and the Provider is contained in this Agreement. No other written or verbal arrangement between the parties will be read into this Agreement.
29. Compliance with Law In carrying out its duties under this Agreement, the Provider must comply with all applicable laws including the Working With Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
30. Special Terms and Conditions
Special terms and conditions that apply to this Agreement are stated in Table 9.
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31. Notices
a) Notices associated with this Agreement must be in writing and delivered to the following addresses:
i To the Minister Director Training Resource Allocation Western Australian Department of Education and Training Level 2, 151 Royal Street EAST PERTH WA 6004 fax: (08) 9264 4281
ii To the Provider Managing Director West Coast TAFE 35 Kendrew Crescent JOONDALUP WA 6027
b) Either party may change its contact details by providing a notice in writing to the other party.
c) A notice will be considered to have been received:
i two days after being placed in the mail with postage paid;
ii if the notice is being served personally, at the time that the notice was presented;
iii if the notice is being transmitted by fax, at the time that the whole notice has been transmitted from the sending machine and the answer back of the receiving machine has been received; and
iv if the notice is being transmitted by email, one hour after the correctly addressed email was sent.
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32. Signatories to this Agreement
Signed on behalf of the Minister for Education and Training by
SIMON WALKER A/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Acting under delegated authority pursuant to Section 10 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 in the presence of
Witnessed by: (Sign) Name: (Please Print) Office
The Common seal of West Coast TAFE was affixed to this document in the presence of
Chairperson of the College Council Date
Witnessed by member: (Sign)
Name: (Please Print)
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SCHEDULE 1 TRAINING SERVICES: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. This Schedule describes the College Training Profile as per Section 42 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
2. This Agreement, so far as it relates to the College Training Profile, constitutes a Resource Agreement as per Section 5 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (WA).
3. The College Training Profile shall be treated as separate from other Training Services detailed in this Agreement.
4. The College Profile Matrix in Table 1 sets out the delivery targets (expressed in Student Curriculum Hours) for each combination of Industry Group and VET Level.
5. The College Training Profile is also presented as a Skills Shortage Matrix in Table 10 which identifies for each Industry Group the delivery targets for:
• Employment based training; • Skills Shortage Institutional training; and • General Institutional training.
6. Activity benchmarks relating to the following State and Commonwealth priorities are stated in Table 11. The Minister may use these benchmarks as Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21:
• Additional Employment Based Training commencements;
• Additional Skills Shortage Institutional training places;
• Additional places for people with a disability;
• Additional places in regional and remote locations for Indigenous Australians;
• Increased participation by Indigenous Australians at Certificate III level or higher;
• Additional places for 15 to 19 years old students; and
7. The permissible levels of VET for government schools, prisons delivery and unsuccessful RPL delivery are set out in Table 2. The delivery of VET for government schools will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 4.
8. The delivery of School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 5.
9. The delivery of the School Apprenticeship Link program will be in accordance with the protocol set out in Schedule 6.
10. Training services for Recognition of Prior Learning will be delivered and funded in accordance with the policy set out in Schedule 7.
11. Unless prior approval is given by the Minister, the Provider must offer all Apprenticeship programs that it has offered in previous years.
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12. If applicable, those Innovation Strategy projects funded under this agreement are listed in Table 7 and the terms and conditions for funding, implementation and reporting are set out in Schedule 8.
13. The Module Load Completion Rate (MLCR) Matrix is contained in Table 3. The Minister may use the MLCR as a Contract Performance Criteria for the purpose of clause 21. The method of calculating MLCR is defined in the 2008 – 2010 College Planning Guidelines.
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SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING: COLLEGE TRAINING PROFILE
1. Funding
a) Table 4 details the funding to be provided by the Minister for the delivery of the College Training Profile.
b) The basis of funding Advance Skill Lecturer, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance staff is listed in Table 5.
c) No funding will be provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance to cover the cost of the 27th pay that will occur in 2015. Providers should ensure that appropriate provision is made in the preceding years to cover the cost of the additional pay when it falls due.
2. Payment schedule
a) Subject to the Provider meeting all of the terms in this Agreement, the Minister will pay the Provider in fortnightly disbursements in accordance with a schedule issued by the Minister.
b) The Provider’s refund liability will be determined in the second quarter of 2009.
c) If a refund is payable, the Provider will pay the refund by the date stated on an invoice supplied by the Minister.
3. Refund
a) Where the Provider fails to meet the targets in Schedule 1, a refund will be payable to the Minister calculated as:
Total Refund
= Shortfall Refund for EBT, Skills Shortage Institutional and General Institutional
Plus or Minus Additional Items Refund or Credit
Plus or Minus Fees Refund or Credit
Minus EBT Credit
Minus Skills Shortage Credit
The Provider is not eligible for additional funding where the EBT and Skills Shortage Credits are greater than the other refund items payable by the Provider.
The following clauses explain the components of the refund calculation.
b) The refund will be calculated separately for each of the following categories of delivery:
• Employment Based Training (EBT);
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• Skills Shortage Institutional (SSI); and
• General Institutional(GI).
The Skills Shortage Matrix (Table 10) defines the Target SCH for each of these categories of delivery.
c) The refund for each category of delivery is calculated as follows:
i Reported SCH is sourced from the Provider’s final enrolment statistics data submission on an end of study basis. This is determined from the AVETMISS data collection in accordance with the following criteria:
• Fund source Id – State = 10;
• Enrolment category Id = C or S;
• Outcome identifier not 53, 54, 60 or 70; and
• Enrolment activity end date between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2008;
ii Validated SCH are determined by reducing Reported SCH by that portion of the Provider’s Invalid Enrolment (IE) rate in excess of three percent;
iii Funded SCH are determined by reducing Validated SCH for any delivery that exceeds the agreed tolerances for profile management (see below);
iv Shortfall SCH is determined by subtracting Funded SCH from Target SCH; and
v A Shortfall Refund is calculated for each category of delivery as: Shortfall SCH x Unit cost.
d) The Unit Cost for Employment Based Training delivery and Institutional Based Training delivery is stated in Table 4.
e) Funded SCH for Employment Based Training is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Employment Based Training against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Employment Based Training. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Employment Based Training delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Employment Based Training delivery above the Target SCH will create an EBT Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Employment Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
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f) Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s total Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional against the Provider’s total Target SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional. The following rules apply to the calculation of Funded SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery:
i Where Validated SCH is greater than Target SCH, Funded SCH will be reduced to equal Target SCH. Any surplus Validated SCH for Skills Shortage Institutional delivery above the Target SCH will create a Skills Shortage Credit calculated on the Unit Cost for Institutional Based Training.
ii Otherwise, Funded SCH equals Validated SCH.
g) Funded SCH for General Institutional is calculated by assessing the Provider’s Validated SCH for General Institutional in each Industry Group against the Target SCH for General Institutional.
h) The following General Institutional SCH are excluded from Funded SCH for General Institutional:
i Any Validated SCH above 500 SCH for an Industry Group which contains no General Institutional target;
ii Any Validated SCH above the target for General Institutional training in an Industry Group that is subject to a ‘hard’ ceiling as set out in Table 6; and
iii Any Validated SCH in Industry Groups without a ‘hard’ ceiling, where delivery exceeds the target for General Institutional by more than 20,000 SCH.
i) An Additional Items Refund is calculated on each of the following:
i Any RPL assessment per client each year above 800 SCH;
ii VET for government schools IBT delivery above the level stated in Table 2;
iii VET for government school students IBT delivery in courses and qualifications excluded from this delivery under the protocol in Schedule 4;
iv IBT delivery to prisoners above the level stated in Table 2;
v Funding provided for GROH housing in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider; and
vi Funding provided for Innovation Projects in excess of actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
j) An adjustment is made to the Additional Items Refund to ensure that this refund is not calculated on SCH that has been excluded from Funded SCH under sub clause 3 h).
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k) The Additional Items Refund may include funds provided for maintenance, minor works, equipment and the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy in excess of the actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider against approved expenditures;
l) An Additional Items Credit will apply if funding provided for GROH housing is less than actual expenditure acquitted by the Provider.
m) A Fees Refund is calculated as the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students in excess of the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
n) A Fees Credit will apply if the funding for resource fees associated with delivery to school students is less than the funding justified against the SCH delivered in accordance with this Agreement.
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SCHEDULE 3 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
On the following dates, the Provider will supply the Minister with data files that meet the requirements of the current version of the Western Australian VET Enrolment Data Standard.
College Training Profile Reporting Requirements
2008 Date Status Files Required January 18 Preliminary reporting point for
full year 2007 collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 15 Final formal reporting point (full year 2007) including all module outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
April 18
First Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
August 8 Second Monitoring Point (Mid-Year) for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
November 7 Third Monitoring Point for 2008 Collection
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
2009 January 16 Preliminary Reporting Point for
full year 2008 Collection Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
February 20 Final formal reporting point for 2008 including all outcome updates
Full set of validated NAT files (NAT00010 – NAT00130)
When submitting these files, the Provider will confirm in writing that all records are accurate. Where the Provider uses the College Management Information System (CMIS), they shall be entitled to the same set of services as currently provided to all providers in the TAFEWA College Network.
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SCHEDULE 4 PROTOCOL FOR VET FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
The aim of this protocol is to ensure the most efficient and effective use of public resources in the implementation of the VET in government schools initiative. The Refund provisions in Schedule 2 identify the circumstances where a refund is payable for a breach of this protocol. VET in Schools programs allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a partial or complete VET qualification. Profile funded VET in government schools is a targeted program that aims to enhance existing VET in Schools delivery by providing:
• a pathway to higher level qualifications; • training that is not within the scope of registration of an RTO school; and/or • access to equipment and expertise not available in the school context.
Profile funding for VET in government schools is subject to the following conditions:
a) the students must be enrolled at a government school; b) the primary target group for the training are students in years 11 or 12; c) the training delivery and assessment is conducted by the Provider; d) the total reported VET in government schools delivery is within the ceiling
stated in Table 2; e) participating students have demonstrated a commitment to the particular
vocational program and an understanding of the requirements; f) the training effort is consistent with:
• the strategic priorities as outlined in the State Training Profile; and • Education District planning priorities;
g) VET in government schools is not to include delivery in courses or
qualifications classified in the industry groups 19A to 19E. However, delivery in the following qualifications is permitted:
• Certificate of Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS) provided the delivery is in accordance with the CAVSS Protocol; and
• Certificate I in Leadership Development;
h) VET in government schools is not to include delivery at certificate I or II in the following industry groups;
16A Accounting and Other Business Services; 16C Office and Clerical; and 17A Computing.
Note that delivery within the following categories is over and above the ceiling on VET in government schools:
• School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA and SBT); • School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) delivery; and • delivery to a student enrolled under a Notice of Arrangement.
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Profile funded VET in government schools delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training and reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be flagged as VET in Schools enrolments as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
Vet for Schools O Y Yes
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
No fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded VET in Schools (Refer to the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines for Publicly Funded VET Providers and Programs).
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SCHEDULE 5 SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICESHIPS AND TRAINEESHIPS
School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships provide an opportunity for full time secondary students enrolled in school to begin preparing themselves for a career. They allow students studying towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education to gain a nationally recognised vocational education and training qualification. Public funding for School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships training: • may be utilised for the component of training delivered and assessed by the
Provider; • is available to students enrolled in both public and private schools; • is to be achieved within the overall bottom line employment based delivery
targets established for the Provider; and • must be in accordance with the Guidelines and Working Principles for School-
based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Western Australia and the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Policy Guidelines.
School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be coded as follows:
Type of Student Training Type VIS Flag* Included in VIS Ceiling
School-based Apprenticeship A Y No
School-based Traineeship T Y No
* Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource, tuition and enrolment fees, are to be applied to students enrolling in School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships.
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SCHEDULE 6 SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK
The School Apprenticeship Link (SAL) program supports the achievement of the Government’s targets for employment based training and school retention. The approach is aimed at increasing young people’s participation in education, employment and training and in particular in achieving a successful transition from school to an apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades is a one year program delivered by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and provides the opportunity for year 11 and 12 students to experience a range of trades within an industry to assist them make an informed choice when selecting their apprenticeship.
SAL Family of Trades placements funded at each college are determined by the Department of Education and Training. The Department allocates funded places for both Government and non-Government schools. Providers must seek approval from the Department for any change in the number of SAL places.
Profile funded SAL Family of Trades delivery should be included in the Provider’s profile funded training as reported via AVETMISS and student enrolments must be codes as follows:
Type of Student Course Training Type VIS Flag* Included in
VIS Ceiling
School Apprenticeship Link – Family of
Trades
Appropriate SAL qualification P Y No
*Please note the VIS Flag is a derived field and is set to Y where enrolment type = VS or the Enrolled School id is present.
It is important that student enrolments in the SAL Family of Trades program are correctly coded so that this delivery is not counted as VET for Government Schools delivery. Consistent with the Fees Policy, no fees or charges, including resource and course fees are to be applied to students enrolled in profile funded SAL programs.
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SCHEDULE 7 POLICY FOR RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
This policy applies to all publicly funded RPL assessments.
Policy: 1. The Minister will fund the student curriculum hours (SCH) associated with RPL
assessments at the same rate as other forms of training delivery. The permissible level of Unsuccessful RPL delivery is set out in Table 2.
2. Under the Fees and Charges Policy Guidelines, students are required to make a financial contribution towards their first 365 SCH of RPL assessments each semester.
3. This amount of RPL will generally be sufficient to enable clients to commence the skills enhancement program of their choice.
4. To accommodate exceptional circumstances, the Minister will provide funding for a maximum of 800 SCH of RPL assessments per client each year.
5. Fee for Service arrangements should be established where the aim of a RPL process is to:
a) prepare school teachers to deliver VET qualifications; or
b) assess the competencies of a government employee, where those competencies form part of the government agency’s conditions of employment, or are a requirement for promotion.
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SCHEDULE 8 INNOVATION STRATEGY
FUNDING Innovation Strategy funding will be allocated in accordance with existing arrangements for disbursement through the DPA. Where relevant, any capital and curriculum funding will be disbursed through a separate process. VARIATIONS The Provider agrees to undertake a project or projects as outlined in its TAFEWA Innovation Proposal(s). Any changes to the project outlined in the proposal (including project reporting and completion dates, budget line-items and amounts), must be agreed by the Minister in writing. INFORMATION SHARING Providers are encouraged to share information on their TAFEWA Innovation Project(s) and may be required to make a presentation regarding progress or outcomes. Additionally, the Minister may provide general information on specific projects to the TAFEWA network to encourage further innovation in the vocational education and training sector. MONITORING AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS Mid-Term Progress Report A Mid-Term Progress Report should be submitted in the form of an email in the middle of each project, or at a time agreed by the Minister in writing. The Mid-Term Progress Report must identify the project’s progress against the project outcomes and associated key performance indicators. Project Site Visits The Provider’s project coordinator(s) may be required to meet with the Minister’s representative during the course of the project. Final Report, Project Acquittal and Evaluation A Final Report must be submitted to the Minister within 2 weeks of completion of each project. The Final Report must be submitted as a hard-copy and address the project outcomes and key performance indicators outlined in the project proposal. Each Final Report must include an acquittal of project funds, using the budget line-items and amounts contained in the proposal budget. The Final Report must be accompanied by a statement signed by the Managing Director of the College indicating that the funding has been expended as outlined in the Project Acquittal. The Provider may be required to return excess funds as part of the refund process defined in Schedule 2.
Additionally, all projects must be evaluated on completion, and the evaluation document must be submitted as an attachment to the Final Report. The evaluation must include:
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1. Feedback from clients (e.g. staff or students or collaborating organisations). Such feedback may be formal and structured (e.g. solicited using a questionnaire) or unstructured and informal (e.g. collected during discussions with relevant parties).
2. Conclusions regarding the outcomes of the project (including what worked and what did not).
3. Recommendations regarding any changes to the innovative initiative that will result in the following:
• better client service; • sustained benefits for the Provider; • relevance and/or applicability to other areas of the Provider’s operation; and • improved applicability to other organisations, communities, training providers
and/or the VET sector.
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APPENDIX A PROFILE DELIVERY TABLES
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Table 1: College Profile Matrix (All Delivery)
Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 91,076 14,000 105,076
01B Visual and Performing Arts 6,980 0 0 0 6,980
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 0 46,812 0 0 46,812
03A Building and Constructions 0 19,800 0 0 19,800
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 17,300 6,000 85,136 19,515 127,951
04B Education and Childcare 15,000 0 149,430 38,000 202,43004C Health 0 0 37,900 130,000 167,900
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 2,240 10,320 0 12,560
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 3,700 0 0 3,700
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0 0
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 10,120 6,937 998 18,055
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 6,360 4,143 0 10,503
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 1,151 10,108 12,360 0 23,619
12B Retail 15,712 22,750 7,279 0 45,741
13A Cooking 30,688 7,195 47,175 0 85,058
13B Hospitality 6,813 24,770 29,784 27,880 89,247
13C Tourism 0 0 52,652 42,022 94,674
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 480 0 39,130 18,366 57,976
16B Management 0 0 32,510 30,171 62,681
16C Office and Clerical 48,990 31,690 30,440 0 111,120
17A Computing 0 0 115,083 54,539 169,622
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 72,910 8,200 81,110
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 41,360 24,080 0 65,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 5,040 77,560 0 0 82,600
148,154 310,465 848,345 383,691 1,690,655Total
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Industry GroupApprentices and trainees Total
Certificate I and II
Certificate III and IV Diploma+
College Profile Matrix (Metropolitan)
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 91,076 14,000 105,076
01B Visual and Performing Arts 6,980 0 0 0 6,980
01C Design 0 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 0 46,812 0 0 46,81203A Building and Constructions 0 19,800 0 0 19,80003B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0 004A Community Service Workers 17,300 6,000 85,136 19,515 127,95104B Education and Childcare 15,000 0 149,430 38,000 202,43004C Health 0 0 37,900 130,000 167,90004D Library Workers 0 0 0 0 005A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 2,240 10,320 0 12,560
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 3,700 0 0 3,70007A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0 010A Animal Care 0 0 0 0 010B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 10,120 6,937 998 18,055
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 6,360 4,143 0 10,503
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 1,151 10,108 12,360 0 23,61912B Retail 15,712 22,750 7,279 0 45,741
13A Cooking 30,688 7,195 47,175 0 85,058
13B Hospitality 6,813 24,770 29,784 27,880 89,247
13C Tourism 0 0 52,652 42,022 94,674
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0 015A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 480 0 39,130 18,366 57,976
16B Management 0 0 32,510 30,171 62,681
16C Office and Clerical 48,990 31,690 30,440 0 111,120
17A Computing 0 0 115,083 54,539 169,62218A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 72,910 8,200 81,110
19A ACE 0 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 41,360 24,080 0 65,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 5,040 77,560 0 0 82,600
148,154 310,465 848,345 383,691 1,690,655Total
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Table 2: Training Delivery Ceilings
75,000
0
Ceiling for profile-funded VET for Government Schools delivery
Ceiling for profile-funded Institutional delivery in prisons
SCH
School students MUST be recorded on the CMIS using the Training Type Identifier 'O' and VET in School Flag 'Y' as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Delivery must be recorded against a prison training provider location (campus) code.
1,000
Delivery must be recorded under outcome Identifier - National 52 as indicated in the WA VET Enrolment Data Standard.
Ceiling for profile-funded unsuccessful RPL delivery
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Table 3: MLCR Matrix (2006 Benchmark Data)
Industry Group MLCR State Average
MLCR College Actual
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 80% 77%01B Visual and Performing Arts 75% 78%01C Design 71% 0%02A Automotive 90% 71%03A Building and Constructions 87% 0%03B Surveying and Building 66% 0%04A Community Service Workers 78% 78%04B Education and Childcare 75% 80%04C Health 79% 77%04D Library Workers 83% 0%05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 84% 98%06A Food Trades and Processing 89% 96%07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 76% 0%07B Furniture Manufacture 88% 0%08A Communications 0% 0%08B Printing & Publishing 83% 0%09A Engineering and Drafting 72% 0%09B Metal and Mining 87% 0%10A Animal Care 84% 0%10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 78% 84%10C Fishing 80% 0%10D Horticulture 81% 0%11A Process Manufacturing 94% 0%12A Personal Service 85% 93%12B Retail 81% 86%13A Cooking 79% 78%13B Hospitality 76% 71%13C Tourism 71% 79%13D Travel agents 74% 78%14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 89% 0%15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55% 0%15B Electrical Trades 86% 0%16A Accounting and Other Business Services 67% 59% *16B Management 64% 58% *16C Office and Clerical 70% 83%17A Computing 55% 49% *18A Science and Technical Workers 75% 94%19A ACE 0% 0%19B Adult Literacy/ESL 42% 47% *19C Languages 74% 0%19D Miscellaneous 50% 0%19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 69% 65%
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Table 4: Funding for College Training Profile
Student Curriculum Hours (SCH) 1,690,655
Teaching Hours (TH) 111,592
Lecturing Staff
$8,384,343
Remote / Regional Loadings $0
Academic Support Staff
$652,392
$0
Program Management Staff
$820,365
$0
Step 1 $1,344,800
Step 3
$2,416,106
$0
$0
Non-teaching Staff
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Remote / Regional Loadings
Salaries Funding
Total Funding for Lecturing Staff $8,384,343
Total Funding for Academic Support Staff $652,392
Total Funding for Program Management $820,365
Total Funding for Non-Teaching Staff $3,760,906
Step 2
Marginal Unit cost (for use in refund calculation)Employment Based TrainingInstitutional Based Training
$6.99$6.93
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Consumables
$389,344
$0
Indirect Costs $40,938
$143,182
$1,338,927
$127,623
$123,397
$128,147
Maintenance $269,455
Minor Works $60,478
Equipment $217,251
ConsumablesRemote / Regional Loadings
Variable Component of Semi-variable costs
Fixed Costs
Fixed Component of Semi-variable costs
Lease costs
Capped costs
Total Funding for Consumables $389,344
Fixed, Indirect and Semi-variable Costs
Total Funding for Fixed, Indirect and Semi-Variable Costs $1,902,213
Capital-related items
Total Funding for Capital-related Items $547,184
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LESS Tuition Fee Revenue -$1,200,365
Support for Students with Disabilities $144,880
$534,734
Community Service Obligations and Additional Items
Total Funding for CSOs and Additional Items
TOTAL FUNDING $15,791,115
Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy $290,320
Duty of Care Funding Allocation $134,016
Compaction of salary grades $85,611
AQTF Systems Development and Implementation $70,562
Funding for Brighton Shed $61,356
School Student Resource Fees $38,182
Indigenous Funding $35,322
SAL Coordination Support $25,000
TAFEWA Plus $14,148
Provisional Funding for Lease Cost and/or Fixed Cost $9,500
Trade Lecturer Salary Funding in Specific Skill Shortage Areas
$7,177
Shared Services Savings in Advertising due to web-based job advertising
-$14,000
Shared Services Efficiencies- Non Salary Items -$37,262
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 1 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$53,729
Shared Services Efficiencies -phase 2 (Savings from Existing and New Common Use Contracts)
-$68,724
Shared Services Efficiencies - Salary -$69,070
Budget adjustment - travel, advertising and consultants -$138,555
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Table 5: Funded ASL, Principal Lecturer and Salary Maintenance positions
Not ApplicableLecturer Type Name FTE SalaryFunding
ASL1 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 21.30 $1,417,217
$1,613,360Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 21.30
ASL2 Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 10.60 $728,633
$829,476Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 10.60
PL Profile proportion of Lecturers Certified Agreement quota 3.60 $258,041
$293,754Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 3.60
SM Bailey C 0.66 $41,008
SM Bolan P 1.00 $66,536
SM Brown P 1.00 $66,536
SM Firth R 1.00 $66,536
SM Kam C 1.00 $66,536
SM Kooperman M 1.00 $66,536
SM Meixner M 1.00 $66,536
SM Rose L 1.00 $66,536
$576,896Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%) 7.66
$3,313,486Total Funding (incl on-cost @ 13.84%)
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Table 6: Industry Groups subject to Hard Ceilings
Industry Group
16B Management
19B Adult Literacy/ESL
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Table 7: Innovation Strategy ProjectsNot Applicable
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Table 8: Apprenticeships subject to 'thin markets' loading
Not Applicable
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Table 9: Special Terms and Conditions Under Clause 28
a) The Provider shall deliver the TAFEWA Plus services in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the Provider and the Department.
b) Funds provided for the Technology Infrastructure Replacement Strategy are to be used for the purpose approved by the Department. The Provider is to submit an acquittal statement for the expenditure of these funds each year. A refund will be payable or future funding allocations may be reduced where the acquitted expenditure over two years is less than the funding provided.
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Wadt Group
Table 10: Skill Shortage Matrix
Apprentices Skill Shortage Generaland Trainees Institutional Institutional Total SCH
01A Recreation Sports and Entertainment 0 0 105,076 105,076
01B Visual and Performing Arts 6,980 0 0 6,980
01C Design 0 0 0 0
02A Automotive 0 16,308 30,504 46,812
03A Building and Constructions 0 0 19,800 19,800
03B Surveying and Building 0 0 0 0
04A Community Service Workers 17,300 9,200 101,451 127,951
04B Education and Childcare 15,000 100,000 87,430 202,430
04C Health 0 142,900 25,000 167,900
04D Library Workers 0 0 0 0
05A Finance Insurance Property Service Workers 0 0 12,560 12,560
06A Food Trades and Processing 0 0 3,700 3,700
07A Clothing Footwear and Soft Furnishings 0 0 0 0
07B Furniture Manufacture 0 0 0 0
08A Communications 0 0 0 0
08B Printing & Publishing 0 0 0 0
09A Engineering and Drafting 0 0 0 0
09B Metal and Mining 0 0 0 0
10A Animal Care 0 0 0 0
10B Forestry, Farming and Landcare 0 0 18,055 18,055
10C Fishing 0 0 0 0
10D Horticulture 0 0 10,503 10,503
11A Process Manufacturing 0 0 0 0
12A Personal Service 1,151 0 22,468 23,619
12B Retail 15,712 0 30,029 45,741
13A Cooking 30,688 54,370 0 85,058
13B Hospitality 6,813 25,500 56,934 89,247
13C Tourism 0 0 94,674 94,674
13D Travel agents 0 0 0 0
14A Transport Trades, Storage and Associated 0 0 0 0
15A Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 0 0 0
15B Electrical Trades 0 0 0 0
16A Accounting and Other Business Services 480 14,566 42,930 57,976
16B Management 0 0 62,681 62,681
16C Office and Clerical 48,990 0 62,130 111,120
17A Computing 0 0 169,622 169,622
18A Science and Technical Workers 0 0 81,110 81,110
19A ACE 0 0 0 0
19B Adult Literacy/ESL 0 0 65,440 65,440
19C Languages 0 0 0 0
19D Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0
19E Targetted Access and Participation Courses 5,040 0 77,560 82,600
148,154 362,844 1,179,657Total 1,690,655
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2008 Delivery and Performance Agreement between the Minister for Education and Training and
West Coast TAFE
2006 2008Actual Planned
Table 11: Benchmarks for Training in Skill Shortage and Other Priority Areas
880
Institutional Skill Shortages (Benchmark: Course Enrolments)
Indigenous Cert III+
Indigenous Regional
Disability
Employment-based Training (Benchmark: TRS Commencements)
23
0
325
1,073
451
317,370
148,589 148,154
362,844
416TRS CommencementsStudent Curriculum Hours
0
28
Course EnrolmentsStudent Curriculum Hours
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments
Course Enrolments 325
15-19
2,381Course Enrolments 2,579
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