Licensing and VET resources and research
Resources
Licensing standards and training packages: a guide to assist training package developers in integrating licensing standards within training packages [PDF 174kB]
This guide is designed to assist training package developers and course developers with the process of considering and incorporating licensing requirements into training packages and course.
Licensing standards and training packages: examples of good practice [PDF 102kB]
This booklet is designed to complement the training package developer guide and provides high quality examples of licensing requirements being incorporated into training packages.
Research
A licence to skill (2002)
(National Licensing Project report)
This report emphasised that: while a training package qualification is designed and intended to provide an individual with the necessary skills for employment in a particular industry, ideally, it would also provide the skill requirements for the issue of an industry license, where one is required.
The report noted, though, that throughout Australian industry there are examples where:
- additional factors govern the issue of an industry license, over and above qualifications provided by industry training packages
- training packages are not used, or are only partly used, by regulators as the basis for determining competency for licensing purposes
- industry regulators use separate competency assessment techniques that are not consistent with those used by the vocational education training system
- industry regulators apply different requirements (both competency-based and otherwise) between jurisdictions
- training qualifications are not uniformly recognised by regulatory authorities in different jurisdictions.
Stairway to a licence and beyond (2002)
(Licensing Line National Project report - phase one)
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Stairway to a license and beyond volume 1 [PDF 304kB]
This includes the findings identified by the project, and recommendations on addressing licensing issues in the training package development and review process. -
Stairway to a license volume 2 [PDF 608kB]
This includes specific recommendations to support the integration of licensing standards within the vocational education and training sector. -
Stairway to a license volume 3 [PDF 752kB]
This includes the integration of occupational health and safety load-shifting licensing requirements within the vocational education and training system. -
Stairway to a license volume 4 [PDF 142kB]
This includes additional feedback on Volumes 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Licensing Line News publication.
Note: Appendix H of Volume 2 of the report refers to An overview of the vocational education and training system [PPT 177kB].
This presentation has been developed to explain key aspects of the vocational education and training system - in particular, the Australian Qualifications Framework, the Australian Training Framework, and national training packages - to licensing authorities. The presentation can be customised to meet state or territory requirements or to include corporate logos.
Road to transition - improved pathways for operator certification (2004)
(Licensing Line National Project report - phase two)
A national transition working group has examined options for transitioning National Occupational Health and Safety Commission certification standards and requirements (NOHSC:7019 and NOHSC:1006) to the vocational education and training system.
The final report is available in two volumes:
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Road to transition final report availabale on the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website
This outlines the framework for a proposed transition model to progress the integration of training and assessment under the national certification system into the vocational education and training sector. -
Road to transition volume 2 available on the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website
This identifies the risk assessment considerations that were used to develop the recommendations in the final report.
A Road to transition consultation paper available on the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website, summarising the key issues, was also prepared and formed the basis of discussion at the national forums in late 2003.