Compliance with the Standards for Training Packages 2012

Standards for Training Packages

Standard met

‘yes’ or

‘no’

Evidence supporting the statement of compliance or noncompliance (including evidence from equity and editorial reports)

Standard 1

Training Packages consist of the following:

1. AISC endorsed

components:

 qualifications

 units of competency

 assessment requirements

(associated with each unit of competency)

 credit arrangements 2. One or more quality

assured companion volumes

Yes The ICP Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package (TP) V4.0 submission consists of the following endorsed components:

 6 qualifications

 162 units of competency

 credit arrangements are discussed in the ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG, pages 40 and 54).

 A quality assured Companion Guide – ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 CVIG.

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Standard 2

Training Package developers comply with the Training Package Products Policy

Yes The draft Training Package components comply with this Standard:

 Coding and titling –: the qualifications and units of competency comply with the coding and titling policy.

 Foundation Skills -: The ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 CVIG provides further explanation about foundation skills

(page57). The language, literacy and

numeracy skills are represented by the five core skills set out in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF): learning, reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy. The employment skills are described using either the skills set out in the employability skills framework or the core skills for work (CSFW).

 Mapping - the mapping tables found in the ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 CVIG including equivalence status of the

endorsed components are in the CVIG (pages 12 -31).

 Qualification packaging rules –the rules for the qualifications are clear and practical and allow for packaging for a range of contexts.

 Qualification – occupational/pathway advice – occupation outcome advice for all Printing and Graphic Arts occupations advice is included in the CVIG (pages 52-53).

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Standard 3

Training Package developers comply with the AISC Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy

Yes  ICP projects comply with the AISC Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy.

 The Case for Endorsement (CfE) provides information about the ICP projects:

 1b - Industry knowledge and employability skills,

1c - Design, marketing and other pre-press technical units of competency, and

1d - Print and post-press technical units of competency.

Due to their related nature, it was determined that these projects be consolidated into one and undertaken simultaneously. The Printing and Graphic Arts IRC and the AISC identified the need to both update and consolidate the Training Package as it exists.

Feedback from the consultation process resulted in qualifications and units of competency that are supported by industry and eight new skill sets.

Substantial consultation with industry was conducted and the validation process confirmed industry requirements.

See Section 3, Quality Principle 1 for more information.

 Standard 4

Units of competency specify the standards of performance required in the workplace

Yes The new and revised units of competency are well written, and adequately specify standards of performance required in the workplace.

Standard 5

The structure of units of competency complies with the unit of competency template

Yes The structure of the new and revised units of complies with all aspects of the unit of competency template: application, elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and unit mapping information.

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Standard 6

Assessment requirements specify the evidence and required conditions for assessment

Yes  All draft units of competency specify the performance evidence (including

references to volume and frequency), the assessment conditions and the knowledge evidence to be demonstrated for

assessment. The performance evidence in some of the units tends to be rather brief, which is acceptable because it is clearly articulated that performance evidence encapsulates the elements, the

performance criteria and foundation skill requirements. Knowledge evidence requirements are quite comprehensive.

 The assessment requirements cross-reference well to the performance criteria requirements.

 Standard 7

Every unit of competency has associated assessment

requirements. The structure of assessment requirements complies with the assessment requirements template

Yes  In all draft units of competency, the assessment requirements comply with the assessment requirements template.

Standard 8

Qualifications comply with the Australian Qualifications Framework specification for that qualification type

Yes The qualifications comply with the AQF specification for the qualification type.

Standard 9

The structure of the

information for the Australian Qualifications Framework qualification complies with the qualification template

Yes The structure of the qualifications complies with the qualification template.

Standard 10

Credit arrangements existing between Training Package qualifications and Higher Education qualifications are listed in a format that complies with the credit arrangements template

Yes Credit arrangements are discussed in the ICP CVIG V4.0: ‘’There are no national credit arrangements between ICP qualifications and Higher Education qualifications at this time’’ (page 54).

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Standard 11

A quality assured companion volume implementation guide produced by the Training Package developer is available at the time of endorsement and complies with the companion volume implementation guide template.

Yes  The Training Package components in this submission are accompanied by the ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 CVIG.

 The CVIG complies with the companion volume implementation guide template included in the 2012 Standards and has been quality assured in line with the PwC’s Skills for Australia (SFA) editorial

processes.

Standard 12

Training Package developers produce other quality assured companion volumes to meet the needs of their stakeholders as required.

Yes The ICP Printing and Graphic Arts TP V4.0 CVIG includes information about typical occupation outcomes and recommendations for elective selection to meet the printing employment outcomes (page 53). Contact details for relevant agencies and other related resources are outlined on page 66 of the CVIG.

The CVIG has an ‘’Appendix’’ guide that provides further information on: unit grouping and competency fields, reasonable adjustment

strategies, occupational outcomes and assessment information.

PwC’s SFA has produced companion resources for the other industry sectors they cover.