astra domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/studyfoxx/public_html/proactivetraining.com.au/news/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131Short-course training, often referred to as micro-credentials, is seen as an increasingly important form of training and is widely advocated. So, when we take a hard look at these, what picture emerges?<\/p>\n
We mainly think of them skill sets and accredited courses, but Bryan Palmer, the author of this latest\u00a0NCVER report<\/a>, points out that there are \u201ca surprising amount of other, shorter, non-qualification training occurs in the VET sector, officially known as enrolments in subjects not part of a nationally recognised program (course).\u201d<\/p>\n Regular readers will be well aware of how often we have banged on about micro-credentials in these pages in the last few years (you can find some of them with a Google search), and most recently about a\u00a0micro-credentials pilot<\/a>\u00a0in South Australia.<\/p>\n Palmer\u2019s paper<\/a>\u00a0refers to \u2018subject bundles\u2019, which are \u201cthe groupings of common subjects taken by students.\u201d He defines them in terms of the \u2018bundle\u2019 of subjects undertaken at a single registered training organisation (RTO) at which a student enrols. He terms these as \u2018RTO-student pairs\u2019. He found that there were \u201cabout 2.6 million students who enrolled in these subject bundles (Our note: that\u2019s nearly 63% of the 4.2 million students captured by the Total VET Students and Courses data!), [and] by comparison \u2026 [there were] 76 565 students enrolled in training package skill sets and 93 555 in accredited courses.\u201d<\/p>\n Enrolments were narrowly focused too, with only \u201c601 of around 50 000 bundles accounting for 90% of the RTO-student pairs\u201d, but only 97 subject bundles accounted for 80% of the RTO-student pairs! In addition, a relatively small number of RTOs are involved, with \u201c456 RTOs registering 90% of student activity\u201d and 241 account for 80% of the activity. Most of the activity was undertaken by private (around 75%) or community ed. providers (about 14%). TAFEs had 4.4% and enterprise providers half that again at 2.2%.<\/p>\n The great majority of those students engaged were on a fee-for-service basis (around 93%) and almost all were \u201ccomprised of national training package units\/subjects (98.3% of all units, and 98.5% of all RTO-student pairs).\u201d<\/p>\n The first key point is that the student bundles studied change little from year to year. The top student bundles are mandated and \u201cexist to ensure that people:<\/p>\n So, \u201csome form of regulation or licensing prompts the majority of the training for these subject bundles,\u201d the report concludes.<\/p>\n But as it also notes:<\/p>\n \u201cNotwithstanding the high demand for the top subject bundles as identified in this report, remarkably few of them are actually designated as skill sets in the formal VET system. Only 10% of the top 97 bundles (80% of the RTO-student pairs) were recognised as a training package skill set.\u201d<\/p>\n So, this might suggest that the training packages are not identifying and addressing significant training needs as \u201cslightly under 4% of the top 600 subject bundles are recognised as a skill set.\u201d So, \u201cIt can be argued therefore that subject-bundle enrolments represent a more important form of short-form study (or micro-credential) than nationally recognised skill sets,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n Mainly, the suggestions the report\u2019s author makes are around the data collected, including who paid the fee for the course (the student, employer or a third party) and what the program\u2019s purpose for enrolling was, such as: was it for skills development or skills maintenance (or skill-refreshing) purposes?<\/p>\n Finally, there is also a technical support document, which you can access\u00a0here<\/a>. It\u2019s worth a look too.<\/p>\n Short course training in VET: what\u2019s the story?<\/a> | VDC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Short-course training, often referred to as micro-credentials, is seen as an increasingly important form of training and is widely advocated. So, when we take a hard look at these, what picture emerges? 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What are they studying?<\/h2>\n
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How can things be improved?<\/h2>\n