1 day to go ...Comments on the VQF

I must be getting old! It seems like just yesterday that we were all gearing up for AQTF 05 ... and then there was AQTF 07 ... and THEN there was AQTF 2010! 

It is a bit like the ‘Cat I & II’ / ‘BSZ’ / TAA / ‘TED’ (tho never actually released under THAT acronym but I did have an article called from Cats 2 BSZeees 2 Airlines 2 Teddies lol – see page 32 in the Dec N/L) / ‘TAE’ rolling wave isn’t it!

Back then I was talking about whether we should be referencing “AQTF” as AQTF 05 / 07 and then AQTF 10 ...

The answer seemed to be .. “NO .. the AQTF is the AQTF and people ‘just’ have to know which version you are talking about” ... but then we actually saw AQTF 07 / AQTF10 on official websites .. so obviously other people felt the need to clarify that as well.

Anyway it seems in our brave new world the AQTF version ‘debate’ may be over.

As noted in the VelocityWorx newsletter (1/6/11) AQTF will not apply to NVR registered RTOs. In this article, the editor Marilyn Harvey summarises “One of the challenges with the AQTF is that it is sometimes considered a 'guideline' which makes it difficult for the registering body to use it in court.”

As noted in the last blog post AQTF (2010) Vs The VET Quality Framework is:

(a) the Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations

(b) the Australian Qualifications Framework

(c) the Fit and Proper Person Requirements;

(d) the Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements;

(e) the Data Provision Requirements.

The suite of legal instruments, with some comments, is listed below and you can access DRAFT versions of these. The draft versions were sourced via the ASQA Tender Documents and is noted a number of times that they ...

“have not been developed by the National VET Regulator Taskforce and as such, the NVR Taskforce cannot make comment on them or respond to any comments that tenderers may have. 

 Again , it must be stressed that the documents are DRAFT at this stage, but tenderers will need to understand the general nature of the proposed documents.”

Which does beg the question .. “Well WHO DID develop it?”  but anyway ...

So they are ‘open to changes’ and if and when that occurs ... I’ll post about it.

Ok so looking at the draft legal Instruments (sort of ... and not in the order listed above) here are some comments ...SEE FOLLOWING POST ... I have separated these out so if & when changes happened I can reference back to these aspects AND to try and break up all this information!)