How Closely Do Australian Training Package Qualifications Reflect the Skills in Occupations? An Empirical Investigation of Seven Qualifications

Autor/inn/en	Smith, Erica; Smith, Andy; Hampson, Ian; Junor, Anne
Titel	How Closely Do Australian Training Package Qualifications Reflect the Skills in Occupations? An Empirical Investigation of Seven Qualifications
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training Research, 13 (2015) 1, S.49-63 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1448-0220
DOI	10.1080/14480220.2015.1051351
Schlagwörter	Education Work Relationship; Employment Qualifications; Unskilled Workers; Job Skills; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Case Studies; Manufacturing; Industry; Vocational Education; Comparative Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Produktive Fertigkeit; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Herstellung; Industrie; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Australien
Abstract	This paper uses evidence from an Australian research project into under-recognized skills in occupations, gathered through industry-level interviews and company case studies, to examine VET curricula. The project, funded by the Australian Research Council, focused on skill in jobs traditionally regarded in Australia as unskilled. As part of the project, the evidence about skill was compared with the relevant qualifications. The qualifications are contained in Training Packages, which form the basis of most formal VET training in Australia. The qualifications for the seven occupations were in three broad industry areas (manufacturing, services and property services) and had all been developed in recent decades, unlike apprenticed trades which have long-standing qualifications and curricula in Australia. The comparison exercise showed some mismatches between the skills that were found in the researched occupations and the content of the qualifications. Some of the issues are believed to have broader applicability beyond these specific occupations and qualifications and thus can provide evidence to improve the design of Training Packages themselves. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01