Presenter: Claire Werner, 1 June 2022

Session Length: 1 hour

Vocational education and training (VET) is about skilling people for industry and for the workplace with the expectation that at the completion of training the learner is work ready. This means that the training and assessment delivered by RTOs should accurately reflect workplace requirements.

The Standards for RTOs (Clauses 1.5, 1.6 and 1.13) require RTOs:

• training and assessment practices are informed by industry engagement;

• implement strategies for industry engagement;

• systematically use the outcomes of that engagement to ensure the industry relevance of its training and assessment strategies, practices, resources; and

• ensure the current industry skills of its trainers and assessors.

This workshop will explore strategies to plan and undertake industry engagement. Examples of effective industry engagement will be discussed to assist RTOs to consider their own practices.