VET Training and Delivery Policy

Purpose

This policy outlines how Alphacrucis University College (AC) designs, delivers, reviews and assures the quality of all Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs. It ensures that training is engaging, structured, industry informed, well resourced, and results in students attaining the skills and knowledge described in nationally recognised training products and accredited courses.

Scope

This policy applies to all nationally recognised VET training products and accredited courses within the AC’s scope of registration, all staff involved in training design, development, delivery, support, industry consultation, and quality assurance, and all thirdparty partners delivering training on behalf of AC.

Policy

Policy Principles 
Quality Training and Assessment 
All training should be engaging, well structured, and supports learners to progress through their course, and enables students to attain nationally recognised, industry relevant competencies, per ASQA Outcome Standard-Quality Area 1.  

Training must: 

1. Meet with the requirements of the training product/accredited course. 
2. Provide sufficient time for instruction, practice, feedback and assessment. 
3. Support learners with logical sequencing that encourages progression.  

Industry Engagement 
Training design and delivery should be informed systematically by ongoing engagement with industry, employers, and community stakeholders to ensure relevance to current workplace practices.  

Industry engagement evidence must demonstrate: 

1. How industry input has shaped training content, delivery strategies, resources, and assessment. 
2. Alignment with real-world job skills and workforce needs.  

Support for Learners 
Per ASQA Quality Area 2, students must be provided with timely information about training pathways, requirements, expectations, and support services, before and during enrolment. AC’s training will include support appropriate to individual learner needs and inclusive practices for supporting diversity, wellbeing, and student safety. 

Trainer and Assessor Requirements 
Per ASQA Quality Area 3, training may only be delivered by trainers and assessors who: 

1. are credentialled according to the Credential Policy; 
2. maintain industry currency and ongoing professional development; and 
3. are allocated to training based on qualifications, experience, and skills.  

Where staff are working under direction, AC will ensure:  

1. Clear supervision arrangements. 
2. No independent assessment judgements are made by unqualified staff.  

Training Resources, Facilities, and Equipment 
All training products must have sufficient, safe, accessible, fit for purpose training facilities, current and industry relevant equipment and resources, and learning materials contextualised for industry and learner cohort needs 

 

Training Design and Development 
Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) 
A course-level Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) must be developed, checked, and filed before commencing delivery. The TAS must include key elements such as, training product requirements and delivery structure, pathways, learner profile and support services, delivery mode, volume of learning, assessment approach, and resources, facilities, and trainer requirements relevant to the delivery instance.  

Volume of Learning and Training Structure 
The appropriate volume of learning requirements needs to be met for each delivery instance per AQF specifications, and that the amount of training is justified for specific student cohorts and sufficient to support competency achievement.  

Contextualisation 
Units of competency may be contextualised to meet industry and learner needs without altering required elements or performance criteria. However, any contextualisation must comply with training package contextualisation rules and be supported by industry consultation evidence and documentation. 

 

Training Delivery Requirements 
Third Party Delivery 
Where third parties deliver training, AC maintains full responsibility for quality and compliance, including assuring that facilities, trainers, resources, and training methods used meet the relevant standards. 

Workplace Training 
If training occurs in the workplace, appropriate supervision arrangements must be in place, as well as relevant workplace facilities, equipment, and tasks align with the training product requirements. 

Assessment 
Assessment must be fair, valid, reliable, and consistent with training product requirements. Quality of assessments must be assured through risk-based validation and credentialled validators.  

Learner Progress and Monitoring 
Students must be supported by monitoring learner progress through formative checks and feedback, structured sequencing, flexible support strategies for learners who fall behind, and other support services available to the wider AC student community. 

Continuous Improvement 
Collect and analyse relevant data such as student feedback (e.g., VET Learner Experience Survey, unit feedback), industry feedback, training outcomes data (including completion and employment outcomes), validation findings, risk assessments, trainer/assessor feedback, and annual program reports, to inform improvements in training design, delivery and support. 

Transition of Training Products 
When the qualification or course in which students are enrolled is superseded/deleted/expired, students must be informed promptly and provided with clear guidance on their next steps.  

Related legislation

Outcome Standards Instrument 2025 - specifically Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1-3.3, 4;

Compliance Requirements Instrument 2025 - specifically Section 14 (transitions);

Credential Policy;

National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011;

Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2021 (for accredited courses);

Australian Qualifications Framework;

Relevant WHS legislation for training delivery;

Copyright Act 1968 for training materials

Related documents

• Industry Engagement Procedure 
• Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) templates 
• Student Handbooks 

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Procedures

VET Training and Delivery Procedures

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