Short Course Training Project

What this project is about

This project focuses on short-duration training courses critical to the cranes, scaffolding, working at height, elevated work platforms, and wheels, tracks, and rollers (WTR) work activities. These courses are essential for ensuring workers in high-risk environments are equipped with the skills and knowledge to perform their roles safely and effectively.

Current training and assessment practices within these courses are falling short of meeting the expected outcomes of the standards or the expectations of industry. This gap is affecting both the quality of training and the confidence of employers in the competency of graduates.

In 2024, to address this, we worked hard to understand the size of the issue.  We completed a number of discovery activities, including visits to providers to observe course delivery, targeted post-assessment moderation of relevant unit standards, and reviewed previous pre-assessment moderation applications.  We discussed our findings with industry and providers, to determine some potential solutions.  The insights we gathered during our investigative phase and our recommendations for moving forward are now published in these reports.

Short Course Guidance Webinar

We invite you to attend a webinar where we will outline the next steps and discuss the Guidance Document and its implementation.

We will share:

• A brief update on the project to date.
• The Guidance Document, including key principles, and some example guidance for unit standards.
• Outline key timelines, including:
  • Public consultation on the Guidance Document
  • When the finalised Guidance Document will be published
  • When requirements will need to be implemented in the delivery of short courses, including submission of pre-assessment moderation in the lead-up to the implementation.

We will be holding this webinar from 9 to 10 am on two days: Friday 14 March and Friday 21 March.

Your insights are crucial as we move forward, and we value your continued engagement.