Training Packages Overview
What is a Training Package?
A Training Package is a nationally endorsed and recognised set of integrated components for
training and assessment for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise
that can be used for developing and recognising people’s
competencies.
Each Training Package is made up of three key
components endorsed by the National Quality Council (NQC). These ‘endorsed
components’ are the Competency Standards, the Assessment Guidelines and the
Qualifications Framework. When we talk about ‘Training Packages’, we mean these
nationally endorsed components.
When you use Training Packages for training and assessment leading to
nationally recognised qualifications, you must use the endorsed components—they provide the
benchmarks for training and assessment and the rules you must follow in
assessing competency and issuing qualifications.
However, you need more than these endorsed components to
provide adequate learning and assessment services—you also need a range of
resources to facilitate the teaching, learning and assessment processes. These
are referred to as the ‘Training Package support materials’ and can include
learner guides, assessment tools, professional development materials, trainee
record books and so on.
Trainers and assessors have the freedom to choose which
particular Training Package support materials they use to meet the outcomes of
the Training Package and the needs of clients. They can select support materials
from a range of sources including from the Training Package developer or other
organisations that develop resources, or they can design or adapt their own
support materials.
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