A support resource for national Training Packages

Training Package Assessment Guides

These are a suite of ten guides developed in the Training Package Assessment Materials Project. The project was one of several initiatives funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) to facilitate the implementation of Training Packages and in particular New Apprenticeships.

The guides in this Training Package Assessment Materials Project aim to provide assessors and managers of assessment processes within the vocational education and training (VET) sector with a range of practical tools and resources for improving assessment practices in both on – and off-the-job situations.

• Guide 1: Training Package assessment materials kit
• Guide 2: Assessing competencies in higher qualifications
• Guide 3: Recognition resource
• Guide 4: Kit to support assessor training
• Guide 5: Candidate's Kit: Guide to assessment in New Apprenticeships
• Guide 6: Assessment approaches for small workplaces
• Guide 7: Assessment using partnership arrangements
• Guide 8: Strategies for ensuring consistency in assessment
• Guide 9: Networking for assessors
• Guide 10: Quality assurance guide for assessment.

Each guide is designed to cover a broad range of industries and VET pathways, with relevance to workplace assessors as well as those working in off-the-job and VET in Schools programs.

Printed versions of these guides are available from Australian Training Products Ltd, as single volumes or the entire set.
A CD of the set is also available.