Foundation Skills

Warning: This post contains jargon!  It is for people with an interest in the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.  Read at your own risk! What survey!? In September I invited various TAE providers to complete a survey.  The survey asked respondents about their hopes and dreams...

'Skills Urgency' is the title of the Australian Industry Group’s most recent report on the skill needs of Australian employees.  The report aims to prompt discussion about big changes the AIG suggests are needed to build employee skills in Australia.  The AIG states that: “A cocktail...

This is my first post of 2019. It is long overdue, but the fact is, I simply haven't had the time to write before now.  This is because, since January, much of my time has been spent training and assessing TAE upgrades. The deadline for completing the...

This post is written by my colleague, Ann Leske. Ann and I work together on a joint venture called, LLN and VET Meeting Place.  Lately, we have received loads of questions and cries for help from RTOs who want to 'do LLN right'.  They are looking...

This post is by Ann Leske, Literacy expert from LLNandVETmeetingplace:If developing learners’ foundation skills is important to you or your RTO, this post will give you some practical ways to get started.Before we start, if you are new to foundation skills, background information about the national...

Help ACER trial FSAT!Who is ACER?ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) is looking for RTOs and learners to help them trial the new, FSAT (Foundation Skills Assessment Tool).What is FSAT?FSAT will be a free, online LLN assessment tool.  ACER has had their top LLN people...

What is included?TAELLN411 assessment tool version 2.1, including:Assessment bookletInstructions for use and marking guideCompetency matrixTemplates for participants to use when completing assessmentValidation record. All new learning materials for TAELLN411, including:Participant manualLearning activities bookletImplementation guidePowerPoint presentationLLN case...