Well, I'm using my DragonDictate software to dictate these notes. It is late at night, so I am sure there are going to be a number of mistakes.

The comments in this section are not really about the course but about what happens after we finish the course. 

More specifically for those of us who work in government, I considered how we could best communicate the fact that we have this qualification to colleagues in our agency or in fact, in other agencies across the Northern Territory government.

It occurred to me that we probably don't have a register of certificate four training and assessment qualified government officers and that maintaining such a register might be a good idea. From a whole of government point of view, it would be best if DCIS maintained such a register. Maybe we just need a nationwide register.

Then of course there is the situation that someone who is a qualified certificate four trainer or assessor must deliver his or her training under the auspices of a registered training organization otherwise the participants will not receive a qualification recognized under the VET system.

It appeared to me that there was an opportunity for collaboration between registered training organisations and those qualified to deliver training within the government.

The proposal

A government employee who holds a certificate four in training and assessment delivers a recognized training package under the auspices of a registered training organisation to a group of students within their government organisation.

The course is delivered to accepted standards expected and set down by the registered training organisation which is in turn dictated by the AQTF.

By administering this training course the registered training organisation derives income in the form of an administration fee. 

There would appear to be four winners in this equation.

Firstly, the government agency is able to use its own staff to deliver certain courses that have existing training packages.

Secondly, the government employee who is a trainer, has the opportunity to deliver certificate courses within a recognized VET system and by doing so gains in experience and adds to their resume. By being associated with registered training organisation, the government employee has the opportunity to keep their skills current as they would be required to if they were in fact working full-time Ron contract basis for the registered training organisation.

Thirdly, as the courses are delivered under the auspices of a registered training organisation, students who attend the course and reach the required level of competence will receive a formal and recognized qualification.

Fourthly, the registered training organisation is compensated for the effort that they put into the course administration. Given that we are talking about courses that the registered training organisation would not normally run anyway, it would not be cannibalising their existing market. By maintaining contact with students who have graduated as registered trainers the registered training organisation has an opportunity to sell refresher courses or up-skilling courses to this group of trainers

There are additional creative opportunities, whereby the registered training organisation may have the opportunity to place extra students on the course delivered by the government officer and charge those students for the pleasure of attending the course. The income derived from that could offset the administrative fee charged by the registered training organisation all go towards purchasing resource material.

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