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NCVER Vocational Voices Podcast

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Recently Artibus Innovation CEO David Morgan joined Professor John Buchanan, Simon Walker, and Steve Davis for a conversation about vocational clusters and how they could work in vocational education and training. The episode is now available - details below.

Episode 4, Season 5: Rationalising VET qualifications: support for a clustered model

Steve Davis, Simon Walker, Prof John Buchanan, David Morgan 2 December 2020 (31 mins)

Are there too many underutilised qualifications in the Australian VET system? Are some qualifications past their expiration date?

One method of reducing qualifications involves grouping them into vocational clusters so individuals can train for several jobs at once. This approach also creates greater transferability of skills in the labour market.

Do we have the appetite for such transformative change? Is there a role for good quality training that may sit outside the formal national training system?

Steve Davis talks to Professor John Buchanan, Business School, University of Sydney, David Morgan, CEO, Artibus Innovation and Simon Walker, Managing Director, NCVER about the notion of ‘clustering’ qualifications into vocational streams for a range of occupations and how it could be achieved.

The Vocational Voices Podcast is available on the NCVER website

CPCCWHS1001- Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

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Webinars

On behalf of the Construction, Plumbing and Services IRC, Artibus Innovation is reviewing and updating two of the training package components of the above unit of competency. CPCCWHS1001 underpins the issuing of a ‘white card’.  The components being considered are the assessment conditions and the companion volume implementation guide. Further detail is available here.

Artibus Innovation will be holding webinars to discuss this review at 2.00 pm AEDT on:

Thursday 17th December 2020
Thursday 21st January 2021

Click on your preferred date to register.  After registering you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.

The proposed changes are now available for review and comment here until 1 February 2021.

Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package update NOW LIVE

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CPC Release 5.0 is now available on the
National Register
This includes the latest qualifications in:

  • Brick and Block / Stonemasonry 
  • Building and Construction 
  • Construction Pathways
  • Carpentry and Joinery 
  • Completion Services 
    • Construction Waterproofing
    • Roof Tiling
    • Solid Plastering
    • Wall and Ceiling Lining
    • Wall and Floor Tiling
  • Demolition
  • High Risk Work
    • Rigging
    • Scaffolding
    • Steelfixing
    • Construction Crane Operations
  • Painting and Decorating
  • Plumbing and Fire Services
  • Swimming Pool and Spa Building
  • Concreting
  • Shopfitting

Pending Ministerial Approval, CPC Release 6.0 should soon follow which includes:

  • Building Surveying
  • BIM. The addition of three Building Information Modelling units; CPCBIM4001 Plan to comply with BIM requirements for construction work, CPCBIM4002 Use BIM processes to carry out construction work and CPCBIM4003 Contribute to BIM deliverables for construction work as general elective units for:
    • CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction and
    • CPC50320 Diploma of Building and Construction (Management)

Should you have any questions or comments about the latest releases please email us and Artibus Innovation will respond as soon as possible.

Update on CPC and CPP Training Package releases

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The Property Services and Construction, Plumbing and Services Industry Reference Committees have reviewed the upcoming releases to ensure, where possible, that the latest version of an imported unit is used. The CPC components will be under Release 5 and Building Design will be CPP Release 11.0.

  • CPC
    • Brick and Block / Stonemasonry
    • Building and Construction
    • Construction Pathways
    • Carpentry and Joinery
    • Completion Services
      • Construction Waterproofing
      • Roof Tiling
      • Solid Plastering
      • Wall and Ceiling Lining
      • Wall and Floor Tiling
    • Demolition
    • High Risk Work
      • Rigging
      • Scaffolding
      • Steelfixing
    • Construction Crane Operations
    • Painting and Decorating
    • Plumbing and Fire Services
    • Swimming Pool and Spa Building
    • Concreting
    • Shopfitting
  • CPP
    • Building Design

The components of these projects are undergoing a final proof-read before going live on training.gov.au, which is anticipated before the end of next week.

The following endorsed projects are awaiting Ministerial sign-off and will be also added to the register in the very near future:

  • Building Information Modelling (CPC) – to be added as general elective units to:
    • CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction and
    • CPC50320 Diploma of Building and Construction (Management)
  • Building Surveying (CPC)
  • Surveying and Spatial Information Services (CPP)

In line with Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy, the CPP and CPC qualifications already on the national register will have imported equivalent elective units updated but not the core or non-equivalent elective units. A full review is required to update these components.

Companion Volume Implementation Guides Draft User Manuals

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We’ve been working on ways to make the Companion Volume Implementation Guides (CVIG) more useful across the various stakeholder groups, and so have been developing an online User Manual to assist. Our main focus is on improving ease of access to the information contained within the CVIGs, as well as including supporting materials provided by stakeholders. There are a range of users who rely on the CVIG, so we have tailored the User Manuals to meet these various needs by dividing the CVIGs by user group.

The 2 key aspects to the draft User Manuals are the breakdown of information by user group and the addition of supporting information.

The breakdown of the CVIG material by user group is aimed at streamlining navigation through to the most relevant material. A full version of the recent CVIG is contained in the first tab, so you have easy reference to it at all times.

The addition of supporting materials is intended to aid interpretation and delivery. At the moment, additional materials are included in the text, but we are anticipating featuring them more prominently, and attributing all extra materials to the individual or organisation who provided it.

The user manual is very much a work in progress, and we need your input – tell us what you think works, what doesn’t, and what you’d like to see added.

To do this, go to the CVIG User feedback survey here, where you’ll find links through to the draft CPC and CPP CVIG User Manuals as well as the feedback form. Your responses will be invaluable in further developing and finalising the structure and the content of the CVIG User Manuals.

Strata Community Management

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The AISC has approved a review of the Strata Community Management qualifications.  This review will focus on the relevance and demand for qualifications in this sector and will consider the following:

  • updating and improving CPP40516 Certificate IV in Strata Community Management
  • regulatory changes (both to licensing for strata managers and related legislative change for the built environment)
  • growing demand for skilled strata managers to meet the needs of increasing urban density and residential property development resulting in burgeoning numbers of strata schemes requiring management
  • deletion of CPP30416 Certificate III in Strata Community Management (as directed by the AISC)
  • further industry consultation on the deletion of CPP50316 Diploma in Strata Community Management (as directed by the AISC)

Stakeholder feedback is sought, in particular around how the Certificate IV in Strata Community Management can be improved and modernised to suit current industry requirements.  Further information is available at the project page on the Artibus Innovation website.

Newly endorsed training products

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These projects were endorsed at the October 2020 meeting of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) and will be available on training.gov.au in the near future.

Construction, Plumbing and Services

  • Building Information Modelling (3 units of competency, 1 skill set)
  • Building Surveying (1 updated qualification, 1 skill set)

Property Services

  • Surveying and Spatial Information Services (6 updated qualifications)

Pending update to National Register

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We appreciate the patience of stakeholders who are awaiting the release of endorsed CPC and CPP training package materials onto the National Register.

We have been working with the Department of Education, Skills and Employment to synchronise training package releases to minimise the use of superseded units of competency in newly released qualifications.  Both the Property Services and Construction, Plumbing and Services Industry Reference Committees are finalising consideration of BSB and HLT units which are called upon either as Core units or non-equivalent elective units to ensure they are still fit for purpose.

Imported elective units, which remain equivalent, have been updated and will be reflected in the qualifications.

We anticipate National Register updates to the Property Services and Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Packages will take place around mid-November.

The Silica Safety Project is now underway

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We’re getting started on our Silica project here at Artibus Innovation, looking into the best ways of addressing the hazards of Silica exposure in the Construction training package.

If you’re interested in being involved, or have information you’d like to share, get in touch with our Silica Safety Project Manager Charles Donnelly at charles@artibus.com.au

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