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Training & Assessment Glossary (for TAA40104 & TAA50104)
The following glossary is intended to be of assistance to TAA40104 (Certificate IV in Training & Assessment) & TAA50104 (Diploma in Training & Assessment) candidates:
AAC: Australian Apprenticeships Centres (AAC) are contracted by the Australian Government. Staff help complete and lodge the training contract. They also provide general information about apprenticeships and traineeships and process claims for employer incentive and apprentice or trainee allowances.
Accredited course: A group of modules established to meet an industry training need which is not covered by a qualification.
Appeal process: A process whereby the person being assessed, or other interested party, such as an employer, may dispute the outcome of an assessment and seek reassessment.
Apprenticeship: A structured employment based training program that leads to apprentices becoming qualified tradespersons and gaining a nationally recognised qualification. Apprenticeships are established by the Minister, through a Parliamentary process and may be full-time, part-time or school-based.
AQF: The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a unified system of national qualifications in schools, vocational education and training and the higher education sector
AQTF: The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) is the national set of standards which assures nationally consistent, high quality training and assessment services for the clients of Australia’s vocational education and training system.
Assessment instruments: Course-specific materials used to conduct and record a particular assessment, including materials to be filled in by learners. Some of these can be customisable templates.
Attrition rate: The proportion of students starting who discontinue through withdrawal, dropping out, etc.
Audit: A systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining evidence to determine whether the activities and related outcomes of a training organisation comply with the Australian Quality Training Framework Standards for Registered Training Organisations.
Certificates I–IV: A set of qualifications awarded in the vocational education and training sector and recognised Read the rest of this entry »
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Students studying one of the Business Services Training Package (BSB07) certificate or diploma qualifications occasionally ask how useful the course will be towards attaining a place on a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. Unfortunately there is no simple answer due to a number of factors:
Not All MBA Courses are EqualGood MBA schools are expensive to attend and provide an excellent education. The majority of MBA schools however are of a poor quality and are quite simply a waste of time (i.e. job advancement after attaining an MBA won’t be forthcoming and the course content will be inadequate). When selecting a MBA school to attend it is always a good idea to attend one of the best. There are two means of discovering the worth of an MBA school; rankings and accreditation;
- Rankings: Ranking of MBA schools and programs is a contentious issue as the means of ranking and interpretation of data is sometimes questionable. The most respected rankings are those by the Financial Times, The Economist and Businessweek. Choose a school or program ranked in the in the top 50 to be guaranteed of a good MBA program.
- Accreditation: There are three major MBA accreditation bodies; EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. Accreditation by any of these three guarantees a reasonable standard of education (a few Schools such as Henley Business School are accredited by all three).
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