Do the rules differ for school-based apprenticeships under competency based completion?
No. Competency based completion requirements apply to all apprenticeships including those under school-based arrangements. However RTOs in conjunction with employers and apprentices need to consider the capacity of a school based apprentice in developing, practicing and achieving complex skills to the required industry standard within the time frame available as part of school based arrangements. This means that the Training Plan should reflect a selection of units that all three parties think is reasonable for the apprentice to demonstrate in the workplace so that the employer can confirm achievement, within the time frames for reporting as part of the relevant senior secondary certificate. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) advises that in order to ensure that vocational education and training (VET) unit completion results are included in a students final result for the current year the results will need to be entered on the VASS (Victorian Assessment Software S
