[vet-mm] the new TP !!!

[Silvera Weyrling]

I found this, which lists what happened to each unit
of competency: 
http://www.ibsa.org.au/downloads/CUF07_v1_mapping_summary.pdf

Interesting - looks to me like they've tried to make
the qualifications a lot more broader.

Michelle

--- Allan Barnes <abarnes at aiet.com.au> wrote:

> I’ve been checking the NTIS website periodically
> (last checked it this
> afternoon) and couldn’t find it on the site yet.
> Have you seen it there?
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> From: vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au
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> On Behalf Of Stoney, Marian Sy
> Sent: Thursday, 6 March 2008 9:18 PM
> To: vet-mm at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [vet-mm] the new TP !!!
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> Hi again listers,
> 
> sick of me yet?
> 
> It was announced today at the VCAA workshop that the
> new training package is
> out, and it spells major changes. Believe it or not,
> there will be no
> Certificate in Multimedia anymore. It will no longer
>  be under the Film, TV
> and.. (was it Radio?)...TP. It's now the Screen and
> Media TP.
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> It does NOT include the word multimedia anywhere in
> the titles of the units
> either, that I could see - I have had a quick
> glance. 
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> It's available on the NTIS site, under CUF07.
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> It includes Certificate II in Creative Industries
> (Media) which is 8 units
> (this is the only Cert II there!) and Certificate
> III in Media, which is 11
> units. The hours for each have not yet been decided
> and won't be until
> mid-year so VCAA is still unsure of how long each
> course will be. It is not
> like the Cert III encompasses the Cert II as with
> the current situation.
> They are two separate certs, although they may have
> some common content
> (such as OHS).
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> VCAA has not yet chosen the units - this will be
> done with a steering
> committee of 10 that will include representation by
> secondary teacher/s. I
> have expressed interest on behalf of PixelEd. About
> 400 hours over the two
> years is needed, so not having the hours yet is a
> real problem in the
> choosing of the units.
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> Core units in the Cert III (? or was it the Cert
> II?) that I noted down
> were:
> 
> *	Critical thinking
> *	Arts knowledge
> *	OHS
> *	Working effectively with others
> 
> Students who are currently doing Cert II WILL be
> able to complete Cert III
> under our current TP. The current TP is "superseded"
> but has not expired as
> such - apparently they don't. VCAA are hoping to get
> the new one underway
> for NEW students next year, because they are
> concerned that it is not good
> to wait until 2010 to introduce the new one, dated
> 2007.... but there is
> some chance that it may have to be 2010.
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> It may be that the hours are so great that the Unit
> 3/4 sequence may offer
> only partial completion of the Cert III. Apparently
> this happens in other
> VETiS areas. Hopefully the Cert II will be only one
> year. Possibly the Cert
> III will be done over  the two years (like the old
> Cert II in Interactive
> Multimedia (Arts)), ie it may be possible that we
> offer only  the Cert III.
> 
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> The immediately obvious issue is the loss of the
> word Multimedia in the
> title. If it were to become VET Media, we are going
> to lose students, maybe
> even schools. Why offer two Media subjects?  It
> seems a real pity to lose
> our identity and unique status, the result for many
> of us in schools of
> years of work building up a profile and a student
> following. 
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> There is a precedent for the VETiS course differing
> in name from the
> certificate name - VET Agriculture was chosen as a
> name because the
> certificate name, Rural Production, wasn't popular,
> probably a decision made
> by the steering committee. Maybe we should be coming
> up with a suggestion
> for a suitable name and proposing it to VCAA?
> 
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> On the bright side, there are two units on 3D
> animation - maybe one will
> make it into the final mix.
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