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New Good Practice Guide for Training Product Developers

In 2020, the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) completed a review of the impact of COVID-19 on mandatory workplace requirements (MWR) in training products. One of its findings was a lack of clarity and consistency in the descriptions of these requirements, leading to delivery issues and confusion among training product users.

The AISC has implemented several actions to support students, Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and employers. Following focus group discussions last year with stakeholders including Industry Reference Committees (IRCs) and the Training Package Quality Assurance Panel, the AISC has approved a MWR Good Practice Guide.

The MWR Good Practice Guide (The Guide) aims to provide consistency and clarity to training product developers when determining, justifying, and drafting MWR for inclusion in training products.

The Guide is framed around five good practice principles to apply when developing training products:

1. Necessary – based on needs expressed by industry
2. Achievable – able to be implemented by RTOs and employers
3. Justified – based on valid rationale
4. Defined – clearly stated in the training product
5. Supported – backed by support information and guidance

Read more about the principles of the Good Practice Guide here.

Date posted May 5, 2022