131025 ps-ritc industry template for stakeholder comment independent review of vet

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Independent Review of VET
Template for Industry Stakeholder
Comment
In response to the recently announced an independent review of VET, the RITC is keen to
represent the views of its stakeholders, from both industry and training providers, in a
submission to Professor Margaret Seares addressing the terms of reference.
The Terms of Reference pick up on a number of key issues for RITC stakeholders, including:
 How training providers will operate in the new environment of the student entitlement
model (which will hopefully lead to a more competitive VET market);
 Whether metropolitan and regional State Training Providers are meeting the state’s
training needs;
 Opportunities for partnerships between State Training Providers, industry,
universities and private training providers; and
 Ensuring streamlined information flows from industry and the VET sector to the
Minister.
Please provide direct feedback to Nigel Haywood at the Resources Industry Training Council
or forward your response to the below questions by Friday 22 November.
Any comments provided in this template will be treated in confidence.
Contact Information
Organisation _______________________________________________
Contact Name _______________________________________________
Phone _______________________________________________
Email _______________________________________________
1. Please give an overview of your organisation:
2. Do you operate in regional Western Australia?

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3. Please outline the nature of your engagement with the VET sector in Western
Australia:
4. What are your perceptions (if any) of the likely impact of the new VET funding
model for VET in Western Australia, Future Skills WA*:
5. Please outline your engagement (if any) with Western Australia’s education
and training providers, including metropolitan and regional State Training
Providers, private training providers and universities or other providers of
Higher Education:
6. In your experience, is training delivered meeting the needs of industry?
a. If not, can you identify any strategies to improve this?
7. Are you satisfied with the quality of training delivered?
a. If not, can you identify any strategies to improve this?

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8. What are your perceptions around the VET sector’s responsiveness to a
demonstrated industry need, in terms of time taken to develop a response to
the identified needs and provider capability?
a. Can you identify any strategies to improve this responsiveness?
9. Please outline the nature of your engagement (if any) with the Department of
Training and Workforce Development:
* Future Skills WA is the new Western Australian entitlement model which will change the way VET is
funded in Western Australia form 1 January 2014. Under Future Skills WA, eligible students will be
guaranteed a government-subsidised training place in a range of priority training programs. For
further information, please click here.