COURSE OVERVIEW:

Welcome to the Integrate Foundation Skills into Vocational Training course. This course is designed to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively integrate foundation skills, such as language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN), into vocational training. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to enhance your learners' vocational competence through targeted instructional strategies that address their foundation skills needs.

To begin, we will explore how to determine the foundation skills essential to vocational competence as outlined in the training specification. This involves identifying the critical LLN skills required for successful performance in specific vocational roles.

Interpreting the level of identified LLN skills is crucial for tailoring your training approach. You will learn to use formal frameworks, validated tools, and other sources of information to accurately assess your learners' LLN levels. Understanding how these skills relate to employment requirements will enable you to design training that directly supports learners' job readiness.

Developing a foundation skills profile of the learner group is a key step in customising your instructional strategies. By analysing the learners' existing skills and needs, you can plan and implement targeted training interventions. We will discuss various instructional strategies relevant to the vocational context that can be used to address identified foundation skills.

Accessing specialist advice and support is sometimes necessary to ensure the effectiveness of your strategies. This course will guide you on when and how to seek expert input to enhance your integrated delivery approach.

Planning the vocational training sequence involves integrating selected instructional strategies that explicitly address the foundation skills requirements. You will learn how to design a coherent training plan that aligns with the training specification and supports learners' skill development.

Delivering training using the selected instructional strategies tailored to the learner group's profile is the next critical step. You will gain practical skills in delivering training that not only covers vocational competencies but also strengthens foundation skills.

Building a personal record of successful training and assessment practices is important for continuous improvement. We will cover techniques for documenting and reflecting on your practices to support ongoing learner development.

Reviewing the effectiveness of your selected instructional strategies and adjusting your training and assessment methods as needed is crucial for maintaining high standards. You will learn how to evaluate your strategies and make informed adjustments to improve learner outcomes.

Identifying opportunities to improve the planning process will help you strengthen the integration of foundation skills into your training practice. This course will also highlight avenues for further professional development to keep your skills current and effective.

You will gain insights into identifying foundation skills content within a training specification relevant to a vocational area, ensuring that your training is aligned with industry standards.

Understanding the components of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and Core Skills for Work (CSfW) is essential for analysing training and assessment materials. You will learn how to use these frameworks in planning and implementing training that meets the required standards.

Instructional strategies that address foundation skills in vocational training will be a key focus, providing you with practical methods to integrate these skills into your teaching.

Finally, we will explore techniques for evaluating your own training and assessment practice, helping you to continuously improve and adapt your approach to meet the evolving needs of your learners and the vocational context.

This course aims to empower you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to effectively integrate foundation skills into vocational training, enhancing both learner outcomes and vocational competence.

This course is designed to align with the content outlined in the Nationally Recognised Unit of Competency TAELLN413.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

·       Determine the foundation skills in the training specification that are essential to vocational competence

·       Interpret the level of identified language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills using formal frameworks and validated tools and other sources of information

·       Establish how the LLN skills relate to the skills needed for employment

·       Develop a foundation skills profile of the learner group

·       Analyse instructional strategies relevant to the vocational context for use in addressing identified foundation skills

·       Access specialist advice and support as necessary to guide selection of strategies for integrated delivery

·       Plan the vocational training sequence, integrating the selected instructional strategies that explicitly address the foundation skills requirements of the training specification

·       Use instructional strategies relevant to the profile of the learner group

·       Deliver training using selected instructional strategies to develop required foundation skills

·       Build a personal record of successful training and assessment practices that support learners’ foundation skills development and vocational competence

·       Review effectiveness of selected instructional strategies and adjust training and assessment strategies accordingly

·       Identify opportunities to improve planning process to strengthen integration of foundation skills into own training practice

·       Access opportunities for further professional development

·       Identify foundation skills content within a training specification in a relevant vocational area

·       The foundation skills that are essential to workplace competence in a particular vocational context

·       The components of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and Core Skills for Work relevant to analysing training and assessment materials, and how to use them when planning and implementing training        

·       How to Use ACSF and CSfW in Training Planning and Implementation

·       Instructional strategies that address foundation skills in vocational training

·       The techniques used for evaluating own training and assessment practice

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.