Page 1862 - Week 06 - Thursday, 14 May 2015
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CIT, three people indicated that the CIT Solutions short course was better suited to their requirements and seven said they were no longer interested in studying Auslan at CIT.
(3) CIT cannot offer the current accredited Certificate III in Auslan in 2016 to new students. The Auslan Certificate II and Certificate III courses previously delivered by CIT expire on 31 December 2015. Applicants must have successfully completed the Certificate II in Auslan or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills before being accepted into the Certificate III course.
(4) The accredited Auslan course delivered by CIT expires at the end of 2015. A project considering the reaccreditation for the Auslan qualifications has commenced, coordinated by deafConnect Ed (Victoria) and Government Skills Australia. CIT is monitoring the outcome of this process. It is up to each TAFE institution to manage the delivery of its courses.
(5) CIT is not in a position to ensure “certification” is continued for the current Auslan courses. The Auslan program was developed and proposed for accreditation by the Kangan Institute in Victoria. It was accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority until 31 December 2015. The Kangan Institute ceased teaching the Auslan program in 2013. Reaccreditation of the Auslan courses is a matter for the Victorian consortium (including deafConnect Ed) which has taken over delivery of the Auslan program and Government Skills Australia.
(6) The majority of non fee-for-service courses offered by CIT are part of nationally recognised training packages, whereas the Auslan program was accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. The Industry Skills Councils responsible for national training packages usually have any new training package in place before the review date of outdated training packages.
(7) Funding for Auslan training is included in CIT’s yearly Training Profile referred to in the Statement of Intent agreed with Government and funded through budget appropriation. The Training Profile is a listing of courses on offer in the forthcoming academic year and an estimate of the training hours to be provided for each course.
(a) Over the past few years CIT has allocated between 7,000 and 10,000 training hours to Auslan.
(b) The funding covers training hours (as described above) not a number of students. Students enrol in individual Auslan units. A student might enrol in only one unit in a program, or several units. Some students have progressed to complete an entire program, such as the Certificate II in Auslan. Training hours for Auslan are relatively small based on low student demand and low unit and program completion rates.
(c) The funding allocated under CIT’s yearly Training Profile is provided by the ACT Government through the ACT budget.
(d) If the CIT does not offer a course, any funds allocated for that course may be redistributed to other courses in high demand.
(8) CIT estimates that total direct teaching delivery costs to run the accredited Auslan programs are in the order of $100,000 per annum with additional support costs in terms of supervision, teaching resources, teaching support, curriculum support etc. on top of the direct teaching component.
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