[vet-mm] the new TP !!!

Fri Mar 7 13:19:49 EST 2008

Now here's a question! How will this effect VETiS. I don;t really  
want to approach my boss and break the news to him....

Stuart

On 07/03/2008, at 11:25 AM, Stoney, Marian Sy wrote:

> Thanks, interesting! Seems that screen, radio and multimedia are  
> all rolled in together as media at Cert III level and creative  
> industries (media) at Cert II level - broad and flexible, as they  
> state.
>
> From: vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Silvera Weyrling
> Sent: Thu 6/03/2008 10:16 PM
> To: VET Multimedia Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [vet-mm] the new TP !!!
>
> 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:
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> > 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
> > [mailto:vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > 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 !!!
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > It does NOT include the word multimedia anywhere in
> > the titles of the units
> > either, that I could see - I hav! e had a quick
> > glance.
> >
> >
> >
> > It 's available on the NTIS site, under CUF07.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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).
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > It may be that the hours are so g! reat 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > There is a precedent for the VETiS course differing
> > in name from the
> > certificate name - VET Agriculture was cho! sen 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?
> >
> >
> >
> > On the bright side, there are two units on 3D
> > animation - maybe one will
> > make it into the final mix.
> >
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