NUMBER: 2014 / 10 / 01 TO: Learn Local organisations Education Learn Local stakeholders Institutions ALL – Participation Branch FROM: Verna Kearney, A/Director, Participation Branch DATE: 1 October 2014 SUBJECT: Improving pre-accredited data quality ACTIONS: To support the accurate calculation of Learn Local sector activity, all Learn Local Organisations registered with the ACFE Board must improve their SVTS data by: i) Identifying only as Training Organisation type Community-based Adult Education Provider’; ‘61: ii) Removing any course-level information that is attached to pre-accredited modules; and iii) Applying new module codes when a new year commences. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The importance of pre-accredited data quality Promotion of the Learn Local sector’s achievements relies on accurate training activity data. That data informs the Department’s Training Market Reports, Regional Reports and Industry Reports. The data is used in briefings to Government Ministers, the ACFE Board, Regional Councils and the Commonwealth Government. The ACFE Board also uses Learn Local data in its Annual Report to the Victorian Parliament. The Department has found it cannot accurately represent all Learn Local achievement due to three data quality issues. To resolve sector-wide issues, the following reporting improvements now apply to all Learn Local Organisations that are registered with the ACFE Board (LLOs). 1. Undercounting the Learn Local provider population Some Learn Local RTOs identify as RTOs’ in their data reporting. This can lead the ‘Private Department to undercount i) the total LLO population, and ii) the respective pre-accredited and accredited training activity of Learn Local RTOs, when reporting the Learn Local sector’s achievements to its stakeholders. Action LLOs are required to report the Training Organisation Type Identifier Code Adult Education Provider as their Training Organisation Type Identifier. This will not impact any LLO’s reporting of accredited delivery for the Victorian Training Guarantee. Consistent identification with Training Organisation Type Identifier Code 61 will enable the accurate reporting of the Learn Local sector’s pre-accredited and accredited activity.
NUMBER: 2014 / 10 / 01 TO: Learn Local organisations – ALL Education Institutions Learn Local stakeholders Participation Branch FROM: Verna Kearney, A/Director, Participation Branch DATE: 1 October 2014 SUBJECT: Improving pre-accredited data quality ACTIONS: To support the accurate calculation of Learn Local sector activity, all Learn Local Organisations registered with the ACFE Board must improve their SVTS data by: i) Identifying only as Training Organisation type ‘61: Community-based Adult Education Provider’; ii) Removing any course-level information that is attached to pre-accredited modules; and iii) Applying new module codes when a new year commences. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The importance of pre-accredited data quality Promotion of the Learn Local sector’s achievements relies on accurate training activity data. That data informs the Department’s Training Market Reports, Regional Reports and Industry Reports. The data is used in briefings to Government Ministers, the ACFE Board, Regional Councils and the Commonwealth Government. The ACFE Board also uses Learn Local data in its Annual Report to the Victorian Parliament. The Department has found it cannot accurately represent all Learn Local achievement due to three data quality issues. To resolve sector-wide issues, the following reporting improvements now apply to all Learn Local Organisations that are registered with the ACFE Board (LLOs). 1. Undercounting the Learn Local provider population Some Learn Local RTOs identify as ‘Private RTOs’ in their data reporting. This can lead the Department to undercount i) the total LLO population, and ii) the respective pre-accredited and accredited training activity of Learn Local RTOs, when reporting the Learn Local sector’s achievements to its stakeholders. Action LLOs are required to report the Training Organisation Type Identifier Code Adult Education Provider as their Training Organisation Type Identifier. This will not impact any LLO’s reporting of accredited delivery for the Victorian Training Guarantee. Consistent identification with Training Organisation Type Identifier Code 61 will enable the accurate reporting of the Learn Local sector’s pre-accredited and accredited activity.