Common use of ACCESS TO THE VTG FOR RETRENCHED EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

ACCESS TO THE VTG FOR RETRENCHED EMPLOYEES. The Victorian Government supports retrenched employees by providing those from eligible businesses the opportunity to build on their current skills or retrain through the Victorian Training Guarantee. Individuals who have been retrenched from participating businesses are provided with access to government subsidised training if they do not meet the ‘up-skilling’ requirement of the Victorian Training Guarantee. Such individuals are provided with a letter of exemption from a Regional Manager, Industry Engagement from the Department, taking the form of a Training Referral Letter (dated on or after 1 January 2015). Purpose To set out the RTO’s roles and responsibilities with respect to administering assistance to retrenched employees who have been referred to the RTO with a letter of exemption from the upskilling requirement set out at Clause 2.6(b)(v) of Schedule 1 of the VET Funding Contract. Roles and Responsibilities of the RTO The RTO will work with individuals or groups of retrenched workers referred to it by a Regional Manager, Industry Engagement from the Department to ensure their current skills are assessed/recognised in order to access appropriate government subsidised training in recognised qualifications. Individuals referred to the RTO should be encouraged to undertake training in a skills shortage occupation or for jobs where there are demonstrated local or regional employment opportunities. The RTO must: Screen referred individuals to determine the vocational interests of the student; Provide career information to referred individuals; Assess referred individuals’ eligibility for a government subsidised training place under the Victorian Training Guarantee; and Enrol referred individuals in accordance with the requirements set out in the Guidelines about Determining Student Eligibility and Supporting Evidence. Recognition of Prior Learning for retrenched employees Where the RTO (Approved RPL Provider List RTOs only) delivers government subsidised recognition of prior learning (RPL) to referred individuals, the RTO agrees to: facilitate new skills acquisition by using RPL in conjunction with training. For example, where a referred individual is provided with some transferable skills to enter new industry/job and requires some training to complete a new qualification. RPL of 100% of the qualification is not supported in this case. make every reasonable effort to help improve the skill levels of retrenched Victorians to transition to new employment through the provision of relevant training advice, including that RPL should: contribute to a job outcome for unemployed/underemployed individuals; and/or support the referred individual to transfer to a new occupation/area of labour market demand with overlapping skill needs. For example, a worker retrenched due to an individual business closing (but not linked to a declining industry) requiring a qualification through RPL to stay in the same industry. In some instances, this may mean the RTO works with referring agencies or agents, such as Victorian Workforce Development Centres in Geelong, Dandenong and Broadmeadows, jobactive providers, industry associations or using other resources in the relevant region to ensure retrenched individuals are provided advice on training in an area linked to job opportunities. support job retention through RPL where accredited skills are required. For example, RPL may be used to respond to regulatory or legislative changes where a certain qualification is now required (i.e. childcare) that will help the worker to be re-employed/employed in a certain industry. RPL of 100% of the qualification is supported in this case. Evidence used to determine this requirement should be retained by the RTO. ensure that up to date information is available on course availability and prerequisite requirements, which may require RPL assessment. Associated costs should be identified, which will assist in the understanding of costs incurred by the individual at the local level without further escalation. Individuals referred under this initiative that do not meet the ‘upskilling’ requirement must be reported to the Department through the use of the Eligibility Exemption Indicator field in the monthly Student Statistical Reports to be provided under the VET Funding Contract. The RTO must report to the Department all Training Services delivered to individuals in accordance with the reporting requirements outlined in the Victorian VET Student Statistical Collection Guidelines as issued by the Department from time to time. Technical queries about reporting should be submitted through the Enquires function of the Skills Victoria Training System under the category Skills for Victoria/Funding Source Codes. AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN TRAINING INITIATIVE The Victorian Government supports employees of the Automotive Supply Chain by providing those from eligible businesses the opportunity to build on their current skills or retrain through the Victorian Training Guarantee. Individuals that are referred to training under the Automotive Supply Chain Training Initiative are provided with access to government subsidised training if they do not meet the ‘up-skilling’ requirement of the Victorian Training Guarantee. Such individuals are provided with a letter of exemption from a Regional Manager, Industry Engagement from the Department, taking the form of an Automotive Supply Chain Training Initiative letter.