THE WORKERS IN TRANSITION PROGRAM Sample Clauses

THE WORKERS IN TRANSITION PROGRAM. The Victorian Government supports retrenched workers by providing individuals with the opportunity to build on their current skills or retrain through the Workers in Transition program (WiTP). The program aims to efficiently transition workers facing retrenchment to alternative employment with minimal disruption to economic participation through the application of appropriate training strategies. WiTP provides retrenched individuals with access to government subsidised training if they do not meet the ‘up-skilling’ requirement of the Victorian Training Guarantee. Retrenched individuals taking part in the program are provided with a WiTP letter from the Department which refers them to the RTO. Individuals can obtain this letter from a DEECD Regional Market Facilitation Manager. Details of the Department’s Regional Market Facilitation Managers can be found at: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/Xxxxx/xxxx.xxxx 18.1 To set out the RTO’s roles and responsibilities with respect to administering assistance to retrenched individuals who have been referred to the RTO as part of the Workers in Transition program. 18.2 The RTO will work with individuals or groups of retrenched workers referred to them under the Workers in Transition program to ensure their current skills are assessed/recognised in order to access appropriate government subsidised training in recognised qualifications. 18.3 Individuals referred under this program should be encouraged to undertake training in a skills shortage occupation or for jobs where there are demonstrated local or regional employment opportunities. 18.4 The RTO must: a) Screen referred individuals to determine the vocational interests of the student; b) Provide career advice to referred individuals; c) Assess referred individuals’ eligibility for a government subsidised training place under the Victorian Training Guarantee; and d) Enrol referred individuals in accordance with the requirements set out in the 18.5 Where the RTO (Approved RPL Provider List RTOs only) delivers government subsidised recognition of prior learning (RPL) to referred individuals, the RTO agrees to: a) 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. b) make every reasonable...
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