Foundation skills are basic skills that people require in order to be employable, such as reading, writing, communication and basic numeracy skills.
This skill set focuses on the ability to recognise foundation skill requirements in nationally recognised training programs, and to provide the right support, whether in a work, learning, or assessment setting.
It’s designed for vocational education and training (VET) teachers, trainers, and assessors.
These units provide credit towards TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
This skill set is primarily used by teachers of the FSK – Foundation Skills Training Package.
If you teach and assess FSK units of competency, there is a requirement to hold what was previously the TAESS00009 Address Foundation Skills in Vocational Practice Skill Set. The current equivalent of TAESS00009 is this skill set; the TAESS00026.
It is important to note that competence in this skill set does not indicate that a person is a qualified specialist adult language, literacy or numeracy practitioner.
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This Skill-set is made up of 3 units. These are outlined below with a brief description of how you’re assessed.
In this unit the individual must support people’s core skills development in 2 training sessions and 2 assessment events.
In this unit the individual must use foundational skill resources, training strategies and advice at least once, during training or assessment delivery.
In this unit you must integrate employability skill support into 2 training sessions and 2 assessments.
Duration: up to 6 months to complete, however many participants complete this skill set in a matter of weeks, if they are already experienced.
You might notice that each unit involves training and assessment. In this course, we will observe you delivering training. This is typically via video recording. You can link these assessments together too, so the training sessions you conduct can be used for all 3 units.
We will also ask you questions and have you analysing units of competency to determine their foundation skills.
If you are involved in teaching/assessing anything from the FSK – Foundation Skills Training Package – yes.
In November 2019 version 2.o of the FSK – Foundation Skills Training Package was released. With it came new requirements for anyone teaching and assessing units from this training package.
Previously, like most other VET courses, FSK trainers just needed the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus industry skills and experience.
It includes three qualifications:
These are quite basic, entry level qualifications typically designed for individuals who need to develop foundation skills to access a further vocational learning pathway.
They must:
Where did we get this from? Each FSK unit of competency has it in the Assessment Conditions section – see an example here (scroll right down to the end of the document).
If you hold TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy and numeracy skills, and either the TAE40110, TAE40116 or TAE40122 then there is likely to be Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for you.
There are two sections we want you to read, understand and be comfortable with before enrolling with us:
To enrol into a Training and Assessment qualification with Accellier you must:
Your computer or laptop (this is just a rough guide) should be reasonably modern and you should have an up to date web browser such as Firefox or Google Chrome. It will need to have a word-processing application such as Microsoft Word or access to Google Docs. Generally speaking if you can see and hear YouTube-style videos then you’ll be able to take full advantage of our resources.
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