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Vocational Degrees Symposium In-Person Melbourne

The Vocational Degrees Symposium is your opportunity to connect with leading educators, policymakers, and industry experts as we explore the transformative potential of vocationally delivered undergraduate degrees (AQF Level 7). Discover how these qualifications - developed in close partnership with industry - are expanding access, driving innovation, and building a future-ready workforce.

Vocational Degrees Symposium

The Vocational Degrees Symposium is your opportunity to connect with leading educators, policymakers, and industry experts as we explore the transformative potential of vocationally delivered undergraduate degrees (AQF Level 7). Discover how these qualifications - developed in close partnership with industry - are expanding access, driving innovation, and building a future-ready workforce.

Interactive Virtual Workshop Masterclass: Harnessing AI for Authentic Assessment

Join us for a comprehensive 3-hour Interactive Virtual Workshop, "Harnessing AI for Authentic Assessment," designed to empower educators with the skills to create genuine and compliant assessments.

Deep Dive Webinar: A guide to conducting assessment validations

Assessment validation is a review process used to confirm that an RTO’s assessment system can and is consistently producing valid assessment judgements. This webinar delivers a pragmatic approach to conducting effective assessment validation. You will learn methods and techniques for validating assessment tools.

Deep Dive Webinar: Academic Integrity & Artificial Intelligence

This Deep Dive Webinar is a ‘must-do’ for all trainers and assessors grappling with the rapidly changing assessment landscape with AI in education.

Deep Dive Webinar: ADHD in Adults Learners (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) Symptoms, Strategies and Support

ADHD is being frequently diagnosed amongst adults and particularly women. In this chat we will investigate the symptoms of ADHD, the strategies to employ in teaching adults with ADHD and how to support them to successful outcomes.

Deep Dive Webinar: Applying Reasonable Adjustment

Presented by Sharon Griffiths, this session explores the 2025 Standards for RTOs with a focus on wellbeing, inclusion, diversity, and culturally safe practices.

Deep Dive Webinar: AVETMISS - Skills First Providers Only

Are you prepared for your year-end AVETMISS reporting? Avoid the stress by knowing what your obligations are ahead of time and getting systems and processes in place to make it run smoothly.

Deep Dive Webinar: Compliance Requirements for Trainer Industry Currency

This session will unpack a number of factors that influence the requirements for industry currency for trainers and assessors and present the formula in an easy-to-apply format.

Deep Dive Webinar: Crack the Assessment Code

Don’t let another term pass with underwhelming results and overwhelming workload. Leverage this workshop to turn your assessments from pain points into powerful learning tools, and watch learner satisfaction soar!

Deep Dive Webinar: Educator Wellbeing - Refresh & Refuel

In this interactive online workshop, you'll gain insights into how the brain and body respond to stress and learn practical techniques to reduce stress for yourself and your students. Discover the fundamentals of stress, explore effective stress reduction strategies, and learn how to implement these techniques in your daily routine.

Deep Dive Webinar: Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusivity in Vocational Programs

This session will highlight the importance of accessibility and inclusivity, identify common barriers, and provide practical solutions such as implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, leveraging assistive technologies, and fostering inclusive curricula.

Deep Dive Webinar: Essential Insights for Good Slide Design

Join us for this engaging session where we draw from the latest VET research and contemporary cognitive load theories applied to PowerPoint design. Learn what your learners really think and see firsthand the impact of slide design on engagement and outcomes.

Deep Dive Webinar: Going Live with the Standards

The session will dive into self-assurance models, explore best practice for monitoring/measuring success and provide participants with confidence that they have a solid plan for implementation.

Deep Dive Webinar: How to unpack qualification packaging rules

This webinar provides a comprehensive 9-step process to effectively unpack and understand these rules.

Deep Dive Webinar: How to Unpack Qualification Packaging Rules

Join us as we walk you through a detailed 9-step process designed to help you effectively unpack and understand the intricate qualification packing rules. Whether you're new to the concept or looking to deepen your understanding, this Deep Dive Webinar will provide valuable insights and practical guidelines to navigate these rules with confidence.

Deep Dive Webinar: How to use AI to develop training & assessment resources

Tired of spending hours developing training and assessment materials? Discover how free AI platforms streamline resource creation.

Deep Dive Webinar: Introduction to Trauma-Aware Education

This webinar aims to illuminate the complexities of trauma and its effects on learning.

Deep Dive Webinar: Micro-Credentials & Digital Badging in VET

This online session will unpack the concept of Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges. After this webinar you will develop an awareness and understanding of best practices in the VET sector and potential application in your RTO.

Deep Dive Webinar: Neurodiversity 101

This session will deepen your understanding of neurodiversity, offering practical strategies to better support and connect with these learners.

Deep Dive Webinar: Refresh and refuel (educator wellbeing)

Take a break from the day to day stresses and refresh your mind with Feren Yen for "Refresh and Refuel: Educator Well being," a webinar dedicated to helping educators manage stress and enhance their overall well being

Deep Dive Webinar: Refresh and refuel (educator wellbeing)

Take a break from the day to day stresses and refresh your mind with Feren Yen for "Refresh and Refuel: Educator Well being," a webinar dedicated to helping educators manage stress and enhance their overall well being. This introductory session is designed for trainers, assessors, team leaders, and program coordinators who are new to the topic.

Deep Dive Webinar: Risk Management for RTOs: Strategies for Mitigating Risk in a Risk Based Regulatory World

This 90 minute deep dive will unpack the regulatory framework and explore strategies for identifying, addressing and mitigating risk in your organisation.

Deep Dive Webinar: Risk-Based Self-Assurance - Aligning Frameworks with ASQA’s Regulatory Model

Join Kevin Ekendahl and Lucia Cerullo as they discuss how RTO’s should implement a Risk-Based Self-Assurance Approach and aligning it with ASQA’s Regulatory Model.

Deep Dive Webinar: RTO Standards Series: Quality Area 1 - Training & Assessment

This 90-minute webinar offers a comprehensive exploration of the new Training and Assessment requirements under the Outcome Standards, equipping participants with actionable insights into both strategic and operational implications.

Deep Dive Webinar: RTO Standards Series: Quality Area 2 - Learner Support

In this engaging 90-minute webinar, participants will explore the updated requirements for Learner Support in the Outcome Standards. With a focus on practical strategies and actionable insights, this session examines both the strategic and operational impacts of Quality Area 2.

Deep Dive Webinar: RTO Standards Series: Quality Area 3 - VET Workforce

In this focused 90-minute webinar, participants will gain critical insights into the updated requirements for the VET Workforce under the Outcome Standards, including an in-depth exploration of the Credential Policy.

Deep Dive Webinar: RTO Standards Series: Quality Area 4 - Governance

This 90-minute webinar offers a comprehensive dive into the new governance requirements under the Outcome Standards, highlighting both strategic and operational impacts for RTOs.

Deep Dive Webinar: Step 1 in supporting learners - craft a trainer introduction that captivates & builds trust

Is your self-introduction secretly sabotaging student success? Join us for this hands-on workshop where you'll discover the hidden power of your about-me introductions.

Deep Dive Webinar: Supporting CALD Learners

Learn how to build respectful relationships and create a supportive learning environment that promotes engagement and pathways to success. Join Feren Yen for this webinar, "Supporting CALD Learners," to explore how supporting CALD learners might look like in your classroom.

Deep Dive Webinar: We are MAD (Busy versus Productive behaviours)

In this 90-minute virtual workshop, Maria Andrews tackles the myths of multitasking, productiveness and encourages leaders to look at new ways of measuring productivity and the value assigned to work and performance. This workshop will give team leaders, supervisors and managers new insights into the way they assign work and set goals for performance and productivity.

FREE Webinar: Preparing Your RTO for Early Changes to the Current RTO Standards

Hybrid Workshop: Engaging learners in Foundation classes

Long days, limited language, limited literacy? No worries.

Illuminate Forum: Creating Impact in Vocational Education & Training

This collaborative event hosted by the International Specialised Skills (ISS) Institute and the VET Development Centre showcases how VSA International VET Practitioner Fellowships are ensuring Victorian vocational education reflects international best practice.

In Person Workshop: Effective Feedback & Communication

Join us for the Effective Feedback and Communication workshop, designed to help you master the essential skills for fostering better connections, boosting collaboration, and driving successful outcomes in your professional environment.

In person: Just the Strategies! A Tool Kit for Teachers

Teaching is an art. If you are finding unpacking knowledge and skills in an engaging way daunting or want to add a few more teaching tools to your kit, this workshop is for you. In this interactive and full day workshop we will explore evidence based, engaging and high impact teaching strategies and activities that work!

In-Person Workshop: Governance and Accountability Matrix

In this workshop, Kevin Ekendahl will take you through the importance of good governance and why building your accountability matrix will lead to improvements in performance and processes.

In-Person Workshop: Governance and Accountability Matrix

Good governance in any training organisation is vital to the continuous improvement of the RTO. In turn, having a robust accountability matrix which is embedded into all processes and practices in an organisation forms part of good governance.  In this workshop, Kevin Ekendahl will take you through the importance of good governance and why building your accountability matrix will lead to improvements in performance and processes. 

In-Person Workshop: Learning & Teaching - Autism Spectrum Disorder

Join Kay for this introductory session as she explores Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how it impacts on teaching and learning.

In-Person Workshop: Managing Conflict Effectively

This is an essential session for anyone looking to enhance their conflict management skills and contribute to a more productive and positive workplace environment. Join us in "Managing Conflict Effectively" and turn workplace conflicts into opportunities for improvement and success.

In-Person Workshop: Outcome Standards 2025

This full-day, in-person workshop will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the new Outcome Standards, exploring the strategic and operational impacts for RTOs.

In-Person Workshop: Preparing for Audits

Led by an experienced auditor, this workshop assists RTOs to establish a framework for identifying the evidence required and organising it for audit purposes.

Interactive Training for Vocational Teachers Masterclass: Harnessing AI for Authentic Assessment HIDDEN

Join us for an insightful in-person training session, "Harnessing AI for Authentic Assessment," designed to empower educators with the skills to create genuine and authentic assessments.

Interactive Virtual Workshop Masterclass: Contract Cheating – How can you tell if a student has outsourced their assessment?

Join our Interactive Virtual Workshop on identifying and preventing contract cheating, where participants will gain key insights into recognising when a student has outsourced their assessment.

Interactive Virtual Workshop Masterclass: Polishing AI Gems

Join us online for this virtual AI masterclass with Andrew Douch — a focused, practical introduction to some of the most engaging AI tools for educators.

ISS Institute Illuminate Forum: Applying ETHAZI principles within Australian VET teaching and learning

As part of the ISS Institute's partnership with the Victorian Skills Authority (VSA), the VSA annually invites an international expert in vocational education and training to Victoria. This year, we are pleased to welcome Prof. José Ramón Gómez Laconcha, CEO of iTlent and Prof. Natalia Gaston Estanga from Tknika and iTlent in the Basque Country.

National Thought Leadership: Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Join CEO of Altura Learning, Paul Goudie, for "Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap." This timely session will address the urgent need for skilled cybersecurity professionals and the critical role the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector plays in filling this gap.

National VET Chat: Accommodating Multicultural Students Needs in VET Classrooms

If you’ve struggled with attracting multicultural students, identifying the challenges they face, and implementing effective strategies to create an inclusive learning environment, this is an unmissable session. By understanding the unique barriers and challenges faced by students from migrant and refugee backgrounds, you can make your classroom more equitable and supportive.

National VET Chat: Teaching in High Gear - Maintaining Your Wellbeing on the Workload Highway

This VET Chat will explore practical strategies and techniques to support educators to navigate the demanding landscape of workload intensity. With increasing responsibilities and expectations, it’s easy for trainers and assessors to feel overwhelmed and burnt out. This presentation will provide tools to manage workload intensity and wellbeing at the organisation and individual level.

OctoberVET: Applied Research Forum

Join us for an insightful day as our recent International VET Practitioner Fellows share their global perspectives and innovative findings.

Thought Leadership Series: Empowering the Transition – Energy Storage Jobs and Skills for a Net-Zero Future

Join us this Thought Leadership session, "Empowering the Transition: Energy Storage Jobs and Skills for a Net-Zero Future", as we explore how Australia can develop a skilled workforce to support the energy storage sector, a critical pillar in achieving net-zero emissions.

Thought Leadership Series: Making Learning Stick - Strategies for Engaging & Effective Training

This Thought Leader session will introduce practical, research-informed strategies to improve knowledge retention, boost learner engagement, and enhance classroom impact.

Thought Leadership Series: The Future of Vocational Education - Trends and Predictions

This webinar will explore the nuances of funding, accreditation and the vital synergy between industry and educational institutions, providing a comprehensive understanding of these critical aspects whilst exploring the future of Vocational Education and Training.

Training.gov.au Essentials: Tips for Success

Join Nathan from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) as he takes you through the new features of training.gov.au and provides some hints and tips about how you can use the enhanced training.gov.au in your role.

Transformative Thought Leadership Through Indigenous Knowings (NAISDA)

Join us for this Thought Leadership session to explore new threads in a bundle of possibilities for teaching and learning practices that story the many storys, and the many possibilities that make up our identity as Australians.

VDC Professional Learning Fellowship 2025

The VDC Professional Learning Fellowship offers an immersive, blended learning experience designed for VET educators from Australia-wide educational settings. This comprehensive program will build upon your teaching practice and leadership skills, helping you make a meaningful impact on the VET sector.

VET Chat: Accommodating multicultural students' needs in VET classrooms

How to attract multicultural students into your class, identify the challenges and strategies to address them.

VET Chat: AI AI! Academic Integrity & Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world of work and the world of learning.

VET Chat: The Yarning Circle - Cultural Awareness

Join Jillian West in this engaging 'Yarn' and ‘chat’ about the art of storytelling used by indigenous people around the world.

VET Chat: Finding Balance – Wheel of Life Reflection

Join this VET Chat to check-in with yourself and learn how to use the Wheel of Life to help reflect and set goals both in your professional and personal life.

VET Chat: July

National VET Chats create a space to stimulate conversation, explore new trends and spark and inspire thinking. Bring your tea/coffee/beverage to the chat to participate in an engaging, thought provoking and interactive session!

VET Chat: Cyber Security in the Age of AI

National VET Chats create a space to stimulate conversation, explore new trends and spark and inspire thinking. Join Andrew Shea as he explores how AI is reshaping the the threat landscape.

VET Chat: Designing inclusive and engaging online adult learning experiences

In this VET Chat, we’ll explore what it really takes to design inclusive and engaging online learning experiences for adult learners. Drawing on real-world examples, we’ll unpack how learner needs, accessibility principles, and adult learning theories work together to create courses that are immersive, relevant, and compliant.

VET Chat: Staying Regulated - Understanding Your Window of Tolerance

National VET Chats create a space to stimulate conversation, explore new trends and spark and inspire thinking. Bring your tea/coffee/beverage to the chat to participate in an engaging, thought provoking and interactive session!

VET National Teaching & Learning Conference 2025: From Competence to Excellence – Taking the Journey

The VET Development Centre has a proud 20-year tradition of providing one of Australia’s leading teaching & learning conferences for Vocational Education and Training. The VET National Teaching & Learning Conference 2025 will be held in-person at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 14 & 15 of August.

Virtual Workshop: Governance and Accountability Matrix

In this virtual workshop, Kevin Ekendahl will take you through the importance of good governance and why building your accountability matrix will lead to improvements in performance and processes.

Virtual Workshop: How to Design Competency-Based Training and Assessment

During this session, Alan will cover designing competency-based training, clustering units, designing competency-based assessment, and integrated assessment.

Virtual Workshop: UNLOCKING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IMPACTFUL EDUCATION Embrace the heartbeat of success in VET

Gain invaluable insights and practical strategies to enhance your EI skills, empowering you to foster genuine connections with your students, colleagues, and stakeholders. Through this interactive session and personalised guidance, you'll uncover the core principles of EI and begin a journey of self-discovery and growth.

Virtual Workshop: Unlocking the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Gain invaluable insights and practical strategies to enhance your EI skills, empowering you to foster genuine connections with your students, colleagues, and stakeholders.

Virtual Workshop: Unlocking the Power of Emotional Intelligence for Impactful Education

Gain invaluable insights and practical strategies to enhance your EI skills, empowering you to foster genuine connections with your students, colleagues, and stakeholders. Through this interactive session and personalised guidance, you'll uncover the core principles of EI and begin a journey of self-discovery and growth.

Webinar Recording: RTO Standards Series: Quality Area 1 - Training & Assessment

This 90-minute webinar offers a comprehensive exploration of the new Training and Assessment requirements under the Outcome Standards, equipping participants with actionable insights into both strategic and operational implications.

Webinar: ADHD in Adult Learners: Symptoms, Strategies and Support

ADHD is being frequently diagnosed amongst adults and particularly women. In this chat we will investigate the symptoms of ADHD, the strategies to employ in teaching adults with ADHD and how to support them to successful outcomes.

Webinar: AI & Assessment (VET focus)

This session explores academic integrity and assessment in the context of Generative AI application such as ChatGPT.

Webinar: AI & Assessment (VET focus)

You’re invited to join Leon Furze as he explores "AI & Assessment (VET focus)". In a one-hour introductory session tailored for the VET sector, Leon will delve into the practical application of AI in various industries and disciplines, focusing on VET assessments.

Webinar: AI Ethics

This session explores key areas of ethical concern with GenAI, and their relevance in education.

Webinar: AI Ethics

This session explores key areas of ethical concern with GenAI, and their relevance in education. Areas covered include bias, discrimination, environmental concerns, copyright, privacy, and the use of human labour in creating AI models.

Webinar: AI for Administrative Tasks

This session is designed specifically for administrative professionals looking to integrate AI into their daily operations.

Webinar: AI in Student Assessment - Enhancing Learning or Opening Cyber Risk?

Join this session to explore the benefits and risks of AI in educational assessment, with a focus on practical, safe, and ethical implementation for TAFE Victoria.

Webinar: Creating Assessment Tools that have Students Using AI

This practical session explores how educators can create meaningful assessment tools that permit rather than prohibit AI use.

Webinar: deafConnectEd - Practical Strategies for Teachers with Learners Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

This webinar will provide practical strategies for ensuring learners who are deaf or hard of hearing connect, participate and thrive in an educational environment.

Webinar: Digital Literacy Mapping

During this session, we will delve into the topic of digital literacy and how it is an addition to the core skills of language, literacy and numeracy.

World Teacher's Day: Empowering Educators - Embedding Sustainability into Training & Operations

The VET Development Centre is pleased to invite you to the 2025 World Teachers’ Day Webinar on Friday 31 October, a free 60-minute event delivered online. This interactive workshop will explore how VET providers can lead by example—embedding sustainability into both training delivery and daily operations.

Webinar: Inclusive Curriculum Design - Creating Learner Pathways for All

This introductory webinar led by Kevin Ekendahl, will provide participants with a foundational understanding of inclusive curriculum design, focusing on creating learning pathways that cater to diverse student needs.

Webinar: Interactive Workshops on AI Assessment Design

Are you interested in learning about the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) in the context of VET assessments? If yes, join this webinar to learn more.

Webinar: Introduction to Generative AI

Embark on a journey into the fascinating world of Generative AI (GenAI) with an introduction to key concepts including how models are constructed, where the data comes from and how it is used.

Webinar: Micro-Credentials & Digital Badging in VET

The Australian Tertiary Education System is at a crossroad and is needing to re-establish its purpose and relevance for the future. We need to look closely and carefully at the future of traditional AQF qualifications and also at the role of micro-learning and micro-credentials.

Webinar: Multimodal Gen AI

Discover how text, audio, image, video, 3D, and code generation tools are shaping the near future of GenAI. Designed for trainers, assessors, and team leaders, this session will provide a comprehensive overview of generative AI and its applications.

Webinar: New Standards – Compliance Standards

Join Kevin Ekendahl for a focused session on the Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations, a critical component of the Standards for RTOs 2025

Webinar: New Standards – Governance

Join Kevin Ekendahl for an essential session focused on Quality Area 4: Governance under the Standards for RTOs 2025. This webinar will unpack how effective governance practices and a commitment to continuous improvement form the foundation of quality and integrity in vocational education and training (VET) delivery.

Webinar: New Standards - Training & Assessment

Designed for educators and administrators alike, this session will discuss Quality Area 1 of the New Standards: Training and Assessment in detail. We will explore the key changes to Training and Assessment, ensuring your RTO meets and exceeds the new benchmarks.

Webinar: New Standards - VET Student Support

In this session, led by Kevin Ekendahl, we will focus on Learner Support in the New Standards for Registered Training Organisations.

Webinar: New Standards – VET Workforce

In this session, led by Kevin Ekendahl, we will focus on Quality Area 3: VET workforce in the Outcome Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations 2025.

Webinar: Overview of the New Standards

In this session, led by Kevin Ekendahl, we will review the new Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).

Webinar: Practical Strategies for GenAI in Education

Are you ready to discover how Generative AI can revolutionize your teaching methods and enhance learning outcomes?

Webinar: Silent microphones & empty chat boxes: Why it happens, and proven strategies that deliver

Join Dr Deniese Cox for this interactive webinar where she provides effective strategies to avoid awkward silences, disengaged learners and the practical tips that can be implemented into your classroom.

Webinar: The New Standards are here: What every VET professional needs to know

The 2025 Standards for Registered Training Organisations have arrived, bringing significant changes to how quality is defined and assessed across the VET sector. Join us as we unpack the key shifts in the new Outcomes Standards Compliance Requirements.

Webinar: The Use of AI by Educators to Create Resources

Join Leon Furze as he demonstrates practical ways VET educations can you AI tools to develop curriculum materials, create engaging content, design learning activities and adapt resources for diverse learners.

Webinar: The Validation Cycle - A step-by-step Framework for Success

Designed for educators and administrators alike, this session will shed light on the Validation Framework and practices for maintaining compliance by having adequate systems and processes.

World Teachers' Day: Celebrating Small Successes

The VET Development Centre is pleased to invite you to the 2024 World Teachers’ Day Webinar on Friday 25 October, a free 45-minute event delivered online, that supports the outstanding achievements of educators and trainers in the VET sector. This year's event will feature Pacific Education and Partnerships Specialist Artila Devi and Occupational Therapist and Managing Director of Abraham OT Services (AOTS), Vicki Abraham.

Deep Dive Webinar: Delivering the Practicum Unit TAE DEL 415

This webinar explains the background to the development of the unit, and draws on examples from higher level VET teaching qualifications including the Diploma of VET, to show how the practicum can be administered.

Hybrid Workshop: Learning & Teaching - Autism Spectrum Disorder

Join Kay for this introductory session as she explores Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how it impacts on teaching and learning.

VET Chat: 2024 Federal Budget and National Skills Agreement

Join us for the "2024 Federal Budget and National Skills Agreement" VET Chat, with Claire Field as she unpacks the complexities of the Federal Budget's impact on VET and delves into the significant developments within the National Skills Agreement.

Virtual Workshop: Strategies for Handling Non-Compliance Issues

This virtual workshop on "Strategies for Handling Non-Compliance Issues" will provide you with an enhanced confidence in preparing for external audits. Join Paris Arthur as she guides you through the audit process of non-compliance.

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Deep Dive Webinar: Academic Integrity & Artificial Intelligence

This Deep Dive Webinar is a ‘must-do’ for all trainers and assessors grappling with the rapidly changing assessment landscape with AI in education.

Deep Dive Webinar: Compliance Requirements for Trainer Industry Currency

This session will unpack a number of factors that influence the requirements for industry currency for trainers and assessors and present the formula in an easy-to-apply format.

Deep Dive Webinar: Learner Digital Skills – What Do We Know, What Can We Do

With digital skills specifically featured in the new RTO standards, this is a timely discussion for us to be having. This 90-minute session is packed full of useful insights, and there’ll be plenty of opportunities for interaction and questions.

Deep Dive Webinar: Making Competency Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships Work

This webinar shall cover key factors that support the delivery of apprenticeships and traineeships that comply with the requirements of competency-based progression and completion.

Deep Dive Webinar: Everyday Wellbeing & Workplace Wellbeing

This immersive session goes beyond conventional approaches, offering practical strategies that integrate into daily life and professional environments.

Deep Dive Webinar: Teaching Essentials for New Teachers and Trainers

Our introductory session is designed for practitioners with theoretical knowledge and practical experience in training and assessment. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your teaching prowess and positively influence your students' learning experiences. Register now and take the first step towards mastering the art of teaching!

Deep Dive Webinar: Teaching Students with Anxiety

This session will provide a framework of good practice focusing on engagement, supportive learning environments, and supported pathways which you can embed in your delivery

Deep Dive Webinar: Using Gamification in VET to Engage Learners

Are you struggling to keep your learners engaged? If so, join Matthew Dale and Ash Quarrell on this engaging webinar, “Using Gamification in VET to Engage Learners”, where they will demonstrate how using gamification can be your solution to keeping learners engaged.

eLearn: Embedding Literacy in Your Teaching Practice

You will learn about how important the ACSF and VLSF are in relation to embedding literacy in your teaching practice.

eLearn: Embedding Sustainable Development Goals in your Teaching Practice

Learn how to lead with hope and not fear in the context of global challenges. 

eLearn: How to Make Webinars Interactive

This eLearn explores how you can improve interactivity in your presentations and webinars, and the tools you have to do so.

eLearn: Managing Others at Work and Having Difficult Conversations

This eLearn will look at the difference between busy and productive behaviours and give you strategies for maximising your productivity at work.

Hybrid Workshop: Understanding and Applying the New Standards

This session is essential for navigating the new Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) ensuring your RTO not only meets but exceeds the new benchmarks; essential for understanding and applying the new standards and fortifying your RTO's position in the industry.

Illuminate Forum - How to Engage with Industry as a VET Practitioner

Come and join us at the VDC for an exclusive chance to learn how educators in vocational education and training can better connect with industry.

In-Person Workshop: ASQA Standards Masterclass

This full day, in-person masterclass led by Chris Enright is the perfect opportunity for VET Coordinators, Trainers and Quality managers to learn what changes are coming, how they will impact your work and how you can make sure your RTO stays compliant.

In-Person Workshop: Maintaining Industry Currency

This workshop emphasizes the importance of staying up-to-date with industry trends and practices to ensure that vocational educators and professionals are equipped with the latest knowledge and skills.

The Education & Training Foundation and VET Development Centre Presents: Green Skills - An International Perspective

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF), United Kingdom, and the VET Development Centre (VDC), Australia, are pleased to invite you to this inaugural International Webinar on Thursday 30 November. This is a free online event that will explore sustainability principles within the Vocational education and Training (VET) sector.

Thought Leadership Series: Beyond Appearances - Invisible Disabilities and Learning

Join us for this Thought Leadership session to gain an understanding of the challenges faced by individuals with invisible disabilities in educational settings and discuss the practical strategies to support an inclusive environment.

Thought Leadership Series: Building a Culture of Welcome - From the Classroom to the Community

This presentation will explore the concept of welcome, approaches to welcoming work and opportunities for building cultures of welcome that extend from the classroom to the community.

VET Chat: Visual & Vocal Foundations - Communication skills to enhance learner engagement & comprehension

VET Chat: VET Teaching & Learning- What Best Practice Looks Like

Discover the keys to success in our engaging VET Chat, "VET Teaching & Learning- What Best Practice Looks Like." VDC engages experts to facilitate a 30-minute VET Chat, to share bite-sized pieces of information from their expertise and allow for an opportunity for you to ask questions and provide input.

VET Chat: Sustainability Strategies - Beginning in the Classroom!

In this engaging and enlightening VET Chat, we’re joined by Jason Sheehan from CERES to examine how changes and sustainable choices we make can have a huge impact on the planet.

Virtual Workshop: Excellence in Customer Service

This virtual workshop discusses some of the challenges in providing excellence in service and highlights strategies that enable excellence in service to be “seen” by our client base.

Webinar Recording: Making the Most of Roleplays Online

Roleplays are a great way to get students involved in their learning and practice workplace scenarios in a safe environment. But – how can they be used in an online teaching environment?

Webinar Recording: Social Media in Online Learning

In the rush to get online during COVID lockdown in 2020, we sought to use what tools were available to us at the time. This included social media.

Webinar Recording: Third Party Evidence

How are you maintaining the delicate balance of collecting high quality third-party evidence, without it becoming a burden on the third-party?

Webinar: AI – Changing VET Delivery and Assessment

This session will explain the challenges and opportunities AI offers to RTOs as well as providing an update on the latest AI developments.

Webinar: AVETMISS Reporting

Join Chris Enright for this one-hour webinar to learn how you can confidently approach your year-end reporting obligations.

Webinar: AVETMISS Reporting - NCVER National

Are you prepared for your year-end AVETMISS reporting? Avoid the stress by knowing what your obligations are ahead of time and getting systems and processes in place to make it run smoothly.

Webinar: Bridging the Gap - Connecting Education to Industry

Join Kath Andrews as she guides you through the nuances of industry consultation compliance whilst discussing the skills needed today and into the future. Register now to be part of this transformative learning experience!

Webinar: Effective Industry Engagement Strategies

This interactive session will revisit a range of information surrounding effective industry engagement strategies along with compliance requirements. There will be a session agenda, but the focus of each topic will depend on the collective knowledge of the group!

Webinar: Indigenous Cultural Awareness

Are you seeking to expand your cultural competence and contribute to a more inclusive and understanding environment? Join Jillian West as she provides a deeper understanding of the rich and diverse cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Deep Dive Webinar: A Guide to Conducting Assessment Validations

This deep dive webinar delivers a pragmatic approach to conducting effective assessment validation. You will learn methods and techniques for validating assessment tools.

In-Person Workshop: Excellence in Customer Service

This in-person workshop discusses some of the challenges in providing excellence in service and highlights strategies that enable excellence in service to be “seen” by our client base.

In-Person Workshop: Helping Learners with LLN & Learning Needs

This workshop addresses an issue many VET educators wish to know more about: how to support learners with learning differences and learning needs.

VDC Thought Leadership Series: A design patterns approach to educational quality

VDC welcomes you to the final Free Thought Leadership event for 2022. Join Vicki Marchant and Suneeti Rekhari for our upcoming online seminar on 'A design patterns approach to educational quality'.

VDC World Teachers' Day Webinar - Greening the VET Sector

VDC is pleased to invite you to our 2022 World Teachers’ Day Webinar on Friday 28 October, a free online event that supports the outstanding achievements of educators and trainers in the VET sector in line with this year's theme: Greening the VET Sector.

Webinar: Addressing Dyslexia & Specific Learning Differences in the Classroom

In this interactive webinar we won’t seek to diagnose but be aware of the indicators of possible dyslexia and specific learning disorders and activate some simple strategies to accommodate and ensure everyone can learn!

Webinar: Marketing Compliance

By attending this webinar, you will gain a thorough understanding of your obligations with respect to marketing practices, transparent marketing practices, and the ins and outs of social media compliance. You will also leave with best practice tips for managing marketing materials and processes effectively.

Deep Dive Webinar: Busy vs Productive Behaviours

In this 90-minute webinar, Maria Andrews tackles the myths of multitasking, productiveness and encourages leaders to look at new ways of measuring productivity and the value assigned to work and performance.

Deep Dive Webinar: How to Conduct Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

This deep dive webinar looks at the real challenges that happen when conducting an RPL assessment. It will look at simple and practical methods to overcome those challenges.

In-Person Workshop: Skills First Masterclass

This full day workshop is an opportunity for compliance administrators to consolidate their understanding of the Skills First contract and associated obligations.

Virtual Workshop: How to design competency-based training and assessment

During this virtual workshop, Alan will cover designing competency-based training, clustering units, designing competency-based assessment, and integrated assessment.

Webinar: Observation Checklists - Getting the Criteria Right

Join Melissa Palmer for this practical webinar and learn how to construct effective, efficient observation checklists.

Virtual Workshop: Skills First 2022

This session looks at the contractual changes for 2022 for Skills First contracted providers, including the updated eligibility form. It also makes recommendations about what to focus on for your 2022 compliance.

Deep Dive Webinar: Quality Assessment & Learning Resource Mapping

Join this informative and practical Deep Dive Webinar to learn how mapping learning resources and assessments can be used to provide an overview of the skills and knowledge contained in each unit of competency.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively Program 3

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed and adapted into highly interactive Blended Learning Programs for 25 participants. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Blended Learning Program: Assessing Learners Effectively

Assessing Learners Effectively has been designed as a two-part highly interactive Blended Learning Program. These virtual sessions will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

Effective Training & Assessment Strategies

This topic will be centred around the knowledge and skills needed to develop comprehensive Training and Assessment Strategies that meet the 2024 -2025 VET Funding Contract.

Planning Suitable & Appropriate Training

This topic unpacks the contractual obligations with an emphasis on Pre-Training Reviews (PTRs) and how this directly influences the training plan to support quality delivery.

In-Person Workshop: Evaluating the Impact of Teaching to Improve Learning Outcomes

This VET Teaching Practice workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build, evaluate and improve advanced training and assessment skills. Contributing to the development and modification of assessment tools to suit student needs and context while employing a range of methods to ensure validity and reliability in assessment decisions.

In-Person Workshop: Getting the Most Out of Your Professional Development

VET tailored session, enabling participants to identify their own learning needs in a facilitated learning environment to obtain support for professional development and planning self-paced PD to improve teaching, learning and assessment.

Family Violence Program: Teaching Students from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Background

Blended Learning Program: Quality Assessment Practices

This Skills First program is a highly interactive three-part program and provides opportunities to build your network of contracted training providers and work collaboratively to extend your understanding of quality assessment practice and tools. Attendance is required at all three-parts of this program.

In-person Half Day Workshop: Supporting Your Team's Professional Development

VET tailored session, enabling participants to investigate different types of professional development available to teams and how to support them so that they get the most out of professional development.

In-person Workshop: Creating a Supportive Learning Environment

Creating a Supportive Learning Environment is part of the 'VET Teaching Series: Practice' which has been designed as an interactive in-person workshop. This session will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

In-person Workshop: Creating Effective Learning Experiences

This session is part of the ‘VET Teaching Series: Practice’ which has been designed as an interactive hybrid workshop to draw on educational theory and VET policy to: promote reflective practice, build advanced training and assessment skills, understand learning design and, apply teaching and learning strategies to challenge and motivate individual learners.

Virtual Workshop: Learners & How they Learn

This workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

VDC Community of Practice 2022

Informal Community of Practice sessions that are topic based including matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

Quality Assurance - Vocational Competency and Industry Currency Induction Webinar

Introduction to the series of workshops and webinars that will be conducted in the future.

In Person Workshop: Delivery & Assessment in VET

This session will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills by applying assessment principles and strategies, and familiarisation with the elements of VET content.

Virtual Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals in Learning

An exploration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how to apply them in learning programs, personal practice and in context of your training organisation. Design your own lesson plan and action plan for creating change in your classroom or organisation.

Virtual Workshop: Developing Competency Based Assessment Tools

This virtual workshop is a powerful tool to elevate your competency in assessment design, transforming your approach to create learner-centric, engaging, and compliant assessments.

Good Practice Language, Literacy, Numeracy & Digital Skills Assessment

This workshop will cover obligations to assess and support language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills, the framework/s used for assessment and support, LLND assessment tools and tasks, and strategies to support learners to develop the LLND skills they need.

Online Family Violence Teachers Conference - Respond. Prevent. Train.

In-Person Workshop: Planning Suitable & Appropriate Training

This topic unpacks the contractual obligations with an emphasis on Pre-Training Reviews (PTRs) and how this directly influences the training plan to support quality delivery.

NEW: How to use AI in Teaching Practice

This session explains what GenAI is, how it works, and what has changed since the release of ChatGPT. On Wednesday 8 October, this session will be held in Bendigo as a regional In-Person Workshop. The final session for 2025, will be held online as a Virtual Workshop on Monday 13 October.

LLp: Engaging in Leadership of Professional Practice

This 1 hour webinar will explore leadership of professional practice and what this means.

LLp: Engaging with Community, Industry, & other Education & Training Stakeholders

This 1 hour webinar will unpack stakeholder engagement, covering a range of strategies for collecting meaningful feedback

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Transformative Learning

Family Violence Program - Tools for Managers to Support Family Violence Teachers

Family Violence Program - Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training

Family Violence Program - Industry Mentoring Sessions

Family Violence Program - Industry Network Meeting – Challenges and Achievements in Delivering Accredited Family Violence Training.

Family Violence Program - Community of Practice: Teaching and Assessing Accredited Training in Family Violence

In-Person Workshop: Managing Yourself & Others

In this workshop, we will explore various techniques and frameworks to enhance our ability to manage ourselves and others effectively.

VDC Community of Practice: Learning Together

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Meeting the needs of our students

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

ACFE: Developing reading skills in pre-accredited learners

This session will focus on enhancing reading skills in pre-accredited learners. Participants will explore the core skill of reading, understand the importance of setting clear learning objectives, and learn how to plan sessions that balance structure, spontaneity, and flow. The session will also cover creative techniques to make reading activities more engaging and effective.

ACFE: Developing Writing skills in pre-accredited learners

This session will focus on enhancing writing skills in pre-accredited learners. Participants will delve into the core skill of writing, understand the significance of setting clear learning objectives, and learn how to plan lessons that balance structure, spontaneity, and flow.

VDC Community of Practice: What Our Students Bring to the Classroom

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Differentiating the Curriculum

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Use of Technology in the Classroom

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

VDC Community of Practice: Students Pathways – Where to Now?

Facilitator-led Community of Practice that provides professional learning, interaction and networking. Covering core and rotating thematic content that explore matters such as climate change and the impact on learners; culturally diverse community, First Nation support and teaching/learning resources; trends and understanding VET education in Victoria.

Bendigo: Good Practice Language, Literacy, Numeracy & Digital Skills Assessment

This workshop will cover obligations to assess and support language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills, the framework/s used for assessment and support, LLND assessment tools and tasks, and strategies to support learners to develop the LLND skills they need.

ACFE: Unforgettable – Helping Students Remember More of What They Learn

This training session is designed to equip teachers with effective strategies to enhance student memory retention. The focus is on practical, research-backed techniques that can be easily integrated into everyday teaching practices to improve long-term learning outcomes.

LLp: Creating Supportive Learning Environments

Creating Supportive Learning Environments is part of the 'Professional Learning Series for Learn Local' which has been designed as an interactive virtual workshop. This session will draw on educational theory and the ACFE Professional Practice and Recognition Framework for the Learn Local workforce to promote reflective practice.

LLp: Creating Effective Learning Experiences

This session is part of the 'Professional Learning Series for Learn Local providers which has been designed as an interactive virtual workshop. This workshop will draw on educational theory and the ACFE Professional Practice and Recognition Framework for the Learn Local workforce to explore approaches in effective learning experiences.

LLp: Learners & How they Learn

This workshop will draw on educational theory and VET policy to promote reflective practice and build advanced training and assessment skills.

LLp: Evaluating Teaching to Improve Learning Outcomes

This virtual workshop will draw on educational theory to promote reflective practice and build, evaluate and improve training and assessment skills. Contributing to the development and modification of assessment tools to suit student needs and context while employing a range of methods to ensure validity and reliability in assessment decisions.

ACFE: Supporting pre-accredited learners to build language skills

This webinar explores effective teaching strategies for planning and delivering pre-accredited English language programs. This webinar emphasises structured yet engaging and creative learning environments and will cover the importance of defining learning objectives, balancing structure with spontaneity to maintain flow, and incorporating creativity into sessions to enhance engagement and learning outcomes.

Virtual Workshop: Exploring the D in LLND

This interactive session will explore training and assessment of Digital Literacy skills, through the Digital Literacy Skills Framework (DLSF). The workshop will cover using frameworks for training and assessment and how the DLSF connects to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). Then the workshop will move on to look at Digital Literacy learning activities and assessment tasks.