Animal Care and Management Training Package RUV04 Phase 1 Review

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14th September 2006

PHASE 1 SCOPING REPORT- now available

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Invitation to provide feedback at any stage

Input from industry representatives and other stakeholders is very important. AFISC, project steering committee members and the project team welcome all input.

FEEDBACK can be provided by using the Provide feedback link at the top of this page.

Please contact the project managers or consultants listed above to discuss any aspects of this project.

Project overview

In November 2005 the Board of the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council approved the initiation of the Animal Care and Management Training Package (RUV04) Phase 1 Review - Environmental Scan. The Animal Care and Management Training Package is the national benchmark for skills development in the animal care industry sectors and comprise the nationally-endorsed qualifications for these sectors.

The first Veterinary Nursing Training Package (RUV98) was endorsed in June 1998, and since then has been the basis of vocational education and training for the veterinary nursing industry in Australia.

The review of the Training Package with two phases began in September 2000 and was completed in September 2003.

Phase one of the review resulted in a report highlighting proposed changes to be made to units of competency and qualifications, additional industry sectors to be developed and incorporated into the phase two re-development of the Training Package. The title of the Training Package was also changed from Veterinary Nursing to Animal Care and Management to cover the additional sectors.

Key industry sectors included in RUV04 are:

• Animal Control and Regulation
• Animal Technology
• Captive Animals
• Companion Animal Services
• Veterinary Nursing.

Changes to Australian Government policy and procedures requiring the incorporation of employability skills, identification and removal of unnecessary duplication and template adherence will be key considerations during this review.

Explanation of terms

Project focus areas

• Consult key stakeholders via surveys, meetings, interviews
• Determine any competency gaps
• Examine ways to improve competencies and assessment guidelines
• Investigate the need for industry skills sets inclusions
• Examine ways to rationalise and reconfigure qualifications and competencies where appropriate
• Consider any restructuring of training package packaging rules
• Consider the need for inclusion of employability skills

Timeline and action Items

Phase 2 will involve:

• the development or redevelopment of units, skill sets and qualifications identified in Phase 1 of the project, and
• consultation and validation of the development work with key stakeholder groups across Australia.

National Project Steering Committee

Terms of reference

The National Project Steering Committee's terms of reference are to:

• Provide strategic advice to the Project Management Team.
• Consider whether strategies, processes, recommendations meet industry needs.
• Represent relevant stakeholders.
• Provide a sounding board for considering wide-ranging stakeholder input.
• Identify and assist with resolution of issues.

The Board has directed that membership of National Project Steering Committees includes members of the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council Board and the Council's Racing Industries Standing Committee, key industry representatives plus representatives from a State/Territory Training Authority (STA), a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), and an observer from Department of Education, Science and Training.

Qualifications framework

If you wish to familiarise yourself with the individual units of competency in each qualification, they can be found on the following website www.ntis.gov.au.

To access the Animal CAre and ManagementTraining Package follow these steps:

1. On the home page under BROWSE NTIS - click 'TRAINING PACKAGE'
2. Scroll down to RUV04 and SELECT
3. Under the TOOLS - click 'UNITS'
4. SELECT individual units of competency at your discretion.

(RUV04) Animal Care and Management Training Package Endorsed Components

Agri-Food Background

Established in 2004, the Agri-Food Industry Skills Council seeks to sustain and enhance high-quality, nationally-recognised training products and services for the agri-food industry. The council represents the broad interests of all agri-food industry sectors through its 14 member Board and five industry standing committees.

The Agri-Food Industry Skills Council covers five major industry groups including:

• Food, Beverage (including wine) and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Rural and Related Industries
• Meat Processing
• Seafood Industry
• Racing Industry

The sectors covered by these five major industry groupings include, food processing, beverages and pharmaceuticals, rural production, including amenity horticulture, conservation and land management, animal care and management, abattoir operations, retail meat, small-good meats, meat food services, thoroughbred racing, harness racing, greyhound racing, aquaculture, fishery compliance, seafood sales and distribution, fishing and fishing charter operations, and seafood processing.

The key industry features of these sectors vary considerably. They range from highly-concentrated sectors to large and diverse sectors dominated by small enterprises and include variations between large export markets and non-metropolitan based operations.