Approachable expertise in vocational education systems and mediation
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Vocational education systems
We design strategies, structures, processes and resources that are principled and practical.
We can quickly get to grips with what makes your field and its challenges distinctive. We help you identify and use the right opportunities for creative ways forward.
We work with: tertiary education providers; industry associations; local and central government; unions; health providers; community groups; and training bodies across a wide range of fields.
Workbased learning and assessment design
Research, evaluation and analysis
Strategies and frameworks
Quality assurance systems
Qualifications development
Capability-building and facilitation
Stakeholder consultation and engagement
Learning programmes and resources
Guides, business cases and submissions
Project example
Good Practice for Developing and Implementing Skill Standards-based Qualifications
Following changes to New Zealand's vocational education system, skill standards became compulsory in qualifications, replacing unit standards. This was not only a technical change. It was also a relationship change. Industry and education entities needed to work together differently to achieve quality and consistency for industry and for apprentices and other learners.
Two construction and infrastructure bodies - ConCOVE and Waihanga Ara Rau (Workforce Development Council) - asked us to work with the sector and build its capability with skill standards.
We observed practice and ran workshops with standard-setting bodies, industry advisors and tertiary education providers. We then created a Good Practice Toolkit: a set of guides that:
- explain what skills standards should be, and do
- address the challenges faced by different teams and entities
- dig into the guiding principles
- show what good practice looks like
