❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the Productivity Places Program (PPP) regarding variations, national access for RTOs, and funding discrepancies for Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. The Minister clarifies funding allocation and rationale.
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PRODUCTIVITY PLACES PROGRAM
(1) Why have there been no variations permitted to the productivity places program—PPP—since March this year? (2) Why was the Western Australian–managed PPP open to all registered training organisations Australia-wide given that other states restricted their programs to their own state–registered training organisations, even in those cases in which Western Australian RTOs may have been nominated for delivery? (3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER
(1) Why have there been no variations permitted to the productivity places program—PPP—since March this year? (2) Why was the Western Australian–managed PPP open to all registered training organisations Australia-wide given that other states restricted their programs to their own state–registered training organisations, even in those cases in which Western Australian RTOs may have been nominated for delivery? (3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(2) Why was the Western Australian–managed PPP open to all registered training organisations Australia-wide given that other states restricted their programs to their own state–registered training organisations, even in those cases in which Western Australian RTOs may have been nominated for delivery? (3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(2) Why was the Western Australian–managed PPP open to all registered training organisations Australia-wide given that other states restricted their programs to their own state–registered training organisations, even in those cases in which Western Australian RTOs may have been nominated for delivery? (3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(3) Why is the funding for a certificate IV in training and assessment, which was previously funded under the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations at $5 000, now being funded under the Western Australian PPP at only $1 973 000, that being 61 per cent less than was previously payable? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I presume in part (3) the member meant $1 973, not $1 973 000. Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : No, $1 973. Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
Hon PETER COLLIER : The member said “1 973 000”. (1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(1) No further variations have been granted through the productivity places program since March 2010 as demand for training had exceeded available resources at that time. Subsequently, the Department of Training and Workforce Development has been provided with an additional $19.4 million in the May budget to support an additional 7 600 training places. The department will be allocating $15 million of funding for the PPP for the period ending 31 December 2010 through a call for applications in a few weeks. (2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(2) One of the conditions of the national partnership agreement with the commonwealth was that the allocation of training places through the productivity places program be open to all registered training providers through a competitive tender process as part of the development of a national training market. All Western Australian – registered training organisations that submitted an application through the 2009 PPP tender process were allocated training places. I am not aware of any states or territories that have restricted their purchasing arrangements for the PPP to their own state–registered training organisations. (3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
(3) Western Australia funds training based on the curriculum hours associated with each qualification, which more accurately reflects the true cost of delivery. In addition, the price paid to RTOs includes regional loadings to reflect the extra costs of delivering training in regional and remote areas. These loadings can be up to 215 per cent of the price paid in the metropolitan area. By comparison, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations has a one-size-fits-all approach that does not recognise the length and content of each qualification or the costs of delivery in non-metropolitan areas. There are many examples of the price paid for an equivalent qualification in Western Australia exceeding the price paid by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, especially for regional and remote delivery. In Western Australia the price paid for the equivalent successful completion of the qualification of a certificate IV in training and assessment ranges from $1 973 to $4 242.
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