Manuals & Guides
The Association produces a number of manuals and guides for best practice in specific areas of VET provision. Some are available to download and others are available to Members free of charge. A nominal fee is charged to non-members. Please complete the order form and return with payment to the VTA.
Click on each title for links to either the pdf's or more details.
TAFE Model Executive Contract 2006 (34 KB)
This TAFE Executive Officer Contract has been developed in consultation with State Services Authority and Department of Education and Training.
Governance Charter Manual & Workshop Training Materials
This Charter has been developed and published by the Office of Training & Tertiary Education and was launched in September 2005. The VTA Governance Committee contributed to the preparation of the manual.
Governance Charter (793 KB)
Welcome to the Board!: a kit for Board Presidents, CEOs and Board Secretaries to induct Directors (1513 KB)
Welcome to the Board!: An Induction for Board Directors (2897 KB)
Workshop 2 - Culture & Continuous Improvement (1234 KB)
Workshop 2 - Participant Notes ' Understanding Governance - Culture and Continuous Improvement in a Board Context' (1064 KB)
A Manual for Best Practice in Employee Relations
The Manual for Best Practice in Employee Relations, launched in August 1998, was prepared by the VTA to provide Institute CEO's, Councils, Human Resource staff and line managers with a tool to implement best practice employee relations/industrial relations practices. [Note: The policies and sample documents in the Manual are progressively being updated from December 2006 to reflect recent legislation and tribunal decisions. If a page has been updated, this is indicated in the bottom left hand corner of the page. For further information, contact Jim Andrews, VTA Workforce Services Policy Consultant, Tel: (03) 9639 8100].
Excellence in Governance : A guide to best practice in TAFE Institute Councils
A Guide to Best Practice in TAFE Institute Councils. This Guide was designed in 1996 to help Council members in the Victorian TAFE system to understand and adapt to the changes initiated by the former Kennett Liberal Coalition Government in Victoria. It was followed by the complementary volume A Guide to the Responsible Governance of Victoria's TAFE Institutes.
A Guide to the Responsible Governance of Victoria's TAFE Institutes
The Guide to the Responsible Governance of Victoria's TAFE Institutes is a second Volume that updates and builds on the previous Volume, Excellence in Governance : A Guide to Best Practice in TAFE Institute Councils, developed by the VTA in 1996.
The Volumes are different but complementary documents and share the common purpose of building the capability of the public TAFE sector and thereby assisting Victoria's publicly owned TAFE Institutes to achieve success. Both Volumes are discretionary resources, developed primarily to enhance the capacity of those people who selflessly give of their time and expertise to serve as responsible Councillors on a TAFE Institute Council and equally, to act as a reference point for Senior executives in TAFE.
Australian Quality Training Framework
: standards for registered training organisations : compliance guide for Victorian
TAFE Institutes (144 KB)
The AQTF Compliance Guide was produced by the Victorian TAFE Association to assist Victorian TAFE Institutes in identifying, planning and compiling a body of evidence capable of demonstrating compliance with the Standards for RTO's under the AQTF.
Australian Quality Training
Framework : compliance guide for Victorian schools operating as Registered Training
Organisations (132 KB)
This guide focuses on schools operating as RTOs in the delivery of approved VET in VCE courses. The material it contains was developed after widespread consultation by OTTE and included a series of focus groups involving a diverse range of stakeholders from across the schools sector. Further information about the content, administration and ongoing development and review of this guide should be directed to the Department of Education & Training by telephoning 03 9637 3864.
Page reviewed 15 January 2009