ASQA Aged Care Training survey 2012 - Questionnaire Summary

Enrolments – characteristics
How long has your RTO been delivering aged care training
Please select the qualifications your RTO has on it’s scope of registration (Cert III & IV in Aged Care)
How many students are enrolled in 2012 in each qualification
What percentage of enrolments are government funded (including fee for service government funding)
Have the number of enrolments in 2012 increased, decreased or stayed the same compared to 2011
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Age group (under 25, between 25 and 45, over 45)
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Number of overseas students (student visas)
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Number under apprenticeship/traineeship arrangements
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Previous highest education qualifications (Diploma or above, Cert IV, Cert III, Cert II, Cert I, Senior secondary school cert, none of these)
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Employment status (employed in aged care FT or PT, employed NOT in aged care FT or PT, student in aged care related course FT or PT, student NOT in aged care related course FT or PT, not employed or in education or training)
Indicate the following characteristics of your 2012 enrolments: Number where English is not their first learnt language.
Trainers - vocational qualifications
Indicate the number of trainers your RTO uses to deliver Aged Care courses in 2012. (Those trainers who spend the majority of their time on Aged Care courses)
How many are full time (more than 30 hrs pw), how many are part time
Do all RTO trainers have either the Certificate III or Certificate IV in Aged Care and/or a Nursing Qualification
Of those who do not have either Certificate III or Certificate IV in Aged Care and/or a Nursing Qual, do they have other relevant vocational qualifications
List the titles of other relevant vocational qualification held by your trainers
Trainers - training qualifications
Do all RTO trainers have the Certificate IV or Diploma in Training and Assessment
Of those trainers that do not have the Cert IV or Diploma in Training and Assessment, do they have other training or teaching qualifications
List the titles of other training or training qualifications held by RTO trainers
Does your RTO use some unqualified people to assist deliver aged care training, under the supervision of a qualified trainer
Has your RTO organised or supported professional development for your Aged Care trainers in the past 2 years
Does your RTO deliver aged care training courses through partnership arrangements
Training delivery methods
If your RTO does support professional development, what does it focus on: ie aged care skills and knowledge; training and assessment skills and knowledge
Please indicate the type of organisation your RTO has partnership agreements to deliver training with
What is the typical duration of delivering you Aged Care courses
Indicate the proportion of a typical aged care course that is delivered via : ie workplace learning eg on the job / work placement; trainer facilitated classroom learning; computer-based - self paced learning
Indicate where skills assessments are conducted: ie in a simulated workplace; in an aged care facility workplace; in a mix of simulated workplace and aged care facility workplace
Indicate the proportion of assessments undertaken in a simulated workplace
Indicate the locations of your RTO aged care training: one LGA only; a number of LGAs in one state; in more than one state; in all states & territories
When were RTO training and assessment strategies last reviewed with industry representatives, and indicate how this review took place
In addition to aged care specific qualifications, does RTO offer: other qualifications or accredited courses; other (non-accredited) courses, targeting the aged care workforce. If so indicate field of study
Plans for expansion/contraction
Does RTO plan to increase the number of enrolments in aged care training in the next three years
Indicate reasons for anticipated expansion or contraction of aged care training
Please provide a short list of the reasons for your plans to increase or decrease enrolments in aged care training
Further additions comments about Aged Care training