Mapping for Quality

Assurance

Kerri Buttery

© Velg Training – Version 1.1, July 2017

#G140

Session Overview

• Reasons for undertaking mapping processes1

• Unit formats - traditional and streamlined2

• Mapping template3

• Unit-by-unit example4

• Clustered assessment example5

Submit via Slido poll your opinion about why we need to map assessment.

Poll Time

Does your response include the following?

To be compliant

Because the auditor said I

had to

Because it is a requirement of the Standards

Accountability

To ensure coverage of

the unit

To ensure a link to the unit

OR

Mapping Methods

On each question/ statement

On the cover sheet

On the checklist

At the back of each tool

Word document per unit

Spreadsheet

Others

Submit via Slido what

your preferred method of

mapping is.

In your RTO, what is the approach to mapping?

• Each faculty/training area develops their own process

• Each trainer uses what works for them

• The RTO sets the requirement and everyone follows it

Personal Preference

Organisational Procedures Consistent

Considerations

Useful in the long term

Easy to update assessment

Clear so other people can understand it

Show where the gaps are

Stand-alone or clustered assessment

Complete the Slido poll with your opinion about what we need to map to from our assessment.

Poll Time

What should be mapped?

Validity Any assessment decision of the RTO is justified, based on the

evidence of performance of the individual learner.

Validity requires:

assessment against the unit/s of competency and the

associated assessment requirements covers the broad range of

skills and knowledge that are essential to competent performance;

assessment of knowledge and skills is integrated with their practical

application;

assessment to be based on evidence that demonstrates that a

learner could demonstrate these skills and knowledge in other

similar situations; and

judgement of competence is based on evidence of learner

performance that is aligned to the unit/s of competency and

associated assessment requirements.

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2014L01377

Unit of Competency and Associated Assessment Requirements…

Streamlined Training Packages• Elements & Performance Criteria

• Foundation Skills (where required)

• Performance Evidence

• Knowledge Evidence

• Assessment Conditions if specific

Example Template

• Spreadsheet method

• Could be adapted to Word document

• Know what your assessment tools and methods are

• Learn the shortcut keys for copying and pasting!

• CTRL+C and CTRL+V

• Standalone and clustered assessment

Back to our assessment tools…

• Mapping checklists (not instructions)

• Doesn’t take much tweaking to add numbering to

the checklists

• Number is then matched to the line and column on

the spreadsheet

• Each item (number) can match to more than one

item on the spreadsheet

• Each item (number) can match to more than one

unit (clustered)

Example Template…

Example Template…

Completed Example…

Completed Example…

Completed Example…

Clustered Example…

Clustered Example…

What happens when a unit is updated?

• Use the compare function on training.gov.au

• Look for what has changed

• Use the mapping matrix to narrow down your updates

Considerations

• Useful in the long term

• Easy to update assessment

• Clear so other people can understand it

• Show you where the gaps are

• Stand-alone or clustered assessment

Considerations

• Useful in the long term

• Easy to update assessment

• Clear so other people can understand it

• Show you where the gaps are

• Stand-alone or clustered assessment

Back to our ‘why’…

Accountability

To ensure coverage of

the unit

To ensure a link to the unit

Question Time

Contact us

1/52 Jeffcott Street

Wavell Heights QLD 4012

P 07 3866 0888

E consulting@velgtraining.com

W velgtraining.com