Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (COLLEGES) REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3

3 .         Terms used

        (1)         In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

        Act means the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 ;

        assessment of skills and competency means an assessment of whether a person who has not undertaken or successfully completed a unit nevertheless has the skills and competency required for successful completion of the unit;

        band , in relation to a unit, means the band into which the unit is classified under regulation 4A;

        category , in relation to a course, means the category into which the course is classified under regulation 4;

        Centrelink has the meaning given in regulation 20(1);

        concessional student means a person who is, under regulation 20(2) or 21, entitled to the concessional rate of course fee;

        course means a VET course, whether an approved VET course or not;

        hours for a course, or for a unit that is a component of a course, means the nominal duration of the course or unit (in hours) set by the chief executive;

        unit means a unit or module that is a component of a course and in which vocational education or training on a discrete subject is provided in accordance with the specifications of the unit or module to people enrolled in the course with the object that those who successfully complete the unit or module will have achieved a level of knowledge or competence in the subject concerned as specified in those specifications.

        [(2)         deleted]

        (3)         For the purposes of these regulations completing a course or completing a unit  —

            (a)         includes undertaking any assessment required to be undertaken to complete the course or unit, as the case may be; but

            (b)         does not include undertaking any of the following —

                  (i)         unsupervised work experience;

                  (ii)         unsupervised industry placement;

                  (iii)         unsupervised field placement;

                  (iv)         private study.

        [Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 23 Dec 2005 p. 6246-7; 9 Nov 2007 p. 5605-6; 22 May 2009 p. 1693-4; 26 Jun 2009 p. 2566; 18 Dec 2009 p. 5172.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 22 May 2009 p. 1694.]