[LINK] Nationprograms to recruit IT people with vocational qualifications.al Skills Passport

[Jan Whitaker]

That's been around at least 10+ years. ACS was instituting it when I was 
teaching in the program with Tom.

The US has had equivalent TAFE/VET to Uni curriculum coordination for 
around 40 years. It was called 'articulation'. I used to write 
curriculum outlines for technical subjects and 2 year degrees that were 
then submitted to the unis and the state for filing as equivalent 
'credits' so that students could go from our programs into uni without 
needing to repeat their first 2 years of courses in a program of study. 
I didn't write them by myself, of course. I did it in conjunction with 
subject matter experts and faculty who taught in the programs. Some were 
unique, like Swiss Automatic Screw Machine Operator. That is a real 
thing. Also did a range of subjects in various chip manufacturing, which 
we did a lot of in Phoenix area, particularly DEC, Motorola and I think 
HP or one of the other big ones. Business management was another one. 
Thanks for the memories!

I reckon all this "new" stuff is just because people who knew about it 
either retired, gave up, or just weren't asked. I believe it's called 
'reinventing the wheel' and loss of corporate memory.

Jan

On 30/09/2023 12:25 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Yes, we certainly seem to be further down the track .. eg:
>
> https://www.acs.org.au/msa/information-for-applicants.html
>
> “Welcome to ACS Migration Skills Assessment”