Industry Skills Council Quality Assurance Panel - Additional Information

Aerial Consultancy Pty Ltd

Experience:

Australian National Training Authority (ANTA)

• edit the Draft TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package

• provide editorial services and quality assurance advice for the BSB07 Businesses Services Training Package
• provide editorial services and quality assurance advice for Training Packages and their endorsement submissions as they comply with the DEST/DEEWR Employability Skills requirements (CUL04 Museum and Library/Information Services Training Package; FNS04 Financial Services Training Package; ICA05 Information and Communications Technology Training Package; ICP05 Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package; ICT02 Telecommunications Training Package; TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package)

National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council (MINTRAC)

• edit the MTM07 Australian Meat Industry Training Package

Government Skills Australia (GSA)

• undertake quality assurance for units of competency and qualifications developed for Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package (PSTP)
• edit and manage the production of the PUA00 PSTP Version 6

Public Safety ITAB

• edit Defence sector units for the PUA00 PSTP Version 3 and manage the production of Version 3
• edit and manage the production of the PUA00 PSTP Version 4 and Version 5

Qualifications:

Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing

Graduate Diploma in Special Education

Diploma of Education (secondary)

Bachelor of Arts

Professional Memberships:

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AusVoc Educational Publishing

Roslyn Copas has over 15 years experience as a senior editor, publisher, project manager, and consultant, in educational, corporate, and specialist environments. She has worked on many diverse projects and publications, from extensive recognition kits for Training Package qualifications in the Community Services sector, to a major series of educational materials for health workers in Papua New Guinea, to a high-profile and large print-run international women's development workbook, to research publications on topics such as training in indigenous communities, behaviour management in child care, and factors affecting soil futures. Her experience encompasses the development of learning materials to support courses in health, business, and community services in Australia and overseas, as well as building skills and capabilities of in-house content developers, and creating a wide range of corporate reports, tender submissions, and marketing materials for public and private sector organisations. Roslyn combines this with 12 years background in developing and managing training delivery projects in vocational and tertiary education, 5 years prior experience as a HRM practitioner, and periodic freelance work as an editor or writer.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts, UQ

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Writing, Editing & Publishing), UQ

Graduate Certificate in Public Relations, USQ

Professional Memberships:

Society of Editors (Queensland); Editors’ Association of Canada; Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers; Queensland Writers Centre

Website:

www.sunshinecoast.tafe.qld.gov.au    

Carol Boulanger Editorial Management Services

Experience:

Ms Boulanger has 25 years of experience as publishing manager, editorial supervisor, editor, and journalist and production editor. Her Queensland consultancy has operated since 1998; clients include Australian publishers, state and commonwealth agencies, and international aid agencies. She has taught primary and secondary students, and TAFE and university publishing courses. Freelance assignments have included major book projects (e.g. The Australian Travel Agency, McGraw-Hill 2000, 450 pp., 200+ illustrations; Plants of the Channel Country, Landcare 2005, 336 pp., 600+ illustrations; The Coalminers of Queensland Vol 2, CFMEU 2007, 486 pp.) She has trained materials development staff and advised government organisations in the Philippines (1996–97, 1999, 2007), Vietnam (2002, 2004), Tonga (1991) and Laos (1990, 1998–2006). In Laos and Vietnam, she developed comprehensive publishing guidelines for production and specification of textbooks, teachers’ guides and supplementary materials. She was Publishing Services Manager (1987–98) at Education Queensland when that department was the largest government publisher of educational materials in Australia. Her in-house and freelance staff produced curriculum materials for Prep to Year 12 students and teachers; she also developed and monitored standards for all departmental publishing. Earlier she was Publications Officer, Tasmanian Education (1982–86), teacher (1975 – 81) and journalist (1965–70).

Qualifications:

MA Education & Development, U London, 1993 (Dissertation: The management of national educational publishing programs in less-developed countries)

Commonwealth Relations Trust Fellow, U London, 1993

MEd Studies, U Tasmania, 1992 (Dissertation: The process and products of writing: Teaching and learning what writers know about writing)

BEd, Tas CAE, 1978

Professional Memberships:

Australian College of Education (Queensland Chapter). 

Australian Institute of Training and Development. 

Australian Society of Editors (Queensland Branch, foundation member). 

Queensland Writers Centre. 

MEAA-AJA (Australian Journalists Association). 

Asialink (University of Melbourne).

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Gamper Consulting Services

LTG Unit Trust

Experience:

Jana Scomazzon has many years experience working on VET research, development and consultation projects that inform her work as a DEEWR holistic QA, editorial and equity panellist.

In her role on the Editorial Panel since its inception in 2002, Jana has applied in-depth knowledge of the Training Package Development Handbook to numerous Training Packages in a range of industries (Service Skills Australia, Construction and Property Services ISC, Agri-Food ISC, Government Skills Australia, Innovation and Business Skills Australia).

Jana has written endorsed (units of competency) and support (learning resources) material for Training Packages and, having also taught adult learners, is aware of the requirements of units of competency and qualification packaging to meet learner, practitioner and industry needs. Her broader VET project work means that she is familiar with best practice around research, consultation and validation.

Jana is currently involved in assisting ISCs with their continuous improvement process, and is familiar with appropriate and effective Training Package development processes and Training Package endorsement process requirements.

She has worked recently on projects related to compliance with the AQTF 2007 as well as having undertaken national strategic work in the area of language, literacy and numeracy for the past ten years.

Qualifications:

Graduate Diploma of Education (English as a Second Language), Melbourne University

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Melbourne University

Diploma in Italian Language and Culture, Florence

Professional Memberships:

Former DEST Editorial Panel

Former DEST Employability Skills Panel: Quality Assurance and Audits

ISC Workplace Communication network

Former Executive Member of Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL)

Founding member and later facilitator national Industry Training Advisory Board Workplace Communication network (1999-2004)

Nedhurst Consulting

Nedhurst Consulting

Nedhurst Consulting

Neil Conning and Associates

Experience:

More than 30 years experience in structural and content editing, desktop publishing, proofreading, training, QA and project management for government, corporates, graphic design houses and publishers.

Expertise includes print, web and other electronic formats.

Member of former ANTA Training Package Editorial Panel and Employability Skills Panel.

Training package editing has included LMT00 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Training Package, TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package and ICA05 Information and Communications Training Package.

Worked for several skills councils on migration of Training Packages to NTIS database.

Edited guidebooks on use of Microsoft Word 2007 for Aspire Training and Consulting.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) University of Melbourne

Professional Memberships:

Society of Editors

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Quality Training Concepts

Experience:

I have edited numerous documents for national publication in the VET Sector. (Many of which are accessible from the DEEWR website.) Most recently, I edited the web version of the Training Package Development Handbook.  I have written various Style Guides and templates, and provided professional development sessions to assist organisations and project personnel to develop a consistent editing and writing style. This can minimise work in editing documents later on in projects. I support that kind of capacity building—early on, rather than the need for more intrusive intervention once a project is nearing its end. This not only saves time and money but also builds the capacity for future work in-house. In addition, I have edited soft and hard copy versions of a range of Training Package components and support materials. I am very aware of the need for a timely and responsive turnaround in project work. As a micro-business I tend to take on manageable projects so I can continue to provide timely services.

Qualifications:

BSZ50198 Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems, 2004

Master of Education Studies, Monash University, 1998

Graduate Diploma in Education (Graphic Communication), Hawthorn Institute of Education, 1988 Bachelor of Education, Victoria College, 1983

Diploma of Secondary Teaching, Melbourne Teachers' College, 1970

Professional Memberships:

Society of editors (Victoria) Inc.

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Rosemary Nicholls and Associates

Experience:

I have twelve years experience as a professional freelance editor and have worked on a broad range of publications, mostly in the VET sector.  This includes editing all or part of nine Training Packages for six Industry Skills Councils.

I have been involved in consultations with a number of Industry Skills Councils from the early stages of Training Package review and have worked closely with ISC personnel and developers in formulating unit of competency templates and content, style guides and writing and editing rules. I have also contributed to the development of the TLISC TUPS database of units of competency by using the database and commenting on content, formatting and useability.

I have now extended this role to include training ISC staff in the editing process and the skills required to effectively and efficiently edit Training Packages.

Prior to commencing my business I worked for twenty years in the TAFE system in a number of work roles including as Manager of Student and Information Services at Kangan Batman TAFE. This experience has given me a good understanding of the VET sector, and has enabled me to work with a broad range of people in a consultation, peer and supervisory capacity.

Qualifications:

B.A. Monash

B.Ed. La Trobe

Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, RMIT University

Professional Memberships:

I am a full member of the Society of Editors (Victoria) and participate in appropriate training programs and meetings of the society.

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