Victorian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM AMENDMENT (SKILLS) ACT 2011 (NO. 76 OF 2011) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 —

              (i)     to clarify that TAFE institute boards and governing boards of adult education institutions are able to operate outside Victoria and to provide for the validation of past operations outside Victoria; and

              (ii)     to ensure that students of all training organisations, including those who are still of compulsory school age, may be placed with an employer under a practical placement agreement and to provide for the validation of certain practical placement agreements made in the past; and

              (iii)     to provide that students of all persons or bodies registered in respect of accredited senior secondary courses, in addition to registered schools, who are participating in courses of study leading to an accredited senior secondary course may be placed with an employer under a work experience arrangement or a structured workplace learning arrangement and to provide for the validation of past arrangements; and

        (b)     to amend the Accident Compensation Act 1985 in relation to certain agreements and arrangements for providing workplace experience or training for students.