AGY-2688 | NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training

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The NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training was established by the Board of Vocational Education and Training Act, 1994 (Act No.33, 1994). This Act received assent on 2 June 1994 and commenced on 1 July 1994. (1) The Board was established as the body to be nominated by the Minister as the State Training Agency for the purposes of the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992 (Commonwealth). (2)

The functions of the Board were as follows:
a) to advise the Minister on State vocational and education training policies.;
b) to promote and develop a State vocational education and training system delivering high quality and nationally recognised programs;
c) to prepare, in collaboration with industry and vocational education and training providers, State Training Profiles based on the National Strategic Plan and agreed planning parameters, for approval by the Minister;
d) to recommend to the Minister the allocation of resources, including funding, to achieve optimal effectiveness and efficiency in the State’s vocational education and training system;
e) to co-ordinate the provision of data on the performance of the State vocational education and training system to the Minister as required;
f) to prepare such plans and reports as may be required by the Minister;
g) to liaise with the Australian National Training Authority and with the State Training Agencies of other States and Territories;
h) to commission and conduct inquiries and foster research in vocational education and training;
i) to promote and develop, in consultation with the Vocational Education and Accreditation Board, a co-ordinated and effective State system for the accreditation of courses and registration of education and training providers;
j) to encourage the development of innovative programs and best practices and the creation of new partnerships between the consumers of vocational education and training and public and private providers;
k) in collaboration with other agencies, to develop effective communication mechanisms for the dissemination of information about State and national developments in vocational education and training;
l) to advise and make recommendations on any matter referred to the Board by the Minister. (3)

The NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training consisted of nine part-time members. Each member could hold office for three years and was eligible for re-appointment. The quorum for a meeting was five members, of whom one was the Chairperson. (4)

The NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training could establish advisory committees to assist in the exercise of its functions. (5)

Under the Vocational Education and Training (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2010 the Board of Vocational Education and Training ceased on 30 June 2011 to have the function of promoting and developing, in consultation with the Vocational Education and Accreditation Board, a co-ordinated and effective State system for the accreditation of courses and registration of education and training providers, as the Accreditation Board had been abolished. (6)

Endnotes
1. NSW Government Gazette No.88, 1 July 1994, p.3236.
2. Board of Vocational Education and Training Act, 1994 (Act No.33, 1994) s.4.
3. Ibid. s.6.
4. Ibid. Sch. 1.
5. Ibid. s.9.
6. Vocational Education and Training (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2010 (Act No.131, 2010) Sch.2.2; Legislation website (2011 No 297), 24 June 2011.