Extended transition period: CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package
In some cases, ASQA is empowered to approve transition periods longer than those detailed in Clauses 1.26 (a), (b) and (c) of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015.
In accordance with the General Direction – Learner transition, ASQA will only consider applications for a longer transition period where it can be demonstrated that there would be genuine disadvantage to a cohort of learners if such an extension was not approved.
Where ASQA has approved an extended transition period, that arrangement applies to all RTOs delivering the specific training product to the identified learner cohort (e.g. plumbing apprentices in a specific jurisdiction where the qualification has been superseded), regardless of who made the application.
ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for 53 qualifications and 570 units of competency from the CUA training package. The extended training, assessment and certification issuance period for this qualification ends on 16 October 2022.
In addition, ASQA agreed to extend the transition period of the CUA40313 Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and Management to 16 April 2023.
It was demonstrated to ASQA that the significant changes in the training package may genuinely disadvantage learners if they were required to transition to the replacement qualifications.
The training products will remain on RTOs scope of registration until the end of the extended transition period, unless the RTO chooses to withdraw it from scope prior.