Assessments
guidelines - conduct during examinations - academic honesty - results - reassessments - awards -
printable forms
Guidelines:
Participation:
Due to the essential role that class activities play in the assessment of your competencies, full participation within each and every class is a crucial element of satisfactory academic progress. Without sufficient participation in class, your trainer/assessor will not be able to assess you in the numerous occasions and in the multiple ways required to deem you as competent.
Delivery:
Assessment will be centred on class activities and is competency based. Competency Based Assessment requires you to demonstrate particular skills, or groups of skills, on numerous occasions and in multiple ways. Each class will have its own unique assessment tasks which must be completed within the scheduled class time to demonstrate your competence.
These tasks will be delivered through the following methods:
Methods:
Practical Demonstrations, including the preparation of particular dishes to specific criteria, serving customers and any other relevant practical requirements as per the hospitality training package. Practical assessment will be undertaken in ACOT's fully operational training facilities and within the busy operational commercial environment of the fully embedded Thornbury Theatre which is one of the leading entertainment and function venues in Victoria.
• Assignments, prepared in a variety of media such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Research Tasks such as market surveys and web based research.
• In Class Activities such as role plays and guided discussions.
• Class Presentations.
• Field trips and Excursions.
Grading:
Assessments will be evaluated on specific criteria and deemed as either 'S' Satisfactory or 'NS' Not Satisfactory. Each completed Unit of Competency will be graded as either 'C' Competent or 'NYC' Not Yet Competent. (Top)
Conduct during examinations
Students:
1. A student found guilty of breaching any of the following rules of conduct, during knowledge tests/ examinations, in a way that may compromise, or defeat, the purposes of the assessment, may be found guilty of Academic Dishonesty, and subject to penalties, ranging from mark reduction, zero marks, or failure in the unit for that study period, to exclusion or expulsion from the College.
2. Student identification - students must bring into the examination room and keep displayed their current Student Identification Card.
3. Students are to comply with directions - a student will comply with all directions given by the trainer/assessor/examiner / examination supervisor and all instructions to candidates set out on the examination materials, or displayed in the examination room.
4. A student’s behaviour must not disturb, distract, or adversely affect, any other student.
5. Entering and leaving an examination room. Students who are given permission to enter, or leave, an examination room, will comply with any conditions relating to the giving of the permission. Students will not be given permission to leave an examination room until half the prescribed working time has elapsed, or during the last 15 minutes of the prescribed working time, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
6. Any student that arrives late, but before half the prescribed working time for the examination has elapsed, will normally be permitted to take the examination, but, no additional working time will be allowed, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
7. Unauthorised material shall not be brought into the examination room.
8. Students may bring into an examination room only those materials approved for the unit under examination, and indicated as such on the knowledge test/examination paper.
9. All other materials are expressly prohibited unless they are brought into the knowledge test/examination room with the permission of the examination supervisor, and deposited by the student directly upon entering the examination room, at a place stipulated by the aforementioned examination supervisor. It is inconsequential, for this rule, that the unauthorized material is not related to the unit being tested/examined.
10. Students are not to remove any papers.
11. A student shall not remove, from the examination room, any worked scripts, or other paper provided for use during the course of the knowledge test/examination (other than the question papers supplied, where this is authorized by the knowledge test/examination supervisor) or other material, which is the property of the College.
12. Students shall not communicate with others during a knowledge test/examination, except the knowledge test/examination, except the trainer/assessor/examiner / examination supervisor (Top)
Examiner's obligations and responsibilities:
1. In most, if not all cases, the examiner will be the trainer/assessor of the cohort of students being assessed under test/examination conditions.
2. An examiner must either address announcements concerning clarification of, or amendment to, an examination paper, to the entire group of students, or write them on a blackboard/whiteboard.
3. An examiner should specify on the test/examination paper whether students may use any type of portable calculator, or non-programmable calculators only.
4. Checking text books and any other materials permitted for use by examinees. Where restrictions apply to the documents and materials, which students are permitted to use in an examination, it is essential that a lecturer, experienced in the unit under examination, be present in the examination area. The trainer/assessor will assist the examination supervisor to
5. Check students’ documents and make determinations on the legitimacy, or otherwise, of notes contained therein.
Academic Honesty - College Policy
No student shall engage in any activity that involves attempting to receive a grade by means other than honest effort, for example, as follows:
1. No student shall knowingly procure, provide, or accept, any materials that contain questions, or answers, to any examination, or assignment, to be given at a subsequent time.
2. No student shall complete, in part, or in total, any examination, or assignment for another person.
3. No student shall knowingly allow any examination, or assignment to be completed, in part, or in total, for herself, or himself, by another person.
4. No student shall plagiarize, or copy, the work of another person, and submit it as her or his, own work.
5. No student shall employ unauthorized aids in undertaking course work.
6. No student shall, without proper authorization, alter graded class assignments, or examinations, and then resubmit them for re-grading.
7. No student shall provide their assignments, in part, or in total, to any other student, in current, or future classes of the course. No student shall procure, or accept, assignments from any other student, from current, or prior classes of the course.
8. All programming code and documentation submitted for evaluation, or existing inside the student’s computer accounts, must be the student’s original work, or material specifically authorized by their trainer/assessor. The course accounts are authorised for course work only.
9. Collaborating with other students to develop, complete, or correct, course work, is limited to activities explicitly authorized by their trainer/assessor. Use of other student’s course work, in part, or in total, to develop, complete, or correct, course work is unauthorised.
Each student is responsible for having knowledge and understanding of, and abiding by, the College’s policies on academic dishonesty and student conduct. A student violating the College’s academic dishonesty and/or student conduct policies will be subject to the provisions contained in the Academic Misconduct Policy.
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Submission of results
Results must be authorised by each trainer, and should be submitted progressively to the Director of Studies. Results must be received within ten working days.
Recommended grades and/or marks (%) should be submitted on the pro-forma provided by the Director of Studies.
Release of results
Under normal circumstances, results will be released within twenty working days of the published study period end date. Results will be mailed to the students’ home address, or can be collected in person from the College. Photo identification will be required on collection. If the academic record is to be requested, or collected, by a person other than the student, a power of attorney, or letter of authorization, is required, as is photo identification.
Where a student fails to meet a debt, or obligation, to the College, the student’s academic results will be withheld for completed units that have not been paid for. (Top)
Re-assessment of Unsatisfactorily Completed Units
Where a student fails to successfully complete a unit of competency there is a possibility of undertaking ‘catch up’ classes and assessment. These classes are generally conducted on a Saturday morning and incur an additional cost of A$200 per unit. If a student is required to take extra units to complete a course of study at the end of their scheduled program, and the remaining units do not constitute a full-time load, the student may complete the units with a less than full-time load. This applies to students who are required to repeat units of study; however, ACOT will not allow students to repeat any unit more than once.
Awards
On successful completion of a course of study, students must fill out an Application for Award form and/or a Statement of Attainment request to receive their certificate.
The application forms are available from administration at reception. Student needs to ensure that all details are filled correctly. Administration will acknowledge receipt of the application form and a copy will be given to students.
Before issuing any certificate, Administration will check to ensure that students have no outstanding financial liabilities to the College. The status of the course /unit completion will be checked by administration, verified by the Director of Studies and authorized by the institute CEO. The award and/or statement of attainment will be printed and signed by the CEO.
The award and/or statement of attainment will then be dispatched as per the preferred mode selected on the application.
Printable forms: Re-assessment Request (TA0025) - Qualifications Application (ES0022) - Academic Honesty Committment Form (ES0023) - Assessment Submission Form and Receipt (ES0026)
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guidelines - conduct during examinations - academic honesty - results - reassessments - awards -
printable forms
Guidelines:
Participation:
Due to the essential role that class activities play in the assessment of your competencies, full participation within each and every class is a crucial element of satisfactory academic progress. Without sufficient participation in class, your trainer/assessor will not be able to assess you in the numerous occasions and in the multiple ways required to deem you as competent.
Delivery:
Assessment will be centred on class activities and is competency based. Competency Based Assessment requires you to demonstrate particular skills, or groups of skills, on numerous occasions and in multiple ways. Each class will have its own unique assessment tasks which must be completed within the scheduled class time to demonstrate your competence.
These tasks will be delivered through the following methods:
Methods:
Practical Demonstrations, including the preparation of particular dishes to specific criteria, serving customers and any other relevant practical requirements as per the hospitality training package. Practical assessment will be undertaken in ACOT's fully operational training facilities and within the busy operational commercial environment of the fully embedded Thornbury Theatre which is one of the leading entertainment and function venues in Victoria.
• Assignments, prepared in a variety of media such as MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Research Tasks such as market surveys and web based research.
• In Class Activities such as role plays and guided discussions.
• Class Presentations.
• Field trips and Excursions.
Grading:
Assessments will be evaluated on specific criteria and deemed as either 'S' Satisfactory or 'NS' Not Satisfactory. Each completed Unit of Competency will be graded as either 'C' Competent or 'NYC' Not Yet Competent. (Top)
Conduct during examinations
Students:
1. A student found guilty of breaching any of the following rules of conduct, during knowledge tests/ examinations, in a way that may compromise, or defeat, the purposes of the assessment, may be found guilty of Academic Dishonesty, and subject to penalties, ranging from mark reduction, zero marks, or failure in the unit for that study period, to exclusion or expulsion from the College.
2. Student identification - students must bring into the examination room and keep displayed their current Student Identification Card.
3. Students are to comply with directions - a student will comply with all directions given by the trainer/assessor/examiner / examination supervisor and all instructions to candidates set out on the examination materials, or displayed in the examination room.
4. A student’s behaviour must not disturb, distract, or adversely affect, any other student.
5. Entering and leaving an examination room. Students who are given permission to enter, or leave, an examination room, will comply with any conditions relating to the giving of the permission. Students will not be given permission to leave an examination room until half the prescribed working time has elapsed, or during the last 15 minutes of the prescribed working time, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
6. Any student that arrives late, but before half the prescribed working time for the examination has elapsed, will normally be permitted to take the examination, but, no additional working time will be allowed, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
7. Unauthorised material shall not be brought into the examination room.
8. Students may bring into an examination room only those materials approved for the unit under examination, and indicated as such on the knowledge test/examination paper.
9. All other materials are expressly prohibited unless they are brought into the knowledge test/examination room with the permission of the examination supervisor, and deposited by the student directly upon entering the examination room, at a place stipulated by the aforementioned examination supervisor. It is inconsequential, for this rule, that the unauthorized material is not related to the unit being tested/examined.
10. Students are not to remove any papers.
11. A student shall not remove, from the examination room, any worked scripts, or other paper provided for use during the course of the knowledge test/examination (other than the question papers supplied, where this is authorized by the knowledge test/examination supervisor) or other material, which is the property of the College.
12. Students shall not communicate with others during a knowledge test/examination, except the knowledge test/examination, except the trainer/assessor/examiner / examination supervisor (Top)
Examiner's obligations and responsibilities:
1. In most, if not all cases, the examiner will be the trainer/assessor of the cohort of students being assessed under test/examination conditions.
2. An examiner must either address announcements concerning clarification of, or amendment to, an examination paper, to the entire group of students, or write them on a blackboard/whiteboard.
3. An examiner should specify on the test/examination paper whether students may use any type of portable calculator, or non-programmable calculators only.
4. Checking text books and any other materials permitted for use by examinees. Where restrictions apply to the documents and materials, which students are permitted to use in an examination, it is essential that a lecturer, experienced in the unit under examination, be present in the examination area. The trainer/assessor will assist the examination supervisor to
5. Check students’ documents and make determinations on the legitimacy, or otherwise, of notes contained therein.
Academic Honesty - College Policy
No student shall engage in any activity that involves attempting to receive a grade by means other than honest effort, for example, as follows:
1. No student shall knowingly procure, provide, or accept, any materials that contain questions, or answers, to any examination, or assignment, to be given at a subsequent time.
2. No student shall complete, in part, or in total, any examination, or assignment for another person.
3. No student shall knowingly allow any examination, or assignment to be completed, in part, or in total, for herself, or himself, by another person.
4. No student shall plagiarize, or copy, the work of another person, and submit it as her or his, own work.
5. No student shall employ unauthorized aids in undertaking course work.
6. No student shall, without proper authorization, alter graded class assignments, or examinations, and then resubmit them for re-grading.
7. No student shall provide their assignments, in part, or in total, to any other student, in current, or future classes of the course. No student shall procure, or accept, assignments from any other student, from current, or prior classes of the course.
8. All programming code and documentation submitted for evaluation, or existing inside the student’s computer accounts, must be the student’s original work, or material specifically authorized by their trainer/assessor. The course accounts are authorised for course work only.
9. Collaborating with other students to develop, complete, or correct, course work, is limited to activities explicitly authorized by their trainer/assessor. Use of other student’s course work, in part, or in total, to develop, complete, or correct, course work is unauthorised.
Each student is responsible for having knowledge and understanding of, and abiding by, the College’s policies on academic dishonesty and student conduct. A student violating the College’s academic dishonesty and/or student conduct policies will be subject to the provisions contained in the Academic Misconduct Policy.
. (Top)
Submission of results
Results must be authorised by each trainer, and should be submitted progressively to the Director of Studies. Results must be received within ten working days.
Recommended grades and/or marks (%) should be submitted on the pro-forma provided by the Director of Studies.
Release of results
Under normal circumstances, results will be released within twenty working days of the published study period end date. Results will be mailed to the students’ home address, or can be collected in person from the College. Photo identification will be required on collection. If the academic record is to be requested, or collected, by a person other than the student, a power of attorney, or letter of authorization, is required, as is photo identification.
Where a student fails to meet a debt, or obligation, to the College, the student’s academic results will be withheld for completed units that have not been paid for. (Top)
Re-assessment of Unsatisfactorily Completed Units
Where a student fails to successfully complete a unit of competency there is a possibility of undertaking ‘catch up’ classes and assessment. These classes are generally conducted on a Saturday morning and incur an additional cost of A$200 per unit. If a student is required to take extra units to complete a course of study at the end of their scheduled program, and the remaining units do not constitute a full-time load, the student may complete the units with a less than full-time load. This applies to students who are required to repeat units of study; however, ACOT will not allow students to repeat any unit more than once.
Awards
On successful completion of a course of study, students must fill out an Application for Award form and/or a Statement of Attainment request to receive their certificate.
The application forms are available from administration at reception. Student needs to ensure that all details are filled correctly. Administration will acknowledge receipt of the application form and a copy will be given to students.
Before issuing any certificate, Administration will check to ensure that students have no outstanding financial liabilities to the College. The status of the course /unit completion will be checked by administration, verified by the Director of Studies and authorized by the institute CEO. The award and/or statement of attainment will be printed and signed by the CEO.
The award and/or statement of attainment will then be dispatched as per the preferred mode selected on the application.
Printable forms: Re-assessment Request (TA0025) - Qualifications Application (ES0022) - Academic Honesty Committment Form (ES0023) - Assessment Submission Form and Receipt (ES0026)
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"The Thornbury Theatre" 859 High Street, Thornbury Vic 3071 Australia
Tel: 613 9484 8787 Fax: 613 9095 3651
ABN: 31 126 145 686 RTO: 21983 CRICOS: 03082B
Tel: 613 9484 8787 Fax: 613 9095 3651
ABN: 31 126 145 686 RTO: 21983 CRICOS: 03082B
Australian College of Trade
World class industry-embedded training
"The Thornbury Theatre"
