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About - ASIST® Code of Practice - Access and Equity Policy

1. Principles

This Access and Equity Policy is based on the following principles:

  1. Providing and maintaining training services that reflect fair and reasonable opportunity, and consideration for all students and staff, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender or physical disability, regardless of the prevailing community values.
  2. Equity for all people through the fair and appropriate allocation of resources and involvement in vocational education and training.
  3. Equality of outcome within vocational education and training for all people, without discrimination.
  4. Access for all people to appropriate quality vocational education and training programs and services.
  5. Increased opportunity for people to participate in vocational education and training and in relevant decision making processes within the vocational education and training system.
2. Target Groups

The Access and Equity Policy target groups are:

  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders;
  2. People with a disability;
  3. People from non-English speaking backgrounds;
  4. People in transition and other special groups (ie people re-entering the workforce, long term unemployed, sole parents, people with literacy problems, and those who have been institutionalised);
  5. Women; and
  6. People from regionally isolated communities.
3. Access and Equity Rules

ASIST® will apply the following rules in support of access and equity.

  1. All staff are to be given fair and reasonable:
    (1) opportunity to participate in relevant decision making processes; and
    (2) allocation of resources and services.
  2. All applicants are to be given fair and reasonable opportunity to attend and complete training.
  3. Where two or more applicants are assessed equal by order of merit, greater weight is to be given to people from the access and equity target groups.
  4. Priority between target groups members should be determined on an individual basis and should be given to those members who have suffered the greatest disadvantage.
4. Quarterly Review

The Access and Equity Policy is to be reviewed during the third week of each calendar quarter.

5. Re-evaluation and Amendment

All perceived deficiencies in the Access and Equity Policy are to be documented at the Quarterly Review and investigated to determine whether a deficiency exists, and, if so:

  1. the impact of the deficiency;
  2. how the policy should be amended to eliminate the deficiency; and
  3. whether the suggested amendment is consistent with a ‘best practice strategy’.

A report is to be submitted at the subsequent weekly conference for staff evaluation and determination. If the amendment is supported, the amendment will be effective immediately.