Buying resources for one unit can help when an RTO adds an elective, prepares a short program or replaces a particular set of materials. Begin with the exact unit code in your delivery plan. Confirm where the unit will sit in the program and which work learners will be expected to complete. That gives you a basis for deciding whether to buy teaching material, assessment documents or both.
Find the unit and confirm the product format
The CAQA Courses Unit of competency collection directs buyers to search by unit code. Use the code rather than relying on words from the title. Open the result and read the product type and inclusions. If your organisation already has class material, an assessment product may meet a different need from a combined Learning and Assessment Kit.
CAQA Courses Learning and Assessment Kit listings describe learner guides, presentations, session plans, classroom activities and self study guides. They also describe a student assessment pack, marking guide, unit mapping and assessment record tools. Check the listing for your selected unit. Similar names on different product pages can refer to different sets of files.
Compare the unit with the rest of the course
Choose the point where this unit will be taught and look at the material immediately before and after it. A trainer can identify concepts learners have already seen and anything the unit needs to introduce. If several units use the same workplace scenario, decide how learners will recognise which instructions apply and where to submit work for each one.
Ask the assessor to compare the proposed activities with the applicable unit requirements and the setting your RTO can provide. Look for tasks that assume access to particular records or equipment. Check which instructions your staff will deliver in class and what the learner may need to do in a workplace. Where another person provides observations, agree on how their record will reach the assessor.
How can I check a sample quickly?
Pick one activity from the unit and give it to a trainer and an assessor separately. Ask the trainer to identify the explanation and practice the learner would need before attempting it. Ask the assessor to identify what work the learner would produce and how they would record the result. Compare their answers to see whether the sample gives them the information they need.
If the RTO uses a different workplace form, try replacing the sample form with a practice version of your own. Identify any examples or guidance that refer to it. If your change affects what the learner submits, review the task and the associated assessment guidance before staff use the edited files.
Put the resource into use
Decide where the current unit files will sit and who will maintain them. If the unit appears in several courses, tell the delivery teams which documents they share and which examples each team will adapt. Keep enough information in the course materials for a trainer to identify the unit and version that apply to their class.
Before buying, record what is included and what your team will supply. A short trial using a sample and your existing delivery plan can reveal whether a unit resource fills the gap or whether you also need another resource type.
CAQA Courses resources are written by subject matter experts and are compliant and audit ready. Use the supplied Word or Office materials to customise, rebrand and reproduce copies within your RTO. The licence covers unlimited students within your RTO. Ask for a sample to review the selected resource. This resource comes with CAQA's Quality Assurance Guarantee: if it gives an adverse audit outcome, we fix it free of cost, and all future updates are free until the training product becomes superseded and equivalent.
