House:LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE Date:TUESDAY, 8 April 1997 << Previous Page Next Page >> PDF of this document. Member:Cowdell, Hon John; Moore, Hon Norman Subject:TAFE - ADVANCED SKILLS LECTURERS Page:1202 / 1 (3) Is the Minister aware that such applicants are precluded from supplying the necessary documentation to be considered for the second round of advanced skills lecturer positions to be determined at a college level? (4) What is the justification for such bureaucratic intransigence? (5) Is the Minister prepared to take any action in this matter to improve the performance of the department? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(3) No. (4) I have been advised by the Western Australian Department of Training that in October 1996 applications were called for the positions of advanced skills lecturers (1) and (2). The advertisement required all applicants to meet certain criteria. The first two eligibility criteria were possession of teaching and vocational qualifications respectively. In order to demonstrate that they met those criteria, applicants were required to attach certified copies of those qualifications. Applicants had 15 days to prepare their applications. Approximately 1 400 applications were received. Approximately 110 of these were excluded because applicants failed to demonstrate that they met the qualification criteria by failing to attach certified copies of qualifications or not having the qualifications. A further number of applications were ineligible because they were late or for other reasons. The same applications were used for the first and second part of the selection process. All stages of the selection process for ASL (1) and (2) have been agreed with the Australian Education Union, which represents TAFE lecturers industrially. The selection process is subject to the public sector standards in human resources management, and any applicant may request an independent review of the process for a possible breach of the public sector standards, when the process has been completed. For the above reasons, I am unable to agree that the advanced skills lecturer selection process involves bureaucratic intransigence. There are specific requirements that must be met in all job selection processes. (5) Pursuant to subsection 105(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, I will not communicate with the department on the selection or appointment of lecturers to the classification of advanced skills lecturer (1) or (2). __________ << Previous Page Next Page >>
(3) Is the Minister aware that such applicants are precluded from supplying the necessary documentation to be considered for the second round of advanced skills lecturer positions to be determined at a college level? (4) What is the justification for such bureaucratic intransigence? (5) Is the Minister prepared to take any action in this matter to improve the performance of the department? Hon N.F. MOORE replied: (1)-(3) No. (4) I have been advised by the Western Australian Department of Training that in October 1996 applications were called for the positions of advanced skills lecturers (1) and (2). The advertisement required all applicants to meet certain criteria. The first two eligibility criteria were possession of teaching and vocational qualifications respectively. In order to demonstrate that they met those criteria, applicants were required to attach certified copies of those qualifications. Applicants had 15 days to prepare their applications. Approximately 1 400 applications were received. Approximately 110 of these were excluded because applicants failed to demonstrate that they met the qualification criteria by failing to attach certified copies of qualifications or not having the qualifications. A further number of applications were ineligible because they were late or for other reasons. The same applications were used for the first and second part of the selection process. All stages of the selection process for ASL (1) and (2) have been agreed with the Australian Education Union, which represents TAFE lecturers industrially. The selection process is subject to the public sector standards in human resources management, and any applicant may request an independent review of the process for a possible breach of the public sector standards, when the process has been completed. For the above reasons, I am unable to agree that the advanced skills lecturer selection process involves bureaucratic intransigence. There are specific requirements that must be met in all job selection processes. (5) Pursuant to subsection 105(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, I will not communicate with the department on the selection or appointment of lecturers to the classification of advanced skills lecturer (1) or (2). __________