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This design model is for a training package and its companion volume, whose component parts reflect the key features of a streamlined product. The streamlined design model is based on a set of objectives and guidelines, and draws on a combination of existing principles, current thinking and practice, user input, and identified opportunities for improvement. Together, the aims and guidelines embody recommendations 16 and 17 of the [vocational education and training] 'VET products for the 21st century' report. They are intended to complement the existing quality principles that underpin the training package development and endorsement process. The objectives and guidelines have been debated and refined during the development of the design model and are the primary outcome of a project commissioned by TVET Australia, as project managers of the National Quality Council's (NQC) 'VET products for the 21st century' project. Their purpose is to separate performance standards from guidance and supporting information, as well as to simplify, shorten and segment the contents of current training packages to make them more fit for purpose.

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This is the final report of a project commissioned in 2020 by the then Department of Education, Skills and Employment to review the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) and Digital Literacy Skills Framework (DLSF) and tools available to support assessment using these frameworks. The review explored the development and history of the ACSF and DLSF, their use and application in the Australian context and examined features of selected international adult skills frameworks and curriculum.

Through this desktop research and range of consultation activities with stakeholders, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has investigated current use of the ACSF and DLSF and identified issues that indicate a need for framework reform or change. This report documents the findings from the review and proposes recommendations that will better position the frameworks to support agile responses to swiftly changing skill needs. The first main recommendation is to consider the Digital Capability Framework (when available) as a replacement for the DLSF. The second is to continue to maintain the ACSF as the pre-eminent Australian framework for language, literacy and numeracy (LLN).

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