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[permaculture] FW: [permaculture-oceania] Nationally Accredited Permaculture Training (APT)
- From: "Darren J. Doherty" <darren@permaculture.biz>
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- Subject: [permaculture] FW: [permaculture-oceania] Nationally Accredited Permaculture Training (APT)
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:26:43 +1000
Hello People, Be careful what you wish for! Great news here in oz.... Cheers Darren Doherty > > > FIRST MEDIA RELEASE! Major Milestone for Permaculture Nationally Accredited Permaculture Training (APT) Nimbin, NSW, 9 July 03 After years of discussion and debate, Permaculture International
Limited (PIL) is happy to announce that the five national qualifications in permaculture will soon be available.
Known as ³APT², these qualifications are the first and only nationally accredited permaculture courses in There will be five qualifications on offer under APT Certificate 1,
2, 3, 4 and Diploma. Certificate 1 is
suitable for beginners, from school age upwards. The Diploma is for
experienced practitioners. People who
have completed a Permaculture Design Course, (PDC) will receive significant credits towards the new qualifications. APT has been designed to recognise and build on current training in permaculture, including the PDC.
Now that accreditation has been achieved, we are anticipating input from permaculture practitioners into the
detailed content of the accredited courses.
APT will be reviewed every 12 months, and undergo extension as our collective body of knowledge and
experience increases. APT provides a new opportunity to attract public funding and subsidy, through programs such as Farmbis, NHT, Landcare, labour market
programs, VET in schools, CDEP, Work for the Dole etc. Qualifications can be achieved in two ways by recognition of prior learning (RPL) for experienced permaculturists; or through study at
venues approved to deliver APT. (note:
while these venues may include TAFE and other training institutions, APT is owned by PIL on behalf of the permaculture community.) PIL is negotiating a partnership with a Registered Training
Organisation (RTO) to enable training and recognition (RPL) services to be available throughout existing permaculture trainers and training venues to offer APT. *** PIL will shortly release
details on how existing trainers can be involved in APT, how experienced permaculturists can achieve
recognition for their knowledge and skills, and how access to APT can be achieved. *** A series of regional and capital city Course Orientation Workshops
is being planned and details will be announced by email and in PIL¹s
magazine ³The Planet². For more information, contact PIL or one of the reference group members
see Œbackground¹ below. ²With the development of this new range of accredited qualifications,
the richness and choice of colours in the education palette has vastly
improved. Permaculture education has just come of age.² Virginia Solomon ³The enormity of this undertaking was daunting in the early stage. With true permaculture co-operation and synchronicity, the pieces began to
fall into place. I think what kept us
going was the knowledge that this would be a course that was designed and written by permaculturists, constantly updated by the permaculture community, that would lead to increased credibility for our thinking and practices in this new century.² Janet ³Another win-win situation for people doing permaculture you can now
get recognised training while doing something positive for the
environment.² Ian Lillington ³This new permaculture training is breaking exciting new ground, not
only for the permaculture community but for mainstream vocational training
and environmental education. It¹s
been an intense yet wonderful process of cooperation strengthening our networks and building bridges within permaculture. APT will equip
permaculture with an excellent educational framework for edging deeper into the mainstream while remaining firmly grounded in grassroots action and the Earthcare ethics.² Robyn Francis ³Accredited Permaculture Training will foster widespread community acceptance and recognition of permaculture. It will also provide
greater access and uptake of permaculture training as it will attract pubic
funding and subsidies targeted at nationally accredited training.² Guy
Rischmueller ************** BACKGROUND A national reference group was established in 2002 and has been
developing the new permaculture units.
Units are the Œskeleton¹ of a training program, and it is this skeleton or framework that has now been approved. The group met in Melbourne in November 2002 and Nimbin in 2003. The majority of the development work has been done by email. The reference group comprises: … Robyn Frances Nimbin, NSW
<erda@nor.com.au … Ian Lillington Willunga, SA <kookaburra@internode.on.net> … Janet Millington Noosa, Qld
<miltech@bigpond.com> … Virginia Solomon Eltham, Vic <vsolomon@netspace.com.au> and has consulted with Terry Leahy in The reference group engaged a training consultant, Guy Rischmueller, to guide the project through the approval process. During the next six months, PIL will form a partnership with a Registered Training
Organisation. This RTO will manage quality assurance and issue qualifications to
those completing training. ********** While PIL is committed to ensuring existing venues and permaculture
programs continue, there are some key considerations for delivering APT
programs: 1. Anyone currently teaching
permaculture courses at any level will have the opportunity to teach the new, accredited format. To deliver accredited training in Permaculture, a trainer will have to complete a Course Orientation Workshop, and will need Certificate IV in Assessment
and Workplace Training, (BSZ98).
They will also have to provide a curriculum vitae and must be competent to deliver this level of training. [The BSZ course and the permaculture certificates can be achieved by
RPL, which means gathering together evidence of your existing work and
presenting it to an assessor. Although
there will be a charge for this process, it is expected that there will be a huge increase in demand for permaculture training, so up front costs will be recouped.] 2. Venues where permaculture
is already taught will be able to teach accredited permaculture courses, providing they meet appropriate OHS
and insurance requirements. 3. There are opportunities to
integrate existing training programs and resources into the new format.
A Œresource bank¹ is being considered as a system where trainers can lodge their training materials and can borrow other materials from this bank. By managing the implementation of Accredited Permaculture Training
(APT) nationally, PIL is attempting to optimise benefits and returns to permaculture practitioners, enterprises and trainers in a variety of
ways that can meet different training needs from school education to
professional development. Caring for People, Caring for the Earth Anna Kowalczyk Office Administrator for _______________________________________________ Permaculture International Ltd. ABN: 13 196 056
495 Ph/Fax 61 [0] 2 66891155 Email: admin@permacultureinternational.org http://www.permacultureinternational.org PERMAFUND DONATIONS over $2 are tax deductible in your taxes towards ethical, environmental and permaculture activities. Please consider becoming a member of PIL, a not-for-profit company promoting permaculture philosophy and design principles. Our aim is to network people, education and information relating to permaculture. Please also visit Permaworld Foundation - www.permaworld.org their member's financial support to date is over $US 29,300. _______________________________________________ permaculture-oceania mailing list permaculture-oceania@lists.cat.org.au http://lists.cat.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/permaculture-oceania |
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