Chapter IV. Chapter IV. Evaluation of Vocational Training
A. Screening of Training programs under the Skills Development Account System
4) Screening Procedure and Detailed Items
The screening procedures are previewed by the local labor offices; screening for the necessity of support; screening for content adequacy; review of training program adjustments.
I. Preview
[Figure - 3] Screening Process
The regional employment and labor offices are in charge of the first step preview, and persons in charge at the offices check applicants' qualification and whether or not their training programs falls under the pre-announced training areas (occupation), where applications are limited.
Preview is a procedure to verify whether or not the applications are made truthfully. At this stage, the check points are fact-related: i) training facility/equipment, ii) training teachers/
instructors, iii) training materials, and iv) limitations of training program accreditation. Also, judges pay a visit to applicants in order to conduct on-site inspections, to strengthen the offices' supervision authority and responsibilities.
II. Necessity Review for Financial Support
It is a process to determine whether or not the applied training program needs financial support from the government. An application cannot be approved if it falls under one of the two following categories: 1) pre-determined training fields where applications are limited, based on the criteria for support necessity (criteria for training areas where support necessity is limited); 2) fields (course) of training set by the judging committee as needed, in accordance with Article 4, Item 6 of the “Regulation for the Implementation of the Vocational Skills Development Account System.”
III. Content Adequacy Screening
It reviews whether or not an applied training program meets the physical and personnel requirements (training facilities and equipments; and training teachers) and requirements for content adequacy and appropriateness of training methods. The goals of this screening are to evaluate how faithful the applied training program is in meeting the original training purpose, and whether or not it reflects the latest needs of industrial fields. It is used to exclude training programs with insufficient content and lack of adaptability in the actual fields.
IV. Training Program Adjustment Screening
The purpose of this stage is to make a final adjustment, accommodating the demand of each industry and region, to prevent excessive approval in area that already have an excessive supply. At this stage, some adjustments are made to training programs whose content adequacy screening results are
"Adequate" and "Conditionally Adequate (training cost)" to avoid excess accreditation in areas with oversupply. For occupations whose supply is insufficient, on the other hand, an "Adequate"
decision is given on the condition of "remedy of reasons for inadequacy."
<Table - 6> Items of Training Program Screening
Stage Items Criteria Results
Support
Necessity Support necessity
∙ Article 14 of Regulation for the Implementation of the Vocational Skills Development Account System (Requirements of Appropriate Training Courses for Account) and screening notification for training programs for 2013 account system for vocational competency
development
Appro- priate
Not approp-
riate
Contents Adequacy
Training Facility/
Equipment
Do training facility/equipment satisfy
∙
the minimum requirements of detailed criteria for each occupation (area, required equipment)?
Are they in the recent trend, or is
∙
used in the industrial fields?
Are they secured enough compared to
∙
training contents or the fixed number of trainees in the program?
Are the internal structure and layout
∙
appropriate to run training (especially, for practice)?
Are the specifications and age of
∙
training equipments enough to run training?
Satisfac tory Not satisfact
ory
Teachers/
Instructors
Do the training teachers/instructors meet
∙
the minimum requirements of detailed criteria for each occupation (major, experiences and certification)?
Do the majors of training
∙
teachers/instructors have relevance to the concerned training programs?
Satisfac tory Not satisfact
ory
Are teaching and on-site experience of
∙
training teachers/instructors related to the concerned training programs?
Are certifications of training
∙
teachers/instructors relevant to the concerned training programs?
Training Contents
Is training designed to meet the
∙
training target?
Is training consistent with the name of
∙
the course?
Do training contents adequately reflect
∙
the recent demand from the industrial fields?
Are detailed subjects of training
∙
organized appropriately?
Are the total training hours and hours
∙
for each subject allocated appropriately?
Are the materials in the recent trend or
∙
used in the actual industrial fields?
Is the level of trainees set and
∙
provided appropriately to the concerned training courses?
Are the training contents the same with
∙
or similar to other programs that the same provider applies for?
Are contents structured appropriate for
∙
the vulnerable groups?
Satisfac tory Not satisfact
ory
Training Method
Are the training methods effective
∙
acquiring training contents?
Are theory hours and practice hours
∙
properly allocated?
Are the used training methods suitable
∙
to the training contents under each
Satisfac tory Not satisfact
ory
subject?
Are the used training equipments
∙
proper for the training contents?
Are the training contents are the same
∙
with or similar to other program that the same provider applies for?
Are training methods used appropriately
∙
for the characteristics of the vulnerable group?
Training Expense
Is the price for raining appropriate
∙
compared to its level and contents?
Is it reasonable compared to the
∙
national average for similar training areas and the average of similar regions?
Is training unit cost per hour relatively
∙
reasonable?
Satisfa- ctory Condi -tional
Decision □ Proper □ Not Proper Conditional (Training Expense)
□
Training Program Adjust- ment
Program Grade (Proper
/ Conditi
onal)
Industrial Field Appropriat-
eness
Do the overall contents of training
∙
program properly reflect recent changes in the industrial fields?
Grade 1 2 3 4 5 Operation
Capacity Appropriat-
eness
Are the training facility/equipment and
∙
teachers/instructors enough compared to the training contents or the fixed number of trainees?
Satisfaction to the Purpose of
the Account
System
Do the overall training contents make
∙
it easy for trainees to get a job or a certificate after completing the course, by improving their job competency?
V. Disclosure of the Final Results
KRIVET makes a list of suitable training programs, by considering the results from each of the four screening stages, and then, submits it to MOEL. It also notifies the results to the concerned training providers through HRD-Net. The list is effective for one year from the day of approval.