AERTP Qualifications and Assessment
AERTP training is based on the Film, Television, Radio and Multimedia training package: the set of nationally endorsed standards and qualifications for recognising and assessing people's skills in these industries. The training package describes national competency standards, which set out the skills and knowledge you need for radio broadcasting.
The radio industry has decided which combinations of competency standards make up a qualification. You can get a Certificate II, III or IV in Broadcasting (radio).
These certificates are industry-endorsed and nationally recognised: they comply with the Australian Qualifications Framework, a nationally consistent system for all qualifications in Australia.
CERTIFICATE II - more detail
CERTIFICATE III - more detail
CERTIFICATE IV - more detail
Certificate II in Broadcasting (radio) CUF20401
Certificate II - Foundations of Broadcasting (radio)
This Certificate II in Broadcasting (radio) as offered through AERTP is a stand-alone course - it is designed to provide ethnic broadcasters new to broadcasting with the foundation skills in all the key areas of radio production and broadcasting including broadcast law and standards, panel operating and presenting.
Certificate II - News and Current Affairs (radio)
In addition to a general introductory training course (Foundations of Broadcasting) AERTP offers a Certificate II in Broadcasting (radio) that is customised to meet the needs of broadcasters wishing to focus specifically in the area of news and current affairs. This Certificate II - News and Current Affairs (radio) includes many of the competencies covered in the Certificate II - Foundations of Broadcasting (radio).
These two short courses have been designated a Certificate II in Broadcasting (Radio) and are intended for participants without any prior knowledge or background in radio to provide foundation skills in radio production and broadcasting.
The topics contained in the Certificate II level training provided by AERTP cannot be studied independently of the whole course. Topics covered in the two Certificate II courses are as follows:
Certificate II Foundations of Broadcasting (radio):
2. Studio Use and Recording Program Preparation and Evaluation
3. Scripting
4. Interviewing and Using a Portable Audio Recorder
5. Broadcast Law and Standards
6. Editing
7. Program Presentation
8. Program Production and Course Evaluation
The topic of Editing is discretionary, as a Certificate II Foundations of Broadcasting can be obtained without completing this topic. It is however a recommended Topic.
Certificate II News and Current Affairs (radio):
2. Broadcast Law and Standards
3. News and Current Affairs Overview
4. Preparing and Presenting a Current Affairs Interview
5. Preparing and Presenting a News Bulletin
6. Portable Recording Techniques
7. Editing
8. Program Production
Certificate III in Broadcasting (radio) CUF30301
This training covers all the basics of radio production and equates to the previous Certificate II in Australian Community Radio Training. The major difference is that it is now aligned to the National Training Package covering radio which means that not only is the qualification nationally recognised it is also endorsed by the industry as a whole.
The program is designed for ethnic broadcasters with limited experience, however the topics can be delivered separately or as a whole working towards a major assessment task.
The Certificate III course can be taken on its own or it can provide a foundation for the Certificate IV course.
Certificate III in Broadcasting (radio) Topics:
2. Studio Use and Recording
3. Broadcast Law and Standards
4. Program Preparation and Evaluation
5. Scripting and Writing for Radio
6. Program Presentation
7. Broadcasters, their Communities and Cultural Diversity
8. Interviewing for Radio
9. Editing
10. Introduction to the Internet
11. Portable Recording
note:Portable Recording is an elective and may be dropped from the delivery of the training program without compromising the qualification.
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Certificate IV in Broadcasting (radio) CUF40601
This training is designed to build onto the Certificate III in Broadcasting (radio)
Certificate IV in Broadcasting (radio) Topics:
2. Promotional Announcements
3. Making a Documentary
4. Program Research
5. News and Current Affairs
6. Special Events Broadcasting
7. Bilingual Broadcasting
8. Oral History
9. Committees, Processes and Policies
10. Building Your Audience
11. Getting Sponsors
12. Music for Radio
13. Website Design
14. Basic On-line Audio
15. Advanced On-line Audio
The Certificate III as now delivered through AERTP will provide 4 of the units required for a Certificate IV. This means that to achieve the Certificate IV qualification you must attain competency in 10 additional units of competency. These units are contained within the topics 12 to 26.
However, because some of these units are classified as 'specialist' and some are 'elective', to build a qualification the following options are suggested: (see attached documents for details of units of competency.)
To build a Certificate IV from a Certificate III the following options are suggested:
1. Select AT LEAST TWO of the following Group B Specialist topics:• Making a Documentary (14)
• News and Current Affairs (16)
• Bilingual Broadcasting (18)
• Oral History (19)
2. Select FOUR of the following Group C Elective topics:
• Making a Documentary (14)
• Program Research (15)
• Special Events Broadcasting (17)
• Getting Sponsors (22)
3. Select FOUR of the following Certificate IV Unit Bank Elective topics
• Building Your Audience (21)
• Music for Radio (23)
• Website Design (24)
• Basic On-line Audio (25)
• Advanced On-line Audio (26)
New certificate qualifications
The NEMBC through the AERTP has aligned its training program with the National Training Package so that now we can deliver Certificate II, III and IV. The major change is that each module or topic is aligned to one or more units of competency from the National Training Package and the qualifications issued will specify which units of competency have been achieved. These qualifications are industry endorsed and nationally recognised.