VIC Program Supervised Training Activity Completion Date (PSTAC Date) Feedback.

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Jade Steffensen

Currently, the Program Supervised Teaching Activity Completion (PSTAC) date field (introduced in 2016 for Victorian AVETMISS reporting in the NAT00130 file) is derived from the existing expected or actual completion date fields. One limitation of this is that it does not allow for differentiation between the PSTAC date and the date on which the final subject is assessed/resulted.

We are planning to add an additional date field to allow capturing of the PSTAC date directly. In order to minimize data entry requirements, if a PSTAC date has not been specified, this value will still be derived from the expected or actual completion date fields for AVETMISS reporting.

Please provide any feedback you might have on this change.

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  • David Wylie

    Hi Jade,

    I agree that the PSTAC field should be automatically populated by the actual completion date, but not the expected completion date. The PSTAC is to be reported upon program completion only - it makes no sense to use the expected completion date in any context pertaining to this new Victorian AVETMISS requirement.

    Thanks,

    David Wylie

     

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  • Jade Steffensen

    Hi David, thanks for your feedback. Our interpretation of this field is that it should be reported from commencement of the enrolment based on the following snippets from the VIC documentation:

    • "should reflect the date upon which supervised training and assessment activity is scheduled to complete, in line with the student’s Training Plan" (stats guidelines 2016.2 p166)
    • "Initially this date will be the estimated completion date and will only need to be amended if the Training Plan has changed and a new completion date is being given to the student." (VIC 2016 Fact sheet v.1)

    Currently, the PSTAC Date will pull from the expected completion date if no actual completion date has been supplied, so there is no real change in logic. If you have received any documentation/communication that does not accord with the previously mentioned documentation, please send these through to us for review.

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