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A provider may mirror the Full Year Training Equivalent (FYTE) values used in the AVETMISS data collection when calculating or reporting EFTSL.
A typical full-time student for a one-year course will have an EFTSL of 1.0. A student studying part-time would incur an EFTSL less than 1.0. For example, if a student is studying a course that has a load of 1.0 EFTSL, at a quarter rate, the course load reported for them will still be 1.0, but the unit of study EFTSLs will add up to 0.25 in any given year (so it will take them 4 years to complete).
For VSL data reporting, you determine the EFTSL for each course and unit of study against study undertaken by a full-time student. You may use a number of methods to determine EFTSL. For example, students may have to undertake a certain number of VET units of competency or units of study or complete a minimum number of nominal hours in a full academic year to be considered a full-time student for the full year to have a calculated EFTSL of 1.0.
The provider determines the EFTSL value for each VET unit of study that makes up each course it offers. The EFTSL value of a VET unit of study is determined by calculating the proportion of the full-time study load of one academic year the unit of study or part of the course represents.
When calculating the length of units of study, you must include supervised and unsupervised learning or training necessary to cover the material associated with the delivery and assessment of the unit of study and time spent in workplace learning or industry placement.
Reporting EFTSL for part-time students
The following examples apply:
If you assume that 720 hours is equal to one year’s full-time study, a course that requires 720 hours study is 1.0 EFTSL. If the course is broken up into 4 equal parts of 180 hours each, then each part has a load of 0.25 EFTSL.
Alternatively, if the course requires a total of 1080 hours study (= 720 x 1.5) then the total EFTSL for the course is 1.5. If the course is broken into 3 equal parts of 360 hours each, then each of these has a load of 0.5 EFTSL (or 1/3 of 1.5).
Both examples assume that 720 hours is equal to one year’s full-time study for the courses listed.