Evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of TAFE SA
On 4 April 2022, the Commission commenced an evaluation of the practices, policies and procedures of TAFE SA.
TAFE SA is South Australia’s largest vocational education and training provider, delivering courses to more than 60,000 students. It engages around 2,000 staff and operates 30 campuses across the state.
On 21 March 2023 the Evaluation of practices, policies and procedures of TAFE SA report was tabled in Parliament and published on the Commission's website.
The report was prepared in accordance with sections 40(3) and 41(2) of the ICAC Act 2012.
Terms of reference
The evaluation examined:
- The extent to which TAFE SA’s governance framework adequately guards against the risks of corruption
- TAFE SA’s practices, policies and procedures with respect to:
- Human resources management
- Procurement and contract management
- Asset and facilities management
and whether those practices, policies and procedures provide effective controls against corruption.
- The manner in which TAFE SA claims and reports on the subsidy payments it receives from government
- The framework in place to manage relationships between staff and students and whether those processes are adequate to guard against inappropriate enrolments, assessments, qualifications, and awards of licenses, certificates, diplomas and associate degrees.
As a result of information gained in the evaluation so far the Commissioner has decided that it is appropriate to add to those terms of reference as follows:
- How TAFE SA guards against the risk of corruption in its commercial activities and engagement with industry, as well as the potential improper commercial exploitation of its resources.
- How TAFE SA guards against inappropriate access to, use or dissemination of personal and proprietary information and its practices in respect of records management.
Supporting documents
EXH 0083 TAFE SA, Induction and Compliance Training Overview (April 2022)
EXH 0149 TAFE SA, Policy – Change and Placement Services Redeployment (undated)
EXH 0151 TAFE SA, Procedure – Employment and Management of Hourly Paid Instructors (undated)
EXH 0152 TAFE SA, Policy – Excess Recreation Leave Policy (undated)
EXH 0156 TAFE SA, Policy – Performance Management and Development Policy (November 2020)
EXH 0157 TAFE SA, Policy – TAFE SA Consultation and Change Policy (undated)
EXH 0161 TAFE SA, Policy – Workforce Development Policy TAFE Act (undated)
EXH 0172 TAFE SA, Policy – Asset Management (November 2021)
EXH 0176 TAFE SA, Procedure – Asset Management – Building Legislative Compliance (undated)
EXH 0177 TAFE SA, Procedure – Asset Management – Disposal Goods (including inventory) (undated)
EXH 0178 TAFE SA, Procedure – Asset Management – Fleet Management (undated)
EXH 0179 TAFE SA, Procedure – Asset Management – Minor Assets (July 2021)
EXH 0189 TAFE SA, Procedure – Close Relationships (September 2020)
EXH 0190 TAFE SA, Procedure – Conflicts of Interest (November 2020)
EXH 0193 TAFE SA, Policy – TAFE SA Staff Grievance Resolution Procedure (undated)
EXH 0194 TAFE SA, Policy – Customer Resolution and Feedback (undated)
EXH 0196 TAFE SA, Policy – Fraud and Corruption (November 2020)
EXH 0197 TAFE SA, Procedure – Fraud and Corruption (November 2020)
EXH 0391 TAFE SA, Policy – Risk Management Policy and Framework (undated)
EXH 0444 TAFE SA, Recruitment Toolkit Version 1.0 (December 2019)
EXH 0448 TAFE SA, Procedure – Resulting (September 2020)
EXH 0450 TAFE SA, Policy – Respectful Behaviours (August 2022)
EXH 0458 TAFE SA, Procedure – Customer Resolution and Feedback Procedure (undated)
EXH 0464TAFE SA, Industry Engagement Model Guidelines (2022)
EXH 0531 TAFE SA, Procedure – Industrial Relations – Workforce Development TAFE Act (undated)
EXH 0532 TAFE SA, Policy – TAFE SA Consultation and Change (undated)
EXH 0534 TAFE SA, Policy – Variation in Hours (undated)
EXH 0537 TAFE SA, Policy – Workforce Development TAFE Act (undated)
EXH 0549 TAFE SA, Policy – Induction Policy (undated)
EXH 0613 TAFE SA, Policy – Educational Commercial Revenue (November 2021)
EXH 0614 TAFE SA, Policy – Course Admission (undated)
EXH 0615 TAFE SA, Policy – Student Conduct and Disciplinary (undated)
EXH 0663 TAFE SA, Code of Practice (September 2022)
EXH 0665 TAFE SA, Policy – Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (undated)
EXH 0682 TAFE SA, Procedure – Disposal of Official Records (April 2021)
EXH 0715 TAFE SA, Talk Tell Transform – TAFE SA Complaint and Feedback Process (August 2018)
EXH 0764 TAFE SA, Policy – Governance of TAFE SA Policy Documents (June 2021)
EXH 0768 TAFE SA, Procedure – Policy Document Development (June 2021)
EXH 0771 TAFE SA, Procedure – Public Interest Disclosure TAFE SA Employees (undated)
EXH 0773 TAFE SA, Policy – Public Interest Disclosure (November 2020)
EXH 0795 TAFE SA, Policy – Government Purchase Cards (September 2021)
