| Education |
the process of imparting knowledge or developing skills, understanding, attitudes, character or behaviours. (2) the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, understanding, attitudes, etc. 3 the knowledge, skills, understanding, attitudes, etc. acquired. 4 the field of study concerned with teaching and learning. |
| EEO |
equal employment opportunity |
| Employee |
The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines employee in the following way: An employee is a person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, a retainer fee by their employer while working on a commission basis, tips, piece-rates or payment in kind, or a person who operates his or her own incorporated enterprise with or without hiring employees |
| Employer |
The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines employer as: An employer is a person who operates his or her own unincorporated economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees |
| Endorsed Component |
the central part of a training package, endorsed by the National Training Framework Committee, comprising competency standards, assessment guidelines and qualifications. Compare non-endorsed component |
| Enterprise Agreement |
a collective agreement between the employer and employees in an enterprise or workplace, about the employees' wages and conditions of employment. Agreements can be negotiated directly with employees or with their representatives, eg unions. |
| Enterprise Bargaining |
a process of negotiation on wages and conditions between the employer and employees (or their representatives) in an enterprise or workplace, leading to an agreement for that enterprise or workplace. |
| Entry Requirements |
the qualifications, knowledge, skills or experience required for entry to an education or training program. |
| Entry-Level Skill |
a skill required to commence employment in an organisation or more generally, to gain entry into the workforce |
| Entry-Level Training |
(or ELT) training undertaken to gain entry into the workforce or further vocational education and training |
| Equity |
fairness, social justice. In vocational education and training, equity policy incorporates measures to improve access to, participation in, and outcomes of vocational education and training for those who may be disadvantaged or have traditionally been under-represented, especially indigenous Australians, people with a disability, women, people in remote and rural communities, and people from a non-English-speaking background. |
| ESL |
English as a second language |
| Evidence Guide |
the part of a competency standard which provides a guide to the interpretation and assessment of the unit of competency, including the aspects which need to be emphasised in assessment, relationships to other units, and the required evidence of competency. |
