This web site has been designed in accordance with the Department of Education and Training's policy and guidelines on website design, accessibility and usability.

Navigation

The main menu system uses DHTML and JavaScript to generate the 'pop-up' menu. For the majority of users this provides the easiest method to navigate the site quickly, and familiarise yourself with the structure of information.

Some users may have difficulty using this menu system, such as users with disabilities who may be using access technologies, or a text-based web browser. Also, if your browser does not support JavaScript or it has been disabled, the menu will not work.

Suggestions

If you are using accessibility technologies, such as a screen reader or text-only web browser, using some or all of the following techniques may improve your experience while using this website.

• disable CSS styles sheets, or apply your own style sheet
• disable JavaScript
• disable page colours
• linearise the page

For accessibility features and compatibility, we strongly recommend that you use either the FireFox or Opera web browsers. These browsers offer excellent built-in tools for accessibility and provide the best compatibility for CSS and accessibility features.

If you have any problems using this web site, or would like to provide feedback, please contact the webmaster.

Navigating this website

Apart from clicking hyperlinks within the particular page that you are viewing, the primary method for moving from page to page is by using the main navigation menu at the top of every page. As you hover your mouse over each section in the menu, a sub-menu showing the contents of that section will 'pop-up' (provided you have JavaScript turned on in your browser. Move your mouse over to the sub-menu and click on an item to view that page.

Sub-sections

Some pages contain sub-sections. These are pages that contain additional pages on a particular topic, but are not shown on the main menu.

Click on any of the links in the 'Related Information' menu to the view those pages.

Breadcrumbs

Bread crumbs are an additional method you can use to 'back-track' through the site, they also give you a visual indication of where you currently are within the site.

The breadcrumbs are always at the top of the page just above the page title.

You can click any of the links in the bread crumb to jump to the main page of that section.

Adobe Reader PDF Documents

Many documents available for download from this web site are published in PDF format.
To view or print these documents you must have the Adobe Reader software installed on your computer.
This software is available as a FREE download from Adobe.

Tips on viewing and printing PDF documents

You may find that the on-screen or printed PDF document does not show the text at the extreme top or bottom edge of the page (for example, the tips of header and footer text). To view the entire page contents, do the following:

• Click the print icon or click File, then Print.
• In the Print dialogue box now displayed, click the Shrink to Fit square so that it shows a tick.
• Click OK to print the document. The printed copy and the on-screen document should now display the entire contents of each page.

Accessibility tools for PDF documents

Adobe provides a set of free tools that allow visually disabled users to read documents in Adobe PDF format. These tools convert PDF documents into either HTML or ASCII text which can then be read by many screen reading programs

• Visually disabled users can use familiar applications, screen readers and Web browsers.
• PDF files can be accessible on any platform supporting Web browsers and screen readers.

Some of the problems screen readers have reading documents with complex layouts are overcome

Online conversion tools for PDF documents

To get PDF files converted do the following:

• Open the PDF Conversion page by clicking on the link below http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
• Follow the instructions on the page.