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The Essential Standards for Registration specify the requirements to be met by Registered Training Organisations throughout their period of registration. The National Quality Council is responsible for determining the training and assessment competencies to be held by trainers and assessors in accordance with Element 1.4 under these standards as set out below.

Standard 1 The RTO provides quality training and assessment across all of its operations

Element 1.4 Training and assessment is delivered by trainers and assessors who:

a) have the training and assessment competencies determined by the National Quality Council or its successors

b) have the relevant vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered or assessed, and

c) continue to develop their vocational and training and assessment competencies to support continuous improvements in the delivery of RTO services.

In relation to 1.4 a) above the National Quality Council determined on 29 March 2007 that the training and assessment competencies to be held by trainers and assessors that are specified in the Australian Quality Training Framework (2005) Standards for Registered Training Organisations will continue for the Australian Quality Training Framework 2007 and these are as follows:

Trainers must

(i) hold the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104) from the Training and Assessment Training Package

OR

(ii) be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies

OR

(iii) hold the Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training from the Training Package for Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ98)

OR

(iv) be able to demonstrate that prior to 23 November 2005 they had been assessed as holding equivalent competencies to the Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training from the Training Package for Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ98).

OR

(v) work under the direct supervision* of a person who has the competencies specified in (i) or (ii) or (iii) or (iv) above

* Note: Direct supervision is achieved when a person delivering training on behalf of the RTO has regular guidance, support and direction from a person designated by the RTO who has the trainer competencies above and who monitors and is accountable for the training delivery. It is not necessary for the supervising person to be present during all training delivery.

Assessors must

(i) hold the following competencies (3) from the Training and Assessment Training Package (TAA04):

a) TAAASS401A Plan and organise assessment

b) TAAASS402A Assess competence

c) TAAASS404A Participate in assessment validation

OR

(ii) be able to demonstrate equivalent competencies to all three units of competency listed in (i)

OR

(iii) hold the following competencies from the superseded Training Package for Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ98):

BSZ401A Plan assessment,

BSZ402A Conduct assessment, and

BSZ403A Review assessment

OR

(iv) be able to demonstrate that prior to 23 November 2005 they had been assessed as holding equivalent competencies to all three units of competency listed in (iii) above.

Note: If a person does not meet the requirements of Element 1.4a) and 1.4b), that is they do not have the assessment competencies as defined in (i) (ii), (iii) or (iv) above and do not have the relevant vocational competencies at least to the level being assessed, one person with all the assessment competencies listed in either (i) (ii), (iii) or (iv) above and one or more persons who have the relevant vocational competencies at least to the level being assessed, may work together to conduct the assessments.

Download : aqtf_2007_essential_standards_for_registration.pdf.