Glossary

are the knowledge, skills and experience required by VET trainers and assessors and those who provide training and assessment under supervision to ensure that their training and assessment is based on current industry practices and meets the needs of industry.

Current industry skills may be informed by consultations with industry and may include, but is not limited to:

1. having knowledge of and/or experience using the latest techniques and processes;
2. possessing a high level of product knowledge;
3. understanding and knowledge of legislation relevant to the industry and to employment and workplaces;
4. being customer/client-oriented;
5. possessing formal industry and training qualifications; and
6. training content that reflects current industry practice.

may include, but are not limited to:

1. pre-enrolment materials;
2. study support and study skills programs;
3. language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) programs or referrals to these programs;
4. equipment, resources and/or programs to increase access for learners with disabilities and other learners in accordance with access and equity;
5. learning resource centres;
6. mediation services or referrals to these services;
7. flexible scheduling and delivery of training and assessment;
8. counselling services or referrals to these services;
9. information and communications technology (ICT) support;
10. learning materials in alternative formats, for example, in large print;
11. learning and assessment programs contextualised to the workplace; and
12. any other services that the RTO considers necessary to support learners to achieve competency.

means:

1. a person, by whatever name called and whether or not a director of the organisation, who is concerned in or takes part in the management of the RTO; or
2. an administrator, receiver and manager, or liquidator of the organisation (other than a receiver and manager, or liquidator, appointed by a court); or
3. if the RTO is a body corporate:
   
   1.  a person who, at any time during a period for which the organisation is registered, owns 15% or more of the organisation; or
   2. a person who, at any time during a period for which the organisation is registered, is entitled to receive 15% or more of dividends paid by the organisation; or
   3. the administrator of a deed of company arrangement executed by an organisation; or
   4. a trustee or other person administering a compromise or arrangement made between the organisation and another person or other persons.

means:

1. a Department of State of the Commonwealth; or
2. a Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;
3. an Executive Agency, or Statutory Agency, within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;
4. a Department of State of a State or Territory; or
5. an organisation that:
   
   1. is not an entity; and
   2. is either established by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (whether under a law or not) to carry on an enterprise or established for a public purpose by an Australian law; and
   3. can be separately identified by reference to the nature of the activities carried on through the organisation or the location of the organisation whether or not the organisation is part of a department or branch described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) or of another organisation of the kind described in this paragraph.

means, for the purposes of Clause 1.25, that the validation is carried out by a validator or validators who:

1. are not employed or subcontracted by the RTO to provide training and assessment; and
2. have no other involvement or interest in the operations of the RTO.

means the bodies that have a stake in the services provided by RTOs. These can include, but are not limited to:

1. enterprise/industry clients, e.g. employers;
2. group training organisations;
3. industry organisations;
4. industry regulators;
5. industry skills councils or similar bodies;
6. industry training advisory bodies; and
7. unions.

for the purposes of Clauses 1.5 & 1.6, may include, but is not limited to, strategies such as:

1. partnering with local employers, regional/national businesses, relevant industry bodies and/or enterprise RTOs;
2. involving employer nominees in industry advisory committees and/or reference groups;
3. embedding staff within enterprises;
4. networking in an ongoing way with industry networks, peak bodies and/or employers;
5. developing networks of relevant employers and industry representatives to participate in assessment validation; and
6. exchanging knowledge, staff, and/or resources with employers, networks and industry bodies.

means activities that develop and/or maintain an individual’s skills, knowledge, expertise and other characteristics as a trainer or assessor. This includes both formal and informal activities that encompass vocational competencies, currency of industry skills and knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment, including competency based training and assessment. Examples of professional development activities include:

1. participation in courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, or formal learning programs;
2. participation in mentoring, professional associations or other learning networks;
3. personal development through individual research or reading of publications or other relevant information;
4. participation in moderation or validation activities; and
5. participation in industry release schemes.

means an assessment process that assesses the competency/s of an individual that may have been acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning to determine the extent to which that individual meets the requirements specified in the training package or VET accredited courses.

1. formal learning refers to learning that takes place through a structured program of instruction and is linked to the attainment of an AQF qualification or statement of attainment (for example, a certificate, diploma or university degree);
2. non-formal learning refers to learning that takes place through a structured program of instruction, but does not lead to the attainment of an AQF qualification or statement of attainment (for example, in-house professional development programs conducted by a business); and
3. informal learning refers to learning that results through experience of work-related, social, family, hobby or leisure activities (for example the acquisition of interpersonal skills developed through several years as a sales representative).

means the training products for which an RTO is registered to issue AQF certification documentation. It allows the RTO to:

1. both provide training delivery and assessment resulting in the issuance of AQF certification documentation by the RTO; or
2. provide assessment resulting in the issuance of AQF certification documentation by the RTO.

comprises:

1. the Standards for Registered Training Organisations
2. the Australian Qualifications Framework
3. the Fit and Proper Person Requirements
4. the Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements
5. the Data Provision Requirements

means:

1. the National VET Regulator; and
2. a body of a non-referring State that is responsible for the kinds of matters dealt with under the VET legislation for that State.