Trainer and Assessor Qualifications and Currency
Ausintec Academy is committed to ensuring that all Trainers and Assessors maintain
currency of their training and industry skills relevant to the Equine Industry.
We ensure that training and assessment is delivered only by staff and contractors,
including third parties, who have:
- Current credentials (see below) evidencing knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs their training and assessment
- Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed
- Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided
Required Credentials – Trainers and Assessors
1. Personnel Delivering Training and Assessment
Personnel must either:
- have one of the training and assessment credentials outlined in section 1A; or
- be actively working towards one of the credentials in section 1C and work under the direction of a trainer or assessor with a credential listed in section 1E; or
- have one of the credentials in section 1D and work under the direction of a trainer or assessor with a credential listed in section 1E.
1A. Training and Assessment Credentials
To deliver training and assessment without direction, including making assessment judgements, a person must hold one of the following credentials:
- TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor
- TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education or vocational education and training
- A secondary teaching qualification and one of the following:
- TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set
- TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor
1B. Assessment-Only Credentials
To conduct assessment only, including making assessment judgements, a person must hold one of the following credentials:
- TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor
- TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set
- TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set
- A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education or vocational education and training
- A secondary teaching qualification and one of the following:
- TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set
- TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor
1C. Actively Working Towards a Training and Assessment Credential
A person who is actively working towards a training and assessment credential can deliver training and contribute to assessment (including conducting assessment and collecting evidence)
only while working under the direction of a trainer or assessor. They are
not permitted to make assessment judgements.
To be actively working towards a credential, the person must:
- Be enrolled in and have commenced one of the following:
- TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor
- TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training or its successor
- Be making satisfactory progress to complete the credential within two years of commencement
1D. Training and Assessment Under Direction
A person who holds any of the credentials below may deliver training and contribute to assessment (including conducting assessment and collecting evidence)
only while working under the direction of a trainer or assessor. They are
not permitted to make assessment judgements.
RTOs must ensure the credential is relevant to the trainer’s role, considering the VET student cohort and delivery context.
- TAESS00021 Facilitation Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00030 Volunteer Trainer Delivery and Assessment Contribution Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00029 Volunteer Trainer Delivery Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00020 Workplace Trainer Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00028 Work Skill Instructor Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00022 Young Learner Delivery Skill Set or its successor
- TAESS00015 Enterprise Trainer and Assessor Skill Set
- TAESS00003 Enterprise Trainer and Assessor Skill Set
- TAESS00008 Enterprise Trainer – Mentoring Skill Set
- TAESS00013 Enterprise Trainer – Mentoring Skill Set
- TAESS00007 Enterprise Trainer – Presenting Skill Set
- TAESS00014 Enterprise Trainer – Presenting Skill Set
- A secondary teaching qualification
