Trainer and Assessor Qualifications and Currency

Ausintec Academy T/A International Horse College 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:

1. Current credentials (see below) evidencing knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs their training and assessment
2. Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed
3. Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided

Industry experts may also be involved in the assessment judgement, working alongside the trainer and/or assessor to conduct the assessment

As of 1 March 2024

Required Credentials– Trainers and Assessors

1.Personnel Delivering Training and Assessment:

To deliver training and/or assessment, Trainer and Assessors must hold the following:

• TAE40116 or TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or its successor)

or

• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and one of the following:

• • TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy and numeracy skills or its successor or
  • TAELLN401A Address adult language, literacy, and numeracy skills

and one of the following:

• TAEASS502 Design and develop assessment tools (or its successor) or
  • TAEASS502A Design and develop assessment tools
  • TAEASS502B Design and develop assessment tools

2. Personnel Delivering Assessment Only:

If in any instance where a staff member conducts assessment only and does not hold the qualifications as itemised above, then they must hold:

a) A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education

or

b) A credential issued by a higher education provider which would enable the individual to satisfy the academic requirements for registration as a secondary school teacher in one State or Territory and either of the following credentials:

• • TAESS00011/TAESS00019 ‑ Assessor Skill Set;(or successors)
  • TAESS00024 ‑ VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set (or its successor).

Or

c)  one of the following credentials:

• • TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set (or its successor)
  • TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set and one of the following.

• • • TAEASS502 Design and develop assessment tools (or its successor)
    • TAEASS502A Design and develop assessment tools
    • TAESS502B Design and develop assessment tools.

Supervision of Trainers

Where International Horse College, in delivering training and assessment, engages an individual who is not a trainer or assessor, the individual works under the supervision of a trainer and does not determine assessment outcomes

International Horse College ensures that any individual working under the supervision of a trainer (as described above)
– holds the skill sets as described above
– holds vocational competence at least to the level being delivered
– has current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided

Where International Horse College engages an individual as described above, it ensures that the training and assessment complies with the standard previously set down.

Without limiting the clauses above, International Horse College

a. determines and puts in place
i.   the level of the supervision required; and
ii.  any requirements, conditions or restrictions considered necessary on the individual’s involvement in the provision of training and collection of assessment evidence; and

b. ensures that trainers providing supervision monitor and are accountable for all training provision and collection of assessment evidence by the individual under their supervision.

International Horse College ensures that any individual working under the supervision in previous clause holds the qualifications previously described and does not determine assessment outcomes

If you would like to apply to become one of our Trainer Assessors or an approved Equine Industry Experts for a student of ours please complete & return this form.

Download EIE Application Form Here