Danni posted on October 25, 2011 11:59
The NQC secretariat notified stakeholders on July 7th the NQC determination on benchmarks for AQTF trainer and assessor competencies.
Full details of the announcement may be found at: http://www.nssc.natese.gov.au/nqc_archive/nqc_publications/nqc_newsletters/july_2010/new_benchmarks_for_aqtf_trainers_and_assessors
RTOs and VET practitioners should note in particular that the NQC guidance outlines that “the Council has agreed to a transition period of two years to allow providers time to adopt a planned approach to ensuring all their trainers/assessors meet the new requirements”. This means that RTOs and individuals have until July 2012 to meet these requirements.
IBSA has developed a freely available self-assessment tool to aid RTOs and VET practitioners in establishing conformance with this NQC requirement. This can be downloaded from here.