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Formal (accredited) training and assessment


This pathway takes enterprise training a step further by formally assessing workers against a national standard.

Implementing formal skills recognition in the workplace

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In every enterprise at some stage, an employee's performance is measured against the skill requirements of their job. The cost to formalise the process of skill recognition by assessing employees against accredited qualifications, courses or units of competence and having the results recorded nationally, is not a significant add-on.

Formal skill recognition by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) provides documented evidence of an employee's level of competence against national standards. This can be used to satisfy occupational health and safety (OHS) and other regulatoryrequirements as well as providing the employee with documented evidence of their skills.

How it works

In order to achieve formal skills recognition for its workforce, an enterprise must engage a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) to oversee the training and assessment. Click here for a list of RTOs that service your industry.

There are several options that formal training can take, and the enterprise should negotiate with the RTO to achieve the best outcome for their needs:

Inhouse group training

Many registered training organisation (RTOs) will come to your place of business, or another convenient location, to provide accredited training to your staff. This is useful to train groups of employees consistently in broad areas such as quality and OHS.

Tailored or ‘customised’ training

You can negotiate with the RTO to develop a training program for your business based on nationally endorsed competency standards from an industry Training Package. The VET system is flexible and most training providers will give you options on the contents of the program and how it will be delivered, for example:

  • on-the-job at your workplace
  • off-the-job at the training provider's premises or elsewhere
  • a combination of on-the-job and off-the-job training.

You also can decide how and when training takes place, such as during or after work, on the internet or in a group training session. By negotiating with the training provider, you can tailor a program to suit your needs.

Workplace based training

This option is widely preferred by enterprises, as the learners are trained on the equipment they use in the workplace, and to enterprise procedures and standards. Training can be provided by RTO staff or suitably qualified workplace trainers and assessors.

Other pathways

  • Informal enterprise training
  • Traineeships and apprenticeships

Further information

For more, please contact your state-based Industry Training Advisory Bodies (ITABs). 

New South Wales Northern Territory (NT) Queensland

ForestWorks
(02) 8898 6990
Sharmily Mukherjee
smukherjee@forestworks.com.au

Primary Industries Training Advisory Council
(08) 8981 0055
Eddie Morgan
eddie.morgan@pitac.org.au

ForestWorks
(07) 3358 5169 
Bruce Harle
bharle@forestworks.com.au

Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

ForestWorks
(03) 6331 5438
Eva Down
edown@forestworks.com.au

ForestWorks
(03) 9321 3510 
Sharyn Wright
swright@forestworks.com.au
Food, Fibre & Timber Industires Training Council (WA) Inc
(08) 9477 5055 
admin@fftitrainingcouncil.com.au
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