178Competency standards for licences

178 Competency standards for licences

(1) For the purposes of this Part—

Australian Forum of Explosives Regulators means a forum of government authorities responsible for administering explosives safety and security legislation in Australia;

competency standard means a standard, for the purposes of required competency evidence under this Part, that is endorsed by the Australian Forum of Explosives Regulators;

RTO means a training organisation registered on the State Register and National Register under Chapter 4 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006;

statement of attainment means a certificate issued by an RTO stating that the person to whom it is issued has achieved—

(a) a qualification or part of a qualification; or

(b) one or more units of competency—

that meets or meet a competency standard, but does not include a certificate issued by the RTO after the Authority has made a determination under subregulation (2) in respect of the RTO or the class of RTOs to which the RTO belongs.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, the Authority may determine that any certificate issued by a specified RTO, or a specified class of RTOs, certifying that a person has achieved a competency standard, is not a statement of attainment.