4Definitions

4 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a) Australian Qualifications Framework;
(b) executive officer;
(c) high managerial agent;
(d) NVR registered training organisation;
(e) Standards for VET Accredited Courses.

In this instrument:

accredited short course means a course that leads to a VET statement of attainment accredited by a VET Regulator in accordance with the Standards for VET Accredited Courses or the equivalent requirements in a non-referring state.

Act means the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.

AQF certification documentation means the set of official documents which confirm that an AQF qualification or VET statement of attainment has been issued to an individual by an NVR registered training organisation or any other entity authorised to do so.

AQF qualification means an Australian Qualifications Framework qualification type endorsed in a training package or accredited in a VET accredited course.

assessment means the process by which an NVR registered training organisation, or a third party delivering services on its behalf, collects evidence for the purposes of determining whether a VET student is competent to perform to the standard specified in the training product.

assessment judgement means a determination of whether competency has been achieved by a VET student consistent with the training product and this instrument.

assessment system means a coordinated set of documented policies, procedures and assessment tools designed to ensure that assessment, including recognition of prior learning, produces consistent and valid judgements of VET student competency and meets the requirements of this instrument.

assessment tools mean the instrument, instructions and methods used to gather and interpret assessment evidence for the purposes of determining VET student competency, including:

1. the context and conditions of assessment;
2. the tasks to be administered to the VET student;
3. an outline of the assessment evidence to be gathered from the VET student;
4. the criteria used to judge VET student competency; and
5. the administration, recording and reporting requirements for assessments and assessment evidence.

assessor means a person who determines a VET student’s competency for, or on behalf of, an NVR registered training organisation.