Schedule 1 – Competency Requirements

AUDITORS

The VET Regulator must ensure that each auditor holds at a minimum the following qualifications or equivalent competencies as determined by the VET Regulator:

• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or its successor); and
• BSB51607 Diploma of Quality Auditing (or its successor).

In undertaking the above qualifications, the auditor must complete the following units of competency, or have equivalent competencies as determined by the VET Regulator:

from the Business Services Training Package (or its successor):

• BSBAUD402B Participate in a quality audit (or its successor);
• BSBAUD501B Initiate a quality audit (or its successor);
• BSBAUD503B Lead a quality audit (or its successor); and
• BSBAUD504B Report on a quality audit (or its successor).

from the Training and Education Training Package (or its successor):

• TAEASS502B Design and develop assessment tools (or its successor);
• TAEDES501A Design and develop learning strategies (or its successor); and
• TAEASS503A Lead assessment validation processes (or its successor).

An audit team may comprise a lead auditor and one or more auditors, and include technical advisers when required, who provide specific knowledge or expertise to the audit team. Technical advisers must operate under the direction of an auditor. Any technical adviser involved in an audit is not required to comply with the minimum competency requirements specified for auditors above.

COURSE ACCREDITATION ASSESSORS

The VET Regulator must ensure that each application for a VET accredited course is considered by a course accreditation assessor who holds at a minimum the following qualification or equivalent competencies as determined by the VET Regulator:

TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or its successor); and
BSB51607 Diploma of Quality Auditing (or its successor)

In undertaking the above qualifications, the course accreditation assessor must complete the following units of competency, or have equivalent competencies as determined by the VET Regulator:

• TAEDES402A Use training packages and accredited courses to meet client needs (or its successor); and
• TAEDES504A Research and develop units of competency (or its successor).