Summer 2012

Happy Holidays!

Summer, you have to love it! Swimming, walking off the Xmas Cheer and trying to stick to the 'what was I thinking' New Years resolutions. We hope you made some really exciting plans for this year and have included some RnR as well as professional development opportunities and perhaps even the odd DYI home improvement to the list. What ever your plans, we hope they are pleasurable and achievable.

Training News

Harmonisation of OHS - Work Health and Safety Act

Don't forget that January 2012 was the commencement of the Model Work Health and Safety Act, Model WHS Regulations and Codes of Practice. Click on Safe Work Australia , to review the impact this may have for you and your workplace.

New rules for Trainer / Assessors.

Under AQTF2010 standard 1.4 /SNR 4.4 and SNR 15.4, training and assessing is to be delivered by trainers and assessors who, amongst other things, have the necessary training and assessment competencies determined by the NQC and its successor NSSC.

As per the NSSC communique' on 26th October 2011, it was determined to strengthen the policy on trainer and assessor competency. In summary, the following outcomes were identified:

1. Trainers MUST at a minimum hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in training and assessment or demonstrate equivalence of comptencies:

2. Persons delivering training who are working under direct supervision of a qualified trainer (as per 1 above), must at a minimum hold the ‘Enterprise Trainer Skill Set’ as identified in the TAE10 Training and Education Training Package, or demonstrate equivalence of competencies and

3. The period which trainers (as per 1 above) and persons delivering training under direct supervision (as per 2 above) can work without holding the minimum competencies relevant to their roles. is limited to two (2) years.

RTOs and trainers are required to comply by 1 July 2013. So, if you are a trainer/assessor and have been putting off upgrading or achieving your trainers' qualifications, it may be a good time to reconsider and work on some professional development so you meet these incoming requirements.

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