A word from our CEO

In Australia, vocational education has become a key part of training in industry. This is in addition to the more traditional tertiary education role. Many companies and organisations have embraced the VET system, aligning their training activities to the attainment of industry and job related qualifications.

Formal assessment of competencies against competency standards contained in industry specific training packages is a regular part of the development of staff in a wide variety of business, not-for-profit and government organisations. The 2011 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) qualification is a mandatory requirement to train and assess nationally within the workplace or within a training organisation.

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) has had various names in the past such as Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training (BSZ40198), and most recently Certificate IV inTraining and Assessment (TAA40104). It has also been referred to as Train Small Groups, Train theTrainer etc,. All of these previous qualifications were necessary when people wanted to train bothinternally and externally.

The qualification has now been changed to Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) toreflect the changes in the workplace training standards and in the Vocational Education and Training(VET) environment. The main difference is the three VET units from TAA have been absorbed into thedesign, delivery and assessment units of TAE. The TAE has also reduced the number of units thatwere considered quite cumbersome, from 14 units to 10 units.

It is most important to understand that the trainer required qualification has remained Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. You may have seen marketing materials or advertising referring to the new qualification as “New Cert IV TAE” or the “Certificate IV in Training and Education”. However these terms are incorrect and misleading.

Jobs associated with this qualification may include:

•   Enterprise Trainers and Assessors
•   RTO Trainers and Assessors
•   HR Managers
•   Training Advisors
•   Learning Mangers
•   Vocational Education Teachers

 

Obviously everyone has different needs and situations. Both Certificate IV qualifications are seen as each others' equivalent. There is a current period of transition where RTO's phase out the previous qualification and begin offering the new Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. Once the transition phase is complete RTO's will no longer be able to offer the current qualifications, though the existing Cert IV will continue to be the benchmark standard for Training in Australia. At Western College we believe in delivering our students the most relevant and up to date qualifications, which is why we have already begun offering the TAE as our Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

For those that already posses the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAA, please see our Bridging course that is available in our current course guide. This course provides you the pathway to obtain the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAE. While there are no current requirements to upgrade, this would be advantageous to you as it will provide you with the most up to date and current statement of attainment in this field. Our experienced and unsurpassed trainer will provide you with a full and comprehensive outline of the TAE in this course and offer alternate pathways if necessary for you to achieve the full TAE.

When studying your Cert IV in Training and Assessment consider finding a Registered Training Provider who: Understands your learning style; Is able to deliver the training and learning support in a suitable time frame; Offers flexibility which is matched to your lifestyle needs; And most importantly remembers learning was meant to be fun.