2025 Standards for RTOs - Skills Education’s Standards Hub 3.3

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Quality Area 3 - VET workforce

VET students are trained, assessed and supported by people who are qualified, skilled and committed to professional development.

Division 2 - Trainer and assessor competencies

Requirements

Standard 3.3

Outcome Standard

(1) Training and assessment is delivered by persons with current industry skills and knowledge relevant to the training product.

Performance Indicators

(2) An NVR registered training organisation demonstrates:

(a) all persons delivering training or assessment for, or on behalf of the organisation:

(i) have industry competencies, skills and knowledge that are relevant to, and at least to the level of, the training product being delivered or assessed by the person; and

(ii) maintain an understanding of current industry practices relevant to the training or assessment being delivered by the person;

(b) where it engages experts for the purposes of delivering training, it does so:

(i) by reference to the requirements of the training product or the specific VET student cohort; and

(ii) in response to a specific need for the expert to be engaged;

(c) it has a system in place for ensuring:

(i) experts have industry competencies, skills, knowledge and specialised industry or subject matter expertise that is directly relevant to the training product they are delivering;

(ii) experts are only authorised to work under the direction of a person with the appropriate credentials to provide direction on the delivery of training and assessment, as specified in the Credential Policy;

(iii) where the expert is involved in assessment judgement – they conduct the assessment alongside the trainer or assessor; and

(iv) the training or assessment the expert is involved in delivering is subject to oversight by the organisation.

Risks

Not having mechanisms in place for maintaining regular and meaningful industry engagement that confirms current industry relevance of trainer and assessor competencies, skills and knowledge.
Failing to ensure that each person delivering training and assessment has the relevant industry competencies, skills and knowledge, aligned to all the unit of competency requirements that they deliver and assess (where the specific units of competency delivered are not held).
Allowing training and assessment to be conducted by trainers and assessors that do not maintain an understanding of current industry practices.
Not continuing to regularly review the trainers’ and assessors’ industry competencies and currency after the completion of the onboarding process.
Failing to assess industry experts’ competencies, skills and knowledge to determine relevancy and suitability.
Not ensuring an industry expert is working under the direction of, and assessing alongside, a qualified trainer and assessor.
Failing to document where industry experts have assisted in the assessment judgement process.