| Assessment |
In assessment,
assessees (candidates for assessment) are assessed against performance
criteria described in documents known as units of competency or competency
standards. |
| Competency |
Competencies
are skills - things you can do - acquired through work experience,
life experience, study or training. |
|
Competency
(unit of)
Competency
standard |
The
terms 'unit of competency' and 'competency standard'
refer to the same thing: a document that describes the competencies
(skills) expected of an individual in the workplace. Individuals
can be assessed to achieve competencies that make up a qualification e.g. Certificate III in Children's Services.
Click
here to see an example of a unit of competency (competency standard)
in children's services. Click here to see
lists of all the units of competency (competency standards) in a
children's services qualificaton.
|
| Element |
The building
blocks that make up a unit of competency. They describe groups of
tasks against which people are assessed. |
| Evidence |
Evidence
is information which, when matched against performance criteria in
a unit of competency, supports a judgment by an assessor that the
assessee is competent or not yet competent. Evidence can take many
forms. To find out more about evidence, including children's services
examples, click here. |
| Performance
criteria |
For each
element in a unit of competency, performance criteria describe the
tasks against which people are assessed |
| Qualification |
A qualification can refer to two things.
- It can be
the piece of paper the assessee gets at the end of an assessment
process, issued by a Registered Training Organisation. To see an example of a qualification as a piece of paper, click here.
- It can also
refer to the packaging of units of competency in a Training Package. To see an example of a qualification packaging units of competency, click here.
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|
RCC
RPL |
Assessment against units of competency is often called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Recognition of Current Competency (RCC). RPL and RCC are other names for workplace assessment. The process is the same. |
| RTO |
RTO means Registered Training Organisation.
RTOs exist throughout Australia and are approved by state training
authorities (such as the Northern Territory Department of Employment,
Education and Training) to provide training and/or assessment services
for VET qualifications, including children's services qualifications.
To see the list of RTOs who are registered to deliver accredited training and assessment services for children's services qualification in the Northern Territory click here. |
| Statement
of Attainment |
A statement of attainment is a piece of
paper given to assessee at the end of an assessment process, issued
by a Registered Training Organisation.
A statement of attainment lists
the units of competency in which the assessee has been assessed as
competent.
A statement of attainment is issued instead of a qualification
where the assessee has not completed all units of competency required
for the qualification. Click here to see an example of a statement of attainment. |
| Training
Package |
A Training
Package is a set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment
guidelines and qualifications for a specific industry, in this case
the children's services industry. |
| Unit
of Competency |
See Competency (Unit of) above. |
| Unit Code |
The unit number indicates the industry
and training package. e.g. CHCFC1B |
| VET |
VET stands
for Vocational Education and Training, which is Australia's national
training system. Some people know it as 'TAFE'. |
