Credential Policy — Practice Guide¶
ASQA Practice Guide · Credential Policy · Standards CP §1-3 · Published 17 June 2025 · Version 1.0
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Practice Guide
Credential Policy
Ver 1.0
Published 17 June 2025
Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations
Credential Policy
What are the key concepts?
The following key concepts are covered in this practice guide:
Credential Policy
• Credentials for the delivery of training and assessment
• Credential requirements for the delivery of training and assessment for training products from the
Training and Education (TAE) Training Package
• Credentials for validation of assessment
Achieving the Credential Policy in practice
The following tables provide guidance on achieving compliance with the Credential Policy as well as
important considerations, and risks to mitigate or avoid. Further to the credentialling requirements set
out below, the Outcome Standards set out additional requirements relating to individuals undertaking
VET training and assessment activities and as such, this Practice Guide should be read in conjunction
with the Instrument and the Practice Guides relating to VET Workforce.
Section 1: Credentials for the delivery of training and assessment
This section specifies credential requirements for individuals delivering training and assessment for all
training products other than AQF qualifications or skill sets from the Training and Education (TAE)
Training Package. Standard 3.2 also sets out additional requirements for individuals delivering training
and assessment for training products from the TAE Training Package.
Subject to Section 2 of this policy, all people delivering training and/or assessment must either:
• have one of the training and assessment credentials outlined at section 1A, or
• be actively working towards one of the training and assessment credentials at section 1C, and work
under the direction of a trainer or assessor with one of the relevant training and assessment
credentials at section 1E, or
• have one of the training and assessment credentials outlined at section 1D, and work under the
direction of a trainer or assessor with one of the relevant training and assessment credentials at
section 1E.
Requirement Considerations for compliance
1A. Training and assessment credentials • You can demonstrate how you authenticate
To deliver training and assessment without (and retain evidence of) the credentials of those
direction, including making assessment undertaking training and assessment for your
judgements, the person must hold one of the RTO.
following credentials:
• TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and • You can demonstrate the systems and
Assessment or its successor, processes you have in place for the recruitment
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and and training of your RTO’s trainers and
Assessment, assessors to ensure they are appropriately
credentialled and skilled for their role.
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and
Assessment1, • You can demonstrate your system for reviewing
trainer and assessor performance and industry
• A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult currency, and how this system helps to identify
education or vocational education and training opportunities for professional development.
• A secondary teaching qualification and one of • You ensure that, where a fully qualified trainer
the following credentials: and assessor is supervising a person working
o TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set, or under direction (such as an industry expert),
o TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its they do not allow the person working under
successor, or direction to make assessment judgements.
o TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School • You can demonstrate that your RTO meets the
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set other requirements imposed on trainers and
or its successor. assessors under the Standards, including that
they hold the relevant vocational competencies
and current industry skills, regardless of
whether they are working alongside an industry
expert or not.
Known risks to compliance
• Not having a system in place to authenticate the
training and assessment credentials held by
those undertaking training and assessment for
your RTO.
• Not identifying or addressing gaps in trainer and
assessor skills, knowledge and industry
currency.
• Not recognising higher level qualifications in
adult vocational education and training.
• Failing to ensure that secondary teachers
delivering training and assessment and making
assessment judgements without supervision
hold one of a required Assessor Skill Set as
listed in in the Credential Policy.
1B. Assessment only credentials Considerations for compliance
To conduct assessment only, including making • You can demonstrate your mechanisms for
assessment judgements, the person must hold ensuring people do not perform tasks beyond
one of the following credentials: the scope of their assessment-only credentials.
• TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and • You can demonstrate how you authenticate
Assessment or its successor (and retain evidence of that authentication) the
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and relevant credentials held by assessors.
Assessment • You can demonstrate your system for reviewing
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and assessor performance and how this system
Assessment2 helps to identify opportunities for professional
• TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its development.
successor Known risks to compliance
• TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set
• Not having a system in place to authenticate the
• TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set assessment credentials held by assessors.
• A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult • Failing to prevent people with assessment-only
education or vocational education and training credentials from performing tasks beyond the
• A secondary teaching qualification and one of scope of their credentials.
the following credentials:
o TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set, or
1 2
, Note: The Credential Policy does not require people who hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to hold the
two additional units of competency in addressing adult language, literacy and numeracy skills and designing and developing
assessment tools.
o TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its • Failing to ensure that secondary teachers hold
successor, or one of the required additional credentials listed
o TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School in 1B.
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set
or its successor.
1C. Actively working towards a training and Considerations for compliance
assessment credential • Where a person is working towards a training
A person who is actively working towards a and assessment credential, you can
training and assessment credential can deliver demonstrate:
training and contribute to assessment (including o that they hold relevant and current industry
collecting assessment evidence), provided they knowledge
work under the direction of a trainer or assessor.
Working towards these qualifications does not o that the supervision and guidance
qualify the person to make assessment arrangements are reflective of the skills
judgements. and knowledge of the person
Those who are actively working towards a o how you ensure the person is only
relevant credential are still required to meet other contributing to assessments not making
requirements imposed on trainers and assessors assessment judgements.
under the Standards, including holding relevant • You ensure that adequate time and support is
vocational competencies and current industry given to the individual supervising the person
skills. who is working towards a training and
To be actively working towards a credential, the assessment credential.
person must: • You have systems in place to ensure that the
• be enrolled in and have commenced training person’s progress towards completing the
in one of the following training and credential remains on-track for completion
assessment credentials: within two (2) years of commencing the course.
o TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and Known risks to compliance
Assessment or its successor, or • Allowing a person working under direction to
o TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational make assessment judgements prior to obtaining
Education and Training or its successor, the appropriate credentials.
and • Not providing sufficient time and resources to
• be making satisfactory progress to enable the supervisors to adequately oversee the work of a
credential to be completed within two years of person working under direction.
commencement. • Failing to appropriately monitor course
progression of the person to ensure completion
within the designated timeframe of two years.
1D. Training and assessment under direction Considerations for compliance
A person who holds any of the credentials listed in • Where a person is working under direction, you
this section can deliver training and contribute to can demonstrate:
assessment (including collecting assessment o that they hold relevant and current industry
evidence), provided they work under the direction knowledge
of a trainer or assessor, but is not permitted to
o that the supervision and guidance
make assessment judgements.
arrangements are reflective of the skills and
This section applies if a person does not hold the knowledge of the person working under
credentials listed under 1A, which would permit direction
them to deliver training and assessment without
o how you ensure the person is not making
direction.
assessment judgements.
RTOs must ensure that the credential held by
trainers and assessors in accordance with this • Your assessment materials clearly show that
section is relevant to their role, taking into account the supervising trainer and assessor has made
the nature of the VET student cohort and the the assessment judgements.
delivery context. • You can demonstrate that where an industry
To deliver training and conduct assessment under expert is engaged to support trainers and
direction, a person must hold one of the following assessors, this is based on a specific need for
credentials: expertise related to the training product or VET
student cohort, and there is a system for
• TAESS00021 Facilitation Skill Set or its ensuring:
successor
o the expert has relevant industry
• TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School competencies, skills and knowledge and
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its specialised industry or subject matter
successor expertise
o the expert works under the direction of a
person with the credentials specified in the
• TAESS00030 Volunteer Trainer Delivery and Credential Policy and, where the expert is
Assessment Contribution Skill Set or its supporting the assessment judgement,
successor they work alongside the trainer or assessor
• TAESS00029 Volunteer Trainer Delivery Skill to conduct the assessment
Set or its successor o sufficient oversight of the expert to ensure
the quality of the training and assessment.
• TAESS00020 Workplace Trainer Skill Set or
its successor Known risks to compliance
• TAESS00028 Work Skill Instructor Skill Set or • Not regularly reviewing the skills and knowledge
its successor of the persons working under direction to
• TAESS00022 Young Learner Delivery Skill determine if their level of supervisory
Set or its successor arrangements and guidance require
adjustment.
• TAESS00015 Enterprise Trainer and Assessor
Skill Set • Not systematically reviewing the quality of work
produced by persons working under direction.
• TAESS00003 Enterprise Trainer and Assessor
Skill Set • Not ensuring the relevance of the credentials
held by a person working under direction to the
• TAESS00008 Enterprise Trainer – Mentoring VET student cohort being delivered to.
Skill Set
• TAESS00013 Enterprise Trainer – Mentoring
Skill Set
• TAESS00007 Enterprise Trainer – Presenting
Skill Set
• TAESS00014 Enterprise Trainer – Presenting
Skill Set
• A secondary teaching qualification.3
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A person who holds only a secondary teaching
qualification must deliver training and conduct assessment
under direction per section 1D. To deliver training and
conduct assessment without direction, the requirements
under section 1A apply.
The RTO must be able to justify the relevance of
the person’s credential to the VET student cohort
being delivered to.
1E. Providing direction on the delivery of Considerations for compliance
training and assessment
• You can demonstrate how your systems ensure
A trainer and assessor who satisfies the that all persons providing direction in training
requirements of this section is permitted to and assessment always meet the requirements
provide direction to others delivering training and of the Credential Policy.
assessment in accordance with Sections 1C and
• You can demonstrate how you ensure that a
1D of this policy, or to experts engaged in
qualified trainer and assessor monitors the
accordance with Standard 3.3.
training delivered including providing feedback
Where a trainer or assessor is providing direction, to the person being supervised.
they are responsible for providing oversight,
guidance and quality assurance in respect of a • You can demonstrate your systems for
person who does not have the full training and recording the guidance and quality assurance
assessment credential to ensure the quality of provided by the supervising trainer and
training and assessment delivered by that person. assessor.
The requirements below apply to all trainers or • You ensure that adequate time and resources
assessors giving direction regardless of whether are allocated to the supervising trainer and
the person receiving direction is an industry assessor for them to perform their role
expert, holds a relevant skill set, or is actively adequately.
working towards a credential. Known risks to compliance
A person providing direction must hold one of the • Not supervising or providing direction to a
following credentials: person working under direction.
• TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and • Not allocating sufficient time to a supervisor to
Assessment or its successor be able to supervise the delivery of training and
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and assessment.
Assessment
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and
Assessment4
• A secondary teaching qualification and one of
the following credentials:
o TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set, or
o TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its
successor, or
o TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set
or its successor,
• A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult
education or vocational education and training.
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Note: The Credential Policy does not require people who hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to hold the
two additional units of competency in addressing adult language, literacy and numeracy skills and designing and developing
assessment tools.
Section 2: Credential requirements for the delivery of training and assessment for training
products from the TAE Training Package
This section specifies credential requirements for a person delivering training and assessment for a
qualification or skill set in the TAE Training Package, for the purposes of Standard 3.2. Standards 3.2
and 3.3 set out additional requirements for individuals delivering training and assessment.
To deliver training and assessment for an AQF qualification or skill set from the TAE Training
Package, the person must either:
• hold one of the training and assessment credentials outlined at section 2A, or
• hold one of the training and assessment credentials outlined at section 2B and work under the
direction of a trainer or assessor with one of the relevant training and assessment credentials at
section 2C.
Requirement Considerations for compliance
2A. Delivery of TAE training and assessment • You can demonstrate how your systems ensure
that all persons involved in training and
To deliver training and assessment for any AQF assessment for any qualification or skill set from
qualification or skill set from the TAE Training the TAE Training Package, always meet the
Package or its successor, the person must hold requirements of the Credential Policy.
the qualification or skill set at least to the level
being delivered. • You can demonstrate how you authenticate
(and retain evidence of) the relevant credentials
To deliver training and assessment for the held by your TAE trainers and assessors.
TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and • You can demonstrate that you have systems in
Assessment or its successor or the TAESS00019 place for the recruitment of TAE trainers and
Assessor Skill Set or its successor, the person assessors, including the due diligence
must hold one of the following credentials: processes you undertake.
• TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational Education • You can demonstrate your system for reviewing
and Training or its successor TAE trainer and assessor performance and how
• TAE50116 Diploma of Vocational Education this system helps to identify opportunities for
and Training professional development.
• TAE50111 Diploma of Vocational Education
and Training Known risks to compliance
• TAE50216 Diploma of Training Design and • Not having a system in place to authenticate the
Development TAE training and assessment credentials held
• TAE50211 Diploma of Training Design and by the trainers and assessors.
Development, or • Not identifying or addressing gaps and
• A higher-level qualification in adult education opportunities for further professional
or vocational education and training. development for your TAE trainers and
assessors.
2B. Delivery of TAE training and assessment Considerations for compliance
under direction • Where a person is delivering a TAE training
A person who holds one of the credentials listed package qualification or skill set under direction,
in this section can deliver training and contribute you can demonstrate:
to assessment (including collecting assessment o that they hold relevant and current industry
evidence) for the credentials specified below from knowledge
the TAE training package, provided they work
under the direction of a trainer or assessor who o that the supervision and guidance
holds a relevant Diploma or higher-level arrangements are reflective of the skills and
qualification (as per section 2C), but cannot make knowledge of the person
assessment judgements. o how you assure the quality of their practice
To deliver training and assessment under o how you ensure the person is not making
direction for the TAE40122 Certificate IV in assessment judgements
Training and Assessment or its successor, o how you ensure that their supervisor has
TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor, sufficient support to perform the
or TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School supervisory role.
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its
• Your assessment materials clearly show that
successor, the person must hold one of the
the supervising trainer and assessor has made
following credentials:
all assessment judgements.
• TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and
Assessment or its successor
Known risks to compliance
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and • Not regularly reviewing the skills and knowledge
Assessment of the persons working under direction to
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and determine if their level of supervisory
Assessment5 arrangements and guidance require
adjustment.
• A secondary teaching qualification and one
of the following credentials: • Not systematically reviewing the quality of work
produced by those persons working under
o TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set, or direction.
o TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its
successor, or
o TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set
or its successor.
2C. Providing direction on the delivery of TAE Considerations for compliance
training and assessment
• You can demonstrate how your systems ensure
A trainer and assessor who satisfies the that all persons providing direction on the
requirements of this section is permitted to delivery of TAE training and assessment always
provide direction to others delivering training and meet the requirements of the Credential Policy.
assessment for a training product from the TAE • You can demonstrate a qualified trainer and
Training Package in accordance with Section 2B. assessor has monitored training delivered
Where a trainer or assessor is providing direction, including providing feedback to students and
they are responsible for providing oversight, providing feedback to the person being
guidance and quality assurance in respect of an supervised.
individual to ensure the quality of training and • You can demonstrate you have appropriate
assessment delivered by that person. systems in place for recording the guidance and
quality assurance provided by the supervising
The RTO is responsible for determining the nature trainer and assessor.
and extent of direction required and any
• You ensure that adequate time and resources
necessary restrictions and ensuring the quality of
are allocated to the individual supervising
training and assessment is consistent with the
delivery of TAE training and assessment for
Outcome Standards.
them to perform their supervisory role.
To provide direction related to the delivery of Known risks to compliance
training and assessment for an AQF qualification
or skill set from the TAE Training Package, the • Not allocating sufficient time for a supervisor to
person must hold one of the following credentials: be able to supervise the delivery of training and
assessment.
• TAE50122 Diploma of Vocational Education
and Training or its successor,
• TAE50116 Diploma of Vocational Education
and Training,
• TAE50111 Diploma of Vocational Education
and Training,
• TAE50216 Diploma of Training Design and
Development,
• TAE50211 Diploma of Training Design and
Development, or
• A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult
education or vocational education and training.
5 Note: The Credential Policy does not require people who hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to hold the
two additional units of competency in addressing adult language, literacy and numeracy skills and designing and developing
assessment tools.
Section 3: Credentials for Validation of Assessment
This section specifies credential requirements for individuals conducting validation of assessment for the
purposes of Standard 1.5. Standard 1.5 also sets out additional requirements for individuals participating
in validation.
• To conduct validation in relation to any AQF qualification or skill set from the TAE Training Package
that enables individuals to make assessment judgements (as specified in section 1A and 1B of this
policy), the person(s) conducting the validation must collectively meet the requirements of section
3B.
• To conduct validation in relation to any other training product, the person(s) conducting the validation
must collectively meet the requirements of section 3A.
Requirement Considerations for compliance
3A. Validation of assessment for training • You can demonstrate how your systems ensure
products excluding the TAE Training Package that at least one of the people undertaking
For all other validation activity, at least one of the validation must have one of the validator
people undertaking the validation must have one credentials.
of the following training and assessment • You can demonstrate how you authenticate
validation credentials: (and retain evidence of the authentication) of
• TAE40122 Certificate IV in Training and the relevant credentials held by your validator.
Assessment or its successor • You can demonstrate your system for reviewing
• TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and validator performance and how this system
Assessment helps to identify opportunities for professional
development.
• TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and
Assessment6 Known risks to compliance
• A secondary teaching qualification and
TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School • Not having a system in place to authenticate the
Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or training and assessment credentials held by the
its successor validator.
• TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its • Not recognising higher level qualifications in
successor adult education or vocational education and
training.
• TAESS00011 Assessor Skill Set
• TAESS00001 Assessor Skill Set, or
• A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult
education or vocational education and
training.
3B. Validation of assessment for AQF Considerations for compliance
qualifications or skill sets from the TAE
Training Package • You can demonstrate how your systems ensure
To validate in relation to any AQF qualification or that at least one of the people undertaking
skill set from the TAE Training Package that validation of assessment for qualifications or
enables individuals to make assessment skill sets from the TAE Training Package has a
judgements, at least one of the people TAE qualification or skill set at least to the level
undertaking the validation activity must have a being validated.
AQF qualification or skill set at least to the level • You can demonstrate how you authenticate
being validated. (and retain evidence of the authentication) of
the relevant credentials held by your TAE
validator.
• You can demonstrate your system for reviewing
TAE validator performance and how this system
helps to identify opportunities for professional
development.
Known risks to compliance
• Not having a system in place to authenticate the
training and assessment credentials held by the
validator.
6 Note: The Credential Policy does not require people who hold TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to hold the
two additional units of competency in addressing adult language, literacy and numeracy skills and designing and developing
assessment tools.
Self-assurance questions
1 How do you assure yourself that each person delivering training and assessment is
appropriately credentialled?
2 How do you know that the people working under direction are not making assessment
judgements?
3 What systems do you have in place to ensure that trainers and assessors remain appropriately
credentialled?
4 How do you determine the composition of the validation team and ensure the validation team
fulfils the credential requirements?
Source: ASQA Practice Guide — Credential Policy. Published 17 June 2025, Version 1.0. Authority: Australian Skills Quality Authority. These guides interpret the Standards for RTOs 2025 into practical compliance guidance. The PDF was extracted with pdftotext -layout to preserve the two-column table structure of the original document.