It’s the TAE40116. Australia’s national Trainer and Assessor qualification. The qualification required for anyone teaching or assessing in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector.
As of the 1st of July 2019, those who hold the TAE40110 are required to meet the new trainer and assessor credential requirements in order to train and assess within the VET sector.
Those undertaking the upgrade from TAE40110 to TAE40116 require competency in the following 2 core units:
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to identify language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skill requirements of training and the work environment, and to use resources and strategies that meet the needs of the learner group.
It applies to individuals who teach, train, assess and develop training and assessment resources.
The key areas covered within this unit of competency include:
This unit outlines the skills and knowledge required to design and to develop assessment tools used to guide the collection of quality evidence, including their application in formative, summative and recognition of prior learning (RPL) assessment.
It applies to experienced practitioners responsible for the development and/or delivery of training and assessment products and services.
The key areas covered within this unit of competency include:
When undertaking the transition from the TAE40110 with Accellier we have formulated an upgrade package that covers the required 2 core units (as listed above) as well as an integrated ‘gap refresher’ for the following non-equivalent units:
On provision of a valid and authentic TAE40110 transcript, a credit transfer will be applied to all other equivalent units on your old TAE Cert IV.
Graduates of our upgrade program will receive the full TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment qualification and will hold the most current versions of all associated units of competency.
A practical, fully supported, self-paced online course with regular live tutorial sessions.
Duration: 6 months (most experienced VET trainers upgrading fast-track, depending on experience and recognition of prior learning).
Everyone’s upgrade pathway is a little different, depending on what units are already held on your old Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
To complete the upgrade, you will be required to undertake a range of projects and practical tasks, observations, written activities and interviews. We’ll work with you to help you develop the knowledge and skills to be successful, as well as give you a broad toolkit of templates and examples to work from.
Major assessment activities include:
Here you develop three plans for how you would assess three different units of competency, then develop a full set of assessment tools for them. This typically includes things like developing test questions, marking guides, observation checklists and assignments or projects for your students. You’ll then finalise those three tools by sitting down with at least one other person and reviewing them thoroughly, making the required changes from your review.
While it’s fairly detailed and involved process, it’s an extremely important skill for any VET trainer and assessor to have and will enhance your practice remarkably.
This part of the course includes some projects on determining the LLN requirements of a job role, a course and the LLN needs of two of your learners. You then provide LLN support to them while you train and assess them.
Most people take around three months, doing a little bit each day. There are many exceptions though.
In this upgrade it’s not uncommon for people to get it done in a few days or weeks. This is especially true for experienced VET Teachers (TAFE Teachers or those at an RTO).
There are those too who may have credit transfer for either of TAEASS502 or TAELLN411. This speeds things up dramatically.
If you’ve been out of the VET system for a while, it may take longer as you get current on a number of changes and new ways of doing things.
It is difficult to provide a more accurate time-frame without knowing more about you. You are most welcome to call us on (02) 5616 0111 obligation-free for a discussion about your needs, we will then be able to provide you with a more accurate time-frame.
If you’re unable to consistently dedicate at least 5 hours per week, maybe now is not the right time to upgrade your Cert IV. We have regular intakes so there’s no rush to enrol now.
Talk to us about your situation if you’re unsure.
There are two sections we want you to read, understand and be comfortable with before enrolling with us:
To enrol into a qualification with Accellier you must:
Your computer or laptop (this is just a rough guide) should be reasonably modern and you should have an up to date web browser such as Firefox or Google Chrome. It will need to have a word-processing application such as Microsoft Word or access to Google Docs. Generally speaking if you can see and hear YouTube-style videos then you’ll be able to take full advantage of our resources.
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