COMPETENCY STANDARDS

Competency Standards provide the link between training and the workplace.

The Competency Standards state what is expected of workers to effectively and efficiently undertake  the range of activities in a job. Underlying the competency standards is the knowledge, skills and attitudes which workers must demonstrate to show that they are able to undertake the job for which they are employed. The competency standards give a benchmark for a particular level of ability against which workers can assessed to attain qualifications, or improve job performance.

In the development of competency standards, great care was taken to produce a cohesive and structured grouping that focuses on what is expected do an employee in terms of performance.

In addition to the 900 plus separate competency standards in the Community Services Training Package and the Health Training Package the following have been developed at a state level:

	Teacher Assistants
	Home Economics Assistants
	Aboriginal Terms of Reference

Competency Standards that have been developed by the Community Service Industries at a national level and have been included in the Community Services Training Package include:

	Children's Services
	Child Protection
	Youth Work and Juvenile Justice
	Community Services Work
	Disability Work
	Aged Care Work
	Home and Community Care Work
	Alcohol and Other Drugs Work
	Mental Health Work (non clinical)
	Social Housing Work

Competency standards in the Health Training Package include:

	Ambulance
	Aboriginal Environmental Health
	Complementary and Alternative Health Care
	Dental Assisting
	Dental Technology & Dental Prosthetics
	Health Service Assistance
	Health Support Services
	Health Technician
	Population Health

For further information on Competency Standards or Training Packages please do not hesitate to contact us by email, phone of fax.