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Overview of Training Packages

What is a training package it?

A Training Package is a set of documents that tell the people who deliver training and assessment (trainers and assessors) how to do it. They are a set of

Using Training Packages is the way in which workplace qualifications are now delivered in Australia. This is called official or accredited training and the qualifications are accepted across Australia.

A Training Package:

Provide nationally endorsed competency standards and qualification and assessment guidelines
Enable qualifications to be awarded through direct assessment of competencies rather than against the learning outcomes of a course
Encourage the development, packaging and delivery of training to suit individual learner needs
Encourage learning at work, leading to recognized qualifications
Provides pathways so that a worker or learner can progress from one qualification to another.

A Training Package can be summed up as a box of rules and tools that supports training, learning and development.

Further Information

There is information on this website about the Community Service Training Package and The Business Services Training Package
For more information about training packages, visit the ANTA website at http://www.anta.gov.au