

Cert IV TAE Job Pathways
Does sharing your skills and expertise with other people to help them change their life for the better interest you? If so, you’re looking at the right career!
First you need your Certificate IV in Training and Assessment to be qualified to hold many roles in the industry.
But once you’ve done that, where can you work?
Fortunately, the skills that you’ve learned are essential in many training related career paths. Training organisations, TAFEs, and many workplaces need qualified trainers and assessors to deliver training and assessment services.
Here are 5 ways you can employ your Cert IV TAE to pursue your career as a qualified trainer and assessor.
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1. Trainer and Assessor at an RTO
Private Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) are companies that are authorized by the Australian government to teach nationally recognised qualifications. These certificates and diplomas are developed together with industries that range from child care to information technology and from accounting to aviation.
What do RTO Trainers and Assessors do?
Trainers at an RTO don’t only teach courses, but also check if their students know how to perform certain skills. Instead of assigning letter grades, you assess if they are competent or not yet competent. To do this, you will make use of techniques like assigning hands on projects, written questions and even problem solving scenarios. The Cert IV TAE is the minimum qualification these RTOs require.
You can check out the full list of RTOs in Australia by going to the official database website.
2. Vocational Education Teacher or VET Trainer with TAFE
What do VET Teachers do?
Assessors at TAFE institutes also teach and determine the competency of students to work in a wide variety of industries. Just like RTOs, you make use of nationally recognised standards in training packages to prepare them for actual employment. For this reason, VET Teachers must also hold the Cert IV TAE.
3. Corporate or Workplace Trainer
What do Training Professionals do?
Corporate or workplace trainers identify the skill gaps of staff members in order to create and implement a training program. This is done to improve both their performance as well as help the company meet its organisational goals like sales quotas, service ratings and staying ahead of the competition. Facilitating workplace learning is one of their major roles.
The exact procedure often varies between industries, but you can expect to make unique resources such as handbooks, tutorials and evaluations to be part of the process. Afterwards, tracking the outcome and facilitating supplementary support may be part of your responsibilities. The Certificate IV in Training and Assessment may not be required here, but is has long been considered as the standard for workplace training.
4. Starting Your Own RTO Company
Starting your own business by creating a new RTO is an option for entrepreneurs who are also qualified trainers and assessors. Since only RTOs are allowed to deliver nationally recognised courses, you can find an industry in your state that is in need of qualified workers and get into training them.
With a private RTO, you can take in students who are looking to study qualifications like certificates and diplomas. To do that, you have to recruit trainers and assessors and develop resources based on the training packages you choose. Holding the Cert IV TAE yourself is not a necessity, but it does give you added benefits like savings from hiring trainers and being able to fill in the gaps in your team.
Other registration requirements include having sound financials, management procedures and proof that you comply with your state’s local regulations. Setting up your own RTO can be a lot of work, but it also comes with the freedom and rewards of running your own company.
You can find out how put up your own RTO by reading the Service Skills Australia guide.
5. Gaining Additional Qualifications
For example, if you want to take advantage of the shortage of child care workers and managers in the ACT, NSW and WA, you can take up the Certificate III or the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care. This will allow you to train people to fill the need since it is the required qualification for all childhood educators.
Alternatively, you can take up courses for everyday work functions to develop staff members to fill these positions. Common roles include occupational health through the Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety and human resources through the Certificate IV in Human Resources.
Summary: Where Can You Take Your Career?
You have a lot of options when it comes to your career as a qualified trainer and assessor.
Gaining industry experience together with your training qualification is a good start towards becoming an RTO/TAFE Assessor, Corporate Trainer or even in starting your own training company. Developing your expertise and qualifications further is another good way to branch out as a professional.
Where do you want to take your career? Let us and other budding trainers know by leaving a comment below.
If you’d like more information about job descriptions, wage and salary or helpful industry skills to have, check out The Ultimate Guide to a Training and Assessment Career.
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