Learn how Verification of Competency assessments can save your company money while maintaining compliance with the relevant minimum industry safety.
Overview of conducting a Verification of Competency (VOC)
A Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU), a Principal Contractor (PC) or employer may request evidence that the worker has the data and skills to do a job inside their workplace to the required current industry standard. A strong and stringent VOC system will expose any deficiencies in a person’s capability to conduct a required task regardless of how their competency, qualification or licence was obtained.
Verification of Competency (VOC) assessment is just a pathway that employers should take to ensure that their staff are competent operators. VOC assessment is a way to insure that your staff can operate your machinery safely and in accordance with site requirements. VOC also means a substantial dollar saving for your requirements with your operators assessed to ensure that they’re competent before operating equipment rather than learning later that they’re not competent and valuable machinery has been damaged due to poor operator skills and knowledge.
Aim of VOC
Employers could be confident that their current and potential employees possess the data and skills to conduct their tasks in a safe and skilful manner. All relevant tasks is likely to be verified against the current industry standards / benchmarks stated in the unit of competency. Employers also can specify to include a worker’s employability skills to the VOC process. These employability skills are embedded in to a unit of competency and beneficial to the employer to substantiate the worker’s productivity, self-management, problem-solving and initiative.
Just before conducting a VOC
The applicant’s enrollment form will sent to the employer, completed by the applicant and returned to the participating Registered 먹튀검증 Training organisation (RTO) with certified copies of photo identification and licences. The employer or nominated person and RTO will negotiate tasks strongly related the applicant’s current duties conducted in the workplace and formulate a plan for verification. The knowledge and skills requiring verification is likely to be measured against the current industry standards by the RTO’s qualified and experienced trainers and assessors. The kind of equipment to be properly used and the venue for the competency verification may also be determined.
VOC process
The applicant is likely to be informed of the verification process, the conditions under that the tasks is likely to be conducted, the required outcome and the result of the verification process. Any gap training requirements and cost (if required) is likely to be calculated by the RTO and approved by the employer prior to commencement of gap training. Documentation of VOC A report is likely to be forwarded to the employer or nominated person detailing the result of the verification, the ability of the worker and the level of their performance.
