 | 1: Introduction  2: What is it? 3: Why a scheme? |  |
6: Glossary  5: Certification types 4: Maintaining |
| Accreditation | To give official authorisation to, or approve of, or recognise, or vouch for as conforming to a standard | A formal evaluation process to assure conformity to general standards and expectations of the profession |
| Body | A group of persons associated by some occupation and regarded as an entity | Organisations or agencies |
| Certificate | An official document recording a particular fact, event or level of achievement | Usually issued after participating in an event, or attending a course or achieving a result from an academic endeavour |
| Certification | A formal declaration of a person’s competency, based on passing specified criteria as determined by the professional group to which the person belongs | Leads to awarding of credentials |
| Credentials | A symbol that indicates a person has been awarded certain status or authority | Post-nominals (letters after someone’s name) are the most common way of recognising credentials |
| Endorse | To support, back, give ones approval, officially and by signature | Licensing of AIIMS & BWA RTO providers |
| Evaluate | To draw conclusions from examining; to assess against standards | |
| Industry | The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of enterprise | Emergency management, financial services, health care, industrials, technology |
| Inspect | Examine carefully with the intent of verification | |
| Institution | An established organisation founded and united for a specific purpose | Mostly commonly used to describe learning and education bodies |
| Licensing | Giving official permission to do something | AFAC licenses RTO’s to deliver AIIMS and WER training |
| Profession | A disciplined group of individuals who adhere to high ethical standards and uphold themselves to, and are accepted by, the public as possessing special knowledge and skills in a widely recognised, organised body of learning derived from education and training at a high level, and who are prepared to exercise this knowledge and these skills in the interest of others. Inherent in this definition is the concept that the responsibility for the welfare, health and safety of the community shall take precedence over other considerations | Medicine, law, accountant, architects, nurses |
| Professional | A member of a profession founded upon specialised knowledge and education | Often used to describe a person’s specialised status, as well as personal attribute |
| Professionalism | The attitude of individuals to adhere to and display the values and expectations of the profession | Mostly used to describe a personal attribute |
| Professionalisation | The process of transforming an occupation into a profession | Includes different steps that make up a whole scheme, including accreditation, certification and verification |
| Regulation | An authoritative rule to govern behaviour; the state of being controlled or governed to bring uniformity | A legislative act or self-regulation |
| Sector | A particular aspect of business activity | Emergency services, law enforcement, health services, banking, mining, etc |
| Standard | A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | AIIMS and BWA comply with AQTF 2010 Standard |
| Uniformity | The state of being uniform, alike and lacking diversity | Absence of alternatives |
| Verification | Additional proof that something that was believed is correct | |
| Vocation | Occupational group: a body of people doing the same kind of work |
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