The Trainer Matrix: Evidencing Competency & Currency Effectively

Is your evidence of trainer competency and currency scattered, inconsistent, or a source of pre-audit stress? This session provides a straightforward system for building and maintaining a trainer matrix that withstands scrutiny. We will clarify what truly counts as evidence for vocational competence, currency, and trainer/assessor credentials, and show you how to map professional development to specific units. You'll leave with a simple template and a process to solve this compliance headache. 

Key Learnings: 

• A guide on what performance assessors look for as valid evidence for trainer/assessor credentials, vocational competency, and industry currency. 

• How to effectively map professional development activities and industry engagement back to the specific units of competency a trainer delivers. 

• A practical template for building a trainer matrix that is clear, easy to update, and ready to present at a performance assessment. 

• Strategies for implementing a simple, ongoing process to maintain the matrix and avoid last-minute scrambling before a performance assessment. 

Your Presenter: Kerri Buttery 

Kerri Buttery, the founder of VETNexus and Digital Literacy Licence, has worked in the Australian education sector for over 25 years. With a background as a Business and Technology teacher in Queensland schools, Kerri is passionate about the use of technology in education and how this can be used to engage learners and streamline the role of the educator. With post-graduate university degrees in information technology and eLearning, Kerri has been positioned as an early adopter of artificial intelligence in education. Kerri has presented at numerous conferences on the topic of generative AI and written courses specifically for teachers on how to make use of this technology in the classroom and beyond.  

Kerri was named on The Educator’s Top 50 Hot List in 2023 and achieved the Consumer Strength Champion Highly Commended award from Women in Technology. In 2024, Kerri and her team were recognised with two LearnX Diamond Awards for Best eLearning Project – Digital Literacy Licence, and Best Compliance Team – VETNexus.