Assessment (evidence) guide. A guide that provides detailed information in the form of evidence that an instructor or an evaluator can use to determine whether a candidate meets the requirements of the competency standard.

Competency. A combination of skills, knowledge and attitudes required to perform a task to the prescribed standard.

Competency-based training and assessment. Training and assessment that are characterized by a performance orientation, emphasis on standards of performance and their measurement, and the development of training to the specified performance standards.

Competency element. An action that constitutes a task that has a triggering event and a terminating event that clearly defines its limits, and an observable outcome.

Competency unit. A discrete function consisting of a number of competency elements.

Performance criteria. Simple, evaluative statements on the required outcome of the competency element and a description of the criteria used to judge whether the required level of performance has been achieved.

Range of variables (conditions). The conditions under which the competency units must be performed.