Professional Development Programs

These practitioner professional development programs are intentionally designed to maximise value and benefits for individuals and to provide the tools to continue career advancement and lifelong learning.

Capability building goes beyond a reliance on training. AELERT endorses the 70:20:10 capability framework model where the majority of your learnings come on the job, 20% comes from observing competent and confident colleagues exercise the craft, and 10% from training. AELERT offers a holistic and structured approach that includes the Regulatory Officer Capability Self-Assessment Tool (ROCSAT), so you and your supervisor can track your path to being a competent practitioner.

If you would like to see a capability program with a specific focus, we encourage you to discuss your thoughts and ideas with your peers in the Professional Development Community of Practice.

The Regulatory Officer Capability Framework is a tool that captures the core capabilities and skill sets required of regulatory officers ranging from new starters through to managers and executives in regulatory agencies.

You can use this tool to identify your own training needs to advance your career and develop a roadmap for your continuous professional development journey.

The Regulatory Officer Capability Framework can be used regardless of the regulatory profession. It enables effective workforce planning and enhances an agencies likelihood to achieve their regulatory objectives.

Download the AELERT Regulatory Officer Capability Framework infographics.

The Regulatory Officer Capability Self-Assessment Tool, or ROCSAT for short, is a self-assessment that should be used in conjunction with the above framework to identify your current level of ability and understanding.

The self-assessment tool provides individuals and regulatory agencies with common criteria to measure and report regulatory capability across the various proficiencies. Measuring your competence against these criteria is critical to improving your ability in the regulatory craft.

For further information on the tool, frequently asked questions and to get started follow the instructions below and click the link to begin a new self-assessment.

The AELERT Authorised Officer Guideline, developed by the Capability Building Working Group.

This tool is intended to assist organisations to develop an authorised officer policy or framework outlining the experience, training, qualifications, and other requirements to appoint a person as an authorised officer in a regulatory role, allowing them to exercise powers under legislation.

Specific training programs for environmental regulation operations are currently in development by AELERT and will be released for use within the network.

Programs may include:

• Environmental regulation (operation specific)
• Environmental auditing
• Stakeholder engagement within an environmental context
• Undertaking & managing investigations 

More details coming soon.