National Accommodation Recreation Tourism Accreditation
What is the National Accommodation, Recreation & Tourism Accreditation Program?
National Accommodation, Recreation & Tourism Accreditation has been designed to provide a process for checking and providing recognition of compliance with relevant legal operational requirements. It is an ongoing process that requires organisations to regularly review their compliance regime in line with changing community attitudes and legislative changes.
- This is accomplished through self-assessment and both desk and workplace audits.
- This Accreditation Package is not a process of comparison between organisations.
- This Accreditation Package is truly voluntary.
- This Accreditation Package is not to be seen as an imposition on members of the administering organisations.
- This Accreditation Package is provided in response to requests from within the industry for a straightforward Accreditation Program that will meet the requirements of external organisations that choose to limit their participation to “Accredited” operations.
The NARTA Inc. Accreditation Package is endorsed, recommended or accepted as an appropriate accreditation methodology (at July 2007, as this is an ongoing process) by:-
- Outdoor Recreation Industry Council of NSW
- Christian Venues Association (Christian Camping International Australia)
- Office of School Education - Victoria
- Department of Education and Children’s Services, South Australia
- National Parks and Wildlife NSW
- NSW Maritime Authority
- The Salvation Army in Australia
- The Baptist Union of Australia
- Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
- Antiochian Orthodox Church
Accreditation of a supplier is not necessarily a requirement of these organisations, however they all recoginse the value in assuring the appropriateness of facilities and services to their members or students and have indicated that in their opinion NARTA is one such methodology.
Education Departments that do not recommend or endorse any particular providers as schools make their own decisions include:-
- Department of Education & Training Western Australia, which acknowledges “that schools would respond favourable towards those organisations that have gained NARTA accreditation”.
- NSW Department of School Education.
- QLD Department of Education and Training.
Go to the Narta Website