ABOUT
ABOUT
NARTA is the National Accommodation, Recreation, and Tourism Accreditation Program.
It has been designed to provide a comprehensive procedure for checking and providing recognition of compliance with relevant legal operational requirements and ‘Good Practice’. It is an ongoing process that requires organisations to regularly review their compliance regime in line with changing community attitudes and legislative changes and undergo site assessments.
- This is accomplished through self-assessment and both desk and workplace assessments.
- NARTA Accreditation is not a process of comparison between organisations.
- NARTA Accreditation is voluntary.
- NARTA Accreditation is a national program that recognises State Legislation.
NARTA Ltd was established to raise the standard of the accommodation, recreation and tourism sectors that primarily deal with the outdoors and group experiences, by providing an accreditation program that allows operators to gauge their compliance with industry and public expectations. NARTA is an independent organisation with its own Board & Constitution, and it contracts Christian Venues Association to provide administrative support.
NARTA is charged with providing an accreditation program that:
- Ensures compliance with National, State and Local Government requirements for the legal and safe operation of the services provided by those undertaking accreditation.
- Is linked to the industry association involved in its development and application.
- Is accepted and implemented nationally.
- Establishes a list of requirements.
- Indicates how the requirements are to be met or that they are not required.
- Is economical to apply.
- Is acceptable to the major user groups, including State Departments of Education.
ENDORSEMENTS
Some Education Departments do not recommend or endorse any particular accreditation bodies – they allow schools to make their own decisions. These include:
Department of Education, Queensland
NSW Department of Education
Department of Education, Western Australia, which acknowledges “that schools would respond favourable towards those organisations that have gained NARTA accreditation”
ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:
DECD, South Australia
Department of Education Tasmania
National Parks and Wildlife NSW
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
Catholic Education Office – Archdiocese of Melbourne
Antiochian Orthodox Church
NSW Maritime Authority
The Salvation Army in Australia
The Baptist Union of Australia
Outdoors NSW & ACT
Christian Venues Association
DEECD – Victoria
