These standards must be used for delivering introductory training for monotreme rehabilitation. They describe the skills and knowledge that such training must include to ensure volunteers meet the requirements of the NSW Code of Practice for Injured, Sick and Orphaned Monotremes (the code of practice). Any person with an authority to rescue, rehabilitate and release monotremes in New South Wales must be trained to these standards and be assessed as competent.

These training standards have been ordered into three suggested core areas of training. Training programs can be structured in their entirety to replicate the standards, broken down to cover individual or multiple standards, or based on certain roles within monotreme rehabilitation. Irrespective of the structure used, all training must include the standards relevant to a role and must cover the duties this role would be expected to perform upon completion.

All training must be compliant with the Monotreme Code of Practice. It must have a written assessment component, be competency-based, and be accompanied by ongoing in-field support from experienced monotreme rehabilitators.