The Management of GPNi shall ensure that all complaints and appeals are dealt with in accordance with the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness and remain publically available. All complaints and appeals shall be subject to notification within the GPNi management meeting and require the implementation of the GPNi complaints and appeals process.

The GPNi will manage and respond to allegations involving the conduct of:
a) The GPNi, its trainers, assessors or other staff;
b) a third party providing services on behalf of The GPNi, its trainers, assessors or other staff; or
c) a learner of The GPNi.

Learners may choose to submit a complaint to The GPNi staff via the Informal Process or Formal Process.

(Please note ‘The GPNi staff’ will be considered to include third parties or partnering organisation staff)

• Learners may submit a complaint (verbally or in writing) directly to staff of The GPNi with the purpose to resolve a complaint through discussion and through mutual agreement. All complaints received will be acknowledged in writing by the Management of The GPNi.
• The GPNi Fitness staff are required to explain to the Learner the Informal, Formal and complaints and appeals processes available to them.
• Learners may be accompanied by a third party of their choice to support them in the informal process discussion.
• All informal complaints when finalised shall be reported to the Management of The GPNi by GPNi staff (via a stakeholder feedback form) for further review and consideration for potential continuous improvement actions, regardless of whether the complaint was resolved or not.
• All informal complaints that are not resolved with Learners by mutual agreement with The GPNi staff will require the completion of the formal complaints process.

• When a Learner wishes to submit a formal complaint or is dissatisfied with the attempt to resolve a complaint informally (directly with staff) the Learner may submit a formal complaint to The GPNi management utilising the ‘Student Complaint Form’.
• The GPNi Management will respond in writing to all formal Learner complaints within 5 days of receipt of a ‘Student Complaint Form’.
• When a Complaint is recognised as requiring more than 60 calendar days to resolve the management of The GPNi must inform the complainant in writing, including reasons why more than 60 calendar days are required; and regularly update the complainant on the progress of the matter.
• The GPNi Management shall respond to formal complaints from Learners in writing proposing a resolution to the complaint.
• The Global Performance Nutrition Institute Management responses to the complainant shall include information and procedures concerning the complainant’s right to appeal the proposed solution and request for an independent adjudicator.
• All formal complaints when finalised shall be reported to the Management of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute by The Global Performance Nutrition Institute staff (via a stakeholder feedback form) for further review and consideration for potential continuous improvement actions, regardless of whether the complaint was resolved or not.

In the event of a Learner advising that they are dissatisfied with the proposed solution for a formal complaint to The Global Performance Nutrition Institute management, the Manager shall provide an additional opportunity to provide a solution and shall apply the External Appeal process

• The Manager shall advise the Learner that an Independent Third party shall be sought to consider the nature of the complaint and a possible further resolution at no cost to the Learner.
• The selection of the Independent Third party shall be communicated with the Learner and the selection must be with the mutual agreement of the Learner.
• The Global Performance Nutrition Institute management shall make contact with the Independent Third party and provide all documentation related to the formal complaint and Learner contact details.
• Independent adjudication responses must be within 7 days from the date that all formal complaint documentation is provided to the Independent Adjudicator.
• When an Appeal process is recognised as requiring more than 60 calendar days to resolve, the management of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute must inform the appellant in writing, including reasons why more than 60 calendar days are required; and regularly update the appellant on the progress of the matter.
• On receipt of the formal complaint documentation the Independent Third party shall make contact with the Management staff of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute and the Learner and arrange a suitable time for further discussion pertaining to the formal complaint.
• All Independent Third Party proposed solutions shall be final and be reported to the Global Performance Nutrition Institute management and the Learner in writing and will require immediate implementation by both parties.

All appeals from Learners relating to assessment results must be received in a period no longer than 3 months following the competency decision.

Staff delivering training and assessment services on behalf of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute will be required to:
• Provide timely guidance to all course participants regarding the assessment appeals procedure.
• Clarify any aspects of the assessment results that a student does not understand.
• Provide each student that requests an assessment appeal with the required ‘Assessment Appeal form’.
• Communicate directly via email as soon as possible with the Global Performance Nutrition Institute’ management on any advice (verbal or written) provided by a student that they are seeking to appeal an assessment decision.
• Schedule a meeting with the student and the management of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute when a completed assessment appeal form is received from a student.
• Communicate any outcome decision by the management of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute to uphold or overturn an assessment appeal to the student’s by completing the assessment appeal form clearly identifying the reason for the outcome.
• All assessment appeals will be processed by the staff and management of The Global Performance Nutrition Institute within 10 days of receipt of an appeal. All assessment appeals must be maintained on the students file.
• Student records will be adjusted to comply with the Global Performance Nutrition Institute management

The Global Performance Nutrition Institute management shall maintain records of all complaints and appeals and their outcomes and reference complaints and appeals in The Global Performance Nutrition Institute Management meeting minutes identifying potential causes of complaints and appeals and takes appropriate corrective actions to eliminate or mitigate the likelihood of reoccurrence.
Records of all Informal, Formal complaints and appeals will be recorded in The Global Performance Nutrition Institute Review meeting minutes and all written student complaints records will be retrievable through the Student Complaints PCFs outcome decisions