Originally Posted by
First_Principal
That over; to me NOTAM's are something that should be completed by a person who is entirely familiar with aviation, and is qualified to do so. From what I read here it would seem in Oz that there is no qualification necessary, and thus no real bar to incompetence, nor is there any real filtering or adequate checking of the information....
An ARO (Aerodrome Reporting Officer) is indeed required to be trained and qualified: See "ARO Training" in this:
Aerodrome reporting officer guide.
I don't know if it still happens, but in the past I think CASA Airport Surveyors used to check them out.