In Australia everything can be assessed relative to the Day VFR Competency Syllabus that is produced by the CASA. This document basically sets our the actions and minimum standards a student should acheive at various levels of her/his training.
A copy of the document (in *.pdf format for Adobe Acrobat Reader) is available from our CASA'a website.
Day VFR Syllabus 2.2.1
HTH
Cheers,
Grade 3