Registration groups

NDIS registration group 0117: Development of daily living and life skills

Written by James, creator of Bluetail·Published 8 October 2026

Building a person’s capacity and independence in daily living skills. Here's what group 0117 covers, who registers for it, the 12 support items funded under it, the groups it's often confused with, and the audit it needs.

What 0117 covers

Capacity building that teaches a participant skills for more independent living: skills development and training, social skills, public transport training, training for carers and parents, and training in self-management and plan management.

The NDIS Support Catalogue 2026-27 lists 12 support items under 0117, funded from Increased Social and Community Participation, Relationships, Improved Daily Living Skills, Assistance with Daily Life, Support Coordination and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches budgets. Leaving out the time-of-day, rate-level and claim-type variants, the supports are:

• Capacity Building and Training in Self-Management and Plan Management
• Skills Development And Training
• Individual Social Skills Development
• Skill Development And Training including Public Transport Training
• Training For Carers/Parents

Who registers for 0117

Support workers and providers who teach skills rather than doing the task for the participant.

Groups 0117 is often confused with

• 0107 Assistance with daily personal activities is doing personal care for the participant. 0117 is building their skills to do it themselves.
• 0128 Therapeutic supports is therapy delivered by allied health practitioners.

Audit: verification or certification?

0117 is a certification group. You are audited against the NDIS Practice Standards Core Module, in two stages, with an onsite visit, interviews with workers and participants, and a mid-term audit. Your audit type is set by the highest of your groups, so registering for 0117 makes your whole registration a certification audit. See verification vs certification audits, how the NDIS audit works and what a certification audit costs.

If you use regulated restrictive practices, or carry out a behaviour support plan that includes them, you must be registered and you are also assessed against the Implementing Behaviour Support Plans Module. Our guide to Module 2A explains what that involves.

Groups often registered alongside 0117

• 0107 Assistance with daily personal activities (certification)
• 0125 Participation in community, social and civic activities (certification)
• 0106 Assistance in coordinating or managing life stages, transitions and supports (certification)

Only register for the groups you actually deliver: every extra group adds to what the auditor checks. Our guide to choosing your NDIS registration groups walks through it.

Documents you need for 0117

A certification audit checks your policies, procedures and records against the Core Module: participant rights, governance and operational management, how you deliver supports, and the environment you deliver them in. The auditor then looks for evidence you follow them, through your records and interviews.

The Bluetail registration pack has 82 editable documents pre-filled with your business details. See the documents you need for NDIS registration and the NDIS provider registration checklist.

Sources: the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's table of registration groups and audit types, and the NDIA's NDIS Support Catalogue 2026-27. This page is general information to help you prepare for registration. It isn't legal or compliance advice and isn't affiliated with the NDIS Commission or the NDIA. Rules and catalogues change, so confirm your groups and audit type with the NDIS Commission when you apply.