Over the past week I have spent much of my time away from client with my head down reviewing the standards. Basically I am happy with the way they look, they provide greater clarity for providers and I believe it will allow RTOs to concentrate on their one goal – to provide quality training and assessment. The standards apply to both initial and continuing registration.
The Minister also released the new draft provider and regulator standards for consultation. This addresses one of the three priority actions agreed by Australian, state and territory skills ministers at the COAG Industry and Skills Council meeting on 3 April 2014, to re-examine the draft training provider and regulator standards produced by the former office of the National Skills Standards Council (NSSC).
The new draft standards take into account a range of stakeholder views including issues raised during the broader VET reform consultation process undertaken in early 2014 and “will support quality and provide clarity around marketing of training courses, subcontracting arrangements and compliance,” Mr Macfarlane said.
The new draft training provider and regulator standards are available here and comments are welcome via email to vettaskforce@industry.gov.au by Wednesday 23 July 2014.
Feedback on the new draft training provider and regulator standards can also be provided via a series of webinars planned in July. To find out how you can become involved, visit the events page of the VET reform website.