RTO Assessment Strategies
The VET system is highlighted by the fact that more than 1.2 million workers are represented in the technical and trade sector, which represents more than 13 per cent of the entire Australian workforce. It is your RTO Assessment Strategies that play an huge factor in assisting these people within the workforce.
Your RTO is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating quality training and assessment strategies. Each of them need to show practices that meet the training package and VET accredited course requirements. If you are seeking registration as an RTO, you must provide evidence that you have sought and incorporated input into your training and assessment strategies from relevant industry stakeholders. This is called industry consultation. Refer to RTO Standard 1.5, 1.6.
The RTO’s training and assessment strategies and practices must include the amount of training required for the learner
to gain the competencies as specified in the relevant training package or VET accredited course. The amount of training will vary
depending on the existing skills and knowledge of the learner, the mode of delivery and include any work placement arrangements.
Your training and assessment strategy should not be ‘static’. It needs to be regularly updated to take into account changes in
industry technology and techniques, legislation, and the training package itself, as well as the availability of resources within your
RTO. The strategy must also be consistent with the advertising and other material you provide to prospective learners.
You must, at all times, have all resources available to deliver every training product on your RTO’s scope of registration—whether
you are currently delivering it or not. These resources must comply with any specific requirements in the training package or
accredited course. The quantity of these resources required will depend on how many learners you are delivering to, or intend
to deliver to. Your training and assessment strategies should include guidance on the level of resources needed per learner or
per group.
Update your strategies regularly and include information from reviews with your industry engagement activities, which relate to the ongoing monitoring of training and assessment strategies and practices.