Are your RTO strategies costing you money by not being compliant with the RTO Standards? Time and time again I see common mistakes in the training and assessment strategies (TAS) developed by RTOs. A good TAS is an extremely important document within your RTO, from both audit and strategic business planning perspectives, I have highlighted the most […]
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This video covers some of the key considerations in making an application for initial registration as a registered training organisation or RTO with the Australian Skills Quality Authority, ASQA.
Initial Registration for your RTO Read More »
A video has been created by ASQA on some of the most common non-compliances ASQA has identified when auditing training organisations and providers. It states that organisations applying for initial registration are often found to be non-compliant with Standard 4. Standard 4 requires the applicant to have strategies in place to provide quality training and
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Another training video from ASQA that provides information about ASQA’s approach to auditing, ASQA’s audit processes and how to prepare for an audit. All applicants for initial registration undergo an audit to confirm that the applicant is ready to provide nationally recognised training. This is a ‘site audit’, meaning the audit is conducted at the premises
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If your business has an annual turnover of over $3 million, then it needs to comply. The Privacy Act 1988* currently protects personal information handled by large businesses and health service providers of any size If your RTO has an annual turnover of $3 million or less AND is it either: a health service provider? related to a
How is your RTO effected by the new Privacy legislation? Read More »
A series of workshops were held in Canberra on 4-6 February 2014 with representatives from industry, registered training organisations (RTOs), Industry Skills Councils and Australian Apprenticeships Centres. These workshops were the first step in an ongoing engagement with the sector to discuss the strengths of the current national training system and areas where the system
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ASQA has recently considered feedback from providers in relation to the General direction—transition and teach-out, which came into effect on 1 January 2014. Providers have contacted ASQA with concerns about the lack of flexibility in the teach-out provisions and the potential effects of this on students. It is pleasing to read that ASQA are listening
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When it comes to managing an RTO, we are entering a new world. A new normal. People have been moving flexibility, or some not so, into the changes that have taken place over the past few years with ASQA. At the end of 2013 Chris Robinson from ASQA was travelling the country talking about the
Australia faces a number of pressing workforce threats and opportunities. A highly skilled workforce is required to maintain and improve our economic position in the face of increasing global competition, and to have the skills to adapt to the introduction of new technology and rapid change. Vocational Education and Training (VET) provides people with the
VET Reform – have your say Read More »
Looking around my house over the break, and now in my office I see something pretty typical. Stacks, and stacks, of books. I have a huge bookcase over my desk. And stacks of books on my desk. Then in my house, there are books beside my bed, on the floor next to the
Seeing your RTO dreams, inspiration and intentions. Read More »
