Wow! I love reflecting on the cycles within businesses, and this month’s reflection shows we have been doing many internal audits at RTOs, and assisting them with strategies to grow their business and compliance. Part of the journey we take with RTOs is to find out what is happening with their continuous improvement, the feedback […]
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“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential” – Sir Winston Churchill Business and strategic planning for our RTO are important tools. In the world of RTOs we are asked to create a plan to show our intended direction. The word “Plan” generally construes a mental image of a map: start here…finish here. Simple,
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A new report released by Safe Work Australia shows that small businesses require greater support, such as fact sheets and information campaigns, to help them improve their compliance to work health and safety. RTO Safety procedures are important aspects of operational day to day activity. Recent research on leadership and culture as it relates to work
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I was running a leadership programme this week, and the theme for the afternoon was lessons in life. This time I invited people to share with us all something about a life long lesson. The reponses were amazing, and powerful. The responses looked something like this: Learning is not a one time event, but a lifelong
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Compliance in your RTO is about providing the right service to your students and industry. By conducting internal audits you will be ensuring your RTO remains fully compliant and provides the right service. When arranging your internal audits you MUST use someone who has the knowledge, skills and experience to conduct the audit. Someone who
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From 1 July 2015 important reforms to the VET FEE-HELP (VFH) scheme come into effect as part of the first phase of amendments to the VET Guidelines. The second phase of amendments will come into effect from 1 January 2016. These reforms are the latest of Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon
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Using commercial material is not an instant panacea, it is however a solution to find material that can be adjusted to suit your clients needs. See how in this video. Benefits for purchasing commerical training and assessment material needs to mapped to the unit of competence. Check that it doesn’t have gaps and meets your client needs.
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All RTOS are required to report. whilst this video is developed by ASQA it is still relevant to all RTOs. Consistent with obligations of recent years, RTOs are required to provide annual summary reports on quality indicator data about client satisfaction and students attainment of competencies achieved throughout 2014, to ASQA by 30 June 2015. Report
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Whilst this video relates the SNRs and not the new standards, the information provided in this video is still useful information. Carly Simpson and Sue Hepperlin from ASQA discuss areas of non-compliance. Organisations applying for initial registration are often found to be non-compliant with Sue Hepperlin. Standard 4 requires the applicant to have strategies in
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Check you have training and assessment material specific to each client/site. It is important to know that you have resources available for each delivery method you use within your RTO. These resources need to be accessible to the learner. This requirement does not stagnate and as your RTO progresses on its journey in keeping up
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