RTO Business Success

Business Planning – holding yourself accountable for your RTOs success

RTO Business planning is an important aspect for all Registered Training Organisations. Surprisingly over the years I often see little of it being done. Business planning will guide a start-up operation of the RTO for the initial three years. It also enables you to demonstrate over the ensuing years how the RTO plans to manage itself […]

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RTO Financial risk assessment

The RTO Financial risk looks at business viability. It is critical to the ongoing sustainability of an RTO and the investment it makes in its services. If RTOs are not viable, then this negatively impacts on the quality of its training and assessment outcomes and on learners. Operational and financial business standards therefore provide important protective

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This journey is a joint journey – you can’t just sit back and watch it happen

Once again the VET environment changes; this time the new Trainer and Assessor TAE requirements. So I was reading an article written by a fellow consultant about the new requirements. My take on the article was he was frustrated that the new TAE requirements (from 2019) are not stringent enough. I get where he is

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How sophisticated is your RTO’s planning capability?

Are you producing accurate plans? Do you have RTO’s planning days?  Do you have a requirement to move rolling forecasts? Are you able to react quickly and make informed decisions? Are you drowning in spreadsheets? These are serious questions you need to be asking yourself if you are managing an RTO. Don’t become complacent and

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RTO Employees, do we create our own drama within the team?

As an RTO owner one of the most important and delicate situations that you will handle is dealing with employees, particularly key employees, well no, everyone. Recently with the Australian economy recording a period of economic decline, it’s worth considering your RTO employees.  Are they engaged, do they feel safe? The answer is probably No.

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