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. […]
RTO Employees, do we create our own drama within the team? Read More »
This week’s blog is being written with hand warmers on, a mug of hot coffee with yummy homemade fruit cake. Even though it essentially spring – the cold still remains in the early mornings. These are the things that I love and so feeling supported myself I wanted to share some support just for you. Sometimes
The power of a mug of coffee and positive RTO interactions Read More »
Current industry skills for your trainers and assessors. To provide training that reflects current industry practice and valid assessment, your RTO’s trainers and assessors must maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge in their industry area and in vocational education and training. It is also acceptable for an appropriately qualified trainer and assessor to work with
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To provide training that reflects current industry practice and valid assessment, your RTO’s trainers and assessors must maintain the currency of their skills and knowledge in their industry area and in vocational education and training. It is also acceptable for an appropriately qualified trainer and assessor to work with an industry expert to conduct assessment together. Your RTO
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Running your own RTO team is extremely rewarding. It also can be stressful being the boss, marketing the businesses and making sure everyone is working as a team. Your mental toughness grows daily as it responds to multiple and sometimes conflicting pressures. We work hard to keep our clients happy, and building the business, yet
Are you really managing the stress of your RTO team? Read More »
Recently I listen to a Ted talk by Angela Ahrendts about Human Energy. This is my take on what she said and how it can be implemented into the lives of people in the VET sector. We all breathe, take in air. We all take in and emit energy. The energy is forward charging which
Does your RTO Run on Human Energy? Read More »
Trainers and assessors who work in the VET sector and use nationally recognised training must meet the nationally agreed requirements outlined in AQTF Standard 1.4 (d) or SNR 15.4 (d) which states that trainers and assessors must continue to develop their VET knowledge and skills as well as their industry currency and trainer/assessor competence. A
Maintaining your Trainer and Assessor Currency Read More »
Running an efficient training organisation means providing quality training and assessment as well as handling employee issues when they surface. And when we look at it, managing employees can be one of the most difficult aspects of running your RTO. During the many years of managing both national and small state based RTOs I have found that
Getting your RTO Employees to Perform to your standards Read More »
As I walked along the foreshore this morning to my client I was reflecting on what had happened during the past few days with the bush fires. Over the weekend my life had been thrown around, emotions brought to the top and I have witnessed a variety of reactions. Yes I still have my beautiful
Are you truley being mindful? Read More »
This is the old ‘chicken and egg’ conundrum faced by the VET sector when you introduce something new. Firstly they need the correct Training and assessing qualification (currently TAE – preferably with the LLN unit). Then you need to be able to demonstrate that the trainer and assessor has the vocational qualification (or equivalence), current
Trainer and assessor qualifications for new qualifications to go on scope Read More »
