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The Journey to Getting Your Registered Training Organisation (RTO) Accreditation

Initial RTO registration / Merinda Smith

If you’re interested in providing vocational education and training to learners in Australia, you need to have RTO accreditation. An RTO is an organisation or individual that is registered with a regulator, which could be the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) if training across Australia. Being registered means you can deliver nationally recognised training and […]

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What structure do you have for your RTO?

Compliance Tips, Quality Training, RTO Business Success / Merinda Smith

We are always in a constant state of change, even if you think something is robust, it still is vulnerable. Recently we moved to the country. This doesn’t affect the business and servicing clients, however it certainly was a huge change for everyone involved. Change causes all sorts of emotions to appear, and often shows

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How do I run an RTO?

Initial RTO registration, RTO Business Success / Merinda Smith

Running an RTO can be difficult. Setting up an RTO can be even harder. It’s easy to feel stressed and overwhelmed when you set up a Registered Training Organisation. Registered training organisations (RTOs) are education providers approved by ASQA to deliver VET courses. To become an RTO and offer courses, you must complete instructions as

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5 tips in Planning your next 30 days for your business

Leave a Comment / RTO Business Success, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

Truthbomb: Planning your next 30 days with everyone there, can get a bit tricky! Especially if you are trying to run a business. So I got to Googling “things to do at home during self-isolation”. Well there you go – the internet is filled with suggestions! Seems I’m not the only one; that string is

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Customer Support from the RTO leader

Leave a Comment / RTO Business Success, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

As an RTO leader you need to be looking at ways you can give and support and remain in business. This means looking at the customers and your community. Here at RTO Mentor we want to do everything we can to help you get courageous leadership skills. Panic is contagious. So is leadership. Customer service is

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Seeking connection from a distance

Leave a Comment / RTO Business strategy, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

We are all seeking connection and we need leadership in the crisis. We care to care, have compassion, and not buy into the limiting beliefs of others. Building relationships is not cancelled. Even though we are self-isolating, that is OK. We still have other means of connection: telephone, mobile – voice, text and the internet

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Find your RTO passion – your True North

Leave a Comment / RTO Business Success, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

Have you ever wanted to find your passion? I’ve worked with many RTO owners over the years and time and time again I see them seeking exactly that. They wanted to find there purpose, their true north. They wanted to share their passion with others, and an RTO was the best way to do it.

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Panic is contagious; but so is leadership within your RTO business.

Leave a Comment / RTO Business Success, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

With my 30+ years of watching the best leaders handle a crisis, I’ve created a series of practical tips to help you in your business. Your RTO business is no different to all the others out there. So with that in mind I’ll be sharing practical resources for the week to support your efforts. Are you

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How do you know if your RTO is compliant?

Leave a Comment / Compliance Tips, Internal Audit / Merinda Smith

A RTO internal audit is essential for any quality management system, and RTOs especially need to see they are every bit as important as external audits. One of the many reasons that internal audits are important is that they can assist in identifying potential problem areas in preparation for the external audit process. Best Practices

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Feedback, coaching and learning

Leave a Comment / Newsletter, RTO Business Success, RTO Consultant, RTO Leadership / Merinda Smith

Gaining feedback is important for us to grow. Especially if it tells us something that was perhaps a scotoma, or a blind spot. We all have them, these blind spots, the things that others see and we don’t. So when we get negative feedback, what do we do with it? Sometimes we act, and improve,

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