Australian’s VET sector: Lost in Compliance
What is the real cost of VET red tape for our society? The value of vocational education and training (VET) is in its contribution to develop Human Capital, as a means of equipping people and society with the skills and competences...
Is Your RTO’s Business Model Compliant?
We have just received a new list (published on 2 January) showing 11 RTOs that have had their registration cancelled by ASQA. This means that during 2018 the regulator decided to either cancel registrations or apply sanctions to 367 RTOs,...
Compliance starts with communication
When you look at the statistics published by ASQA, and the results from its regulatory work, they show the darkest face of VET. Since AQTF 2001 was implement, I wonder if we have been stuck in a continuous cycle of...
Trainer’s upgrade: a cost or a solution?
Since the Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, announced the most recent amendment that affects the requirements for trainers and assessors to work in VET, many RTOs’ managers and trainers have considered this as...
RTO Core Values: Necessity or Luxury?
Last week, I was delivering a session about advanced assessment techniques and while addressing different evidence collection methods, a participant asked me: “do we get extra points during a regulatory audit if we perform better than the minimum requirement? If...
10 reasons why VET practitioners should attend the VET Compliance Summit
If you care about your personal development then the VET Policy, Compliance and Funding Summit 2016 is a must attend event. Here are 10 reasons why VET practitioners should attend this powerful Summit: Understand how the new ASQA’s audit model will affect...
The wrong perception about VET embedded into the VET Student Loans Program
The new VET Student Loans Program, recently announced to replace the VET-FEE-HELP, shows a perception that is hurting the VET sector: training is a cost. The debate around funding training and education is focused on cost. The actions taken by...
The VET Reform we never had
During the last 10 years, the vocational education and training sector has been presented with a set of so called “reforms”. Instead of them promoting improvements in the system, they have contributed to a weaker delivery of education and training....
Perpetual Beta: A Challenge for VET
Changes in VET regulation, funding models, training packages, stakeholder’s expectations, the current landscape of volatility and accelerating change means it is imperative that we adopt fresh skills and embrace new learning. In fact, our environment of constant disruption has made...
Newly endorsed Cert IV TAE – Same Issues
On 1 April the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) approved what is considered “… an important update to the Training and Education (TAE) Training Package that will ensure the VET workforce has better skills in the future”. The National...