New Arrangements for Training Product Development
On 21 April 2015, the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, announced the new model for Training Product Development for Australian Industry. This new model demonstrates the Government’s commitment to training that is high quality...
Changes for Training and Assessment Strategies
Reviewing the Standards for RTOs 2015 The new Standards for RTOs 2015 are here and with them comes another attempt to regulate some core processes in the RTO world. When we talk about core processes, at the top of the...
Government targets VET FEE-HELP scammers
The government has announced legislative and other changes to deal with rogue training providers and better protect students. The new measures will intent to: stop providers from offering incentives to students, like cash and laptops, to get them to sign...
VET FEE-HELP RTOs Under ASQA’s Microscope
Targeted audits of Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) will address allegations of unscrupulous marketing and other practices intended to exploit the Australian Government’s VET FEE-HELP program. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said the national regulator, the Australian...
Delegating Regulatory Responsibility to RTOs
ASQA currently has delegation arrangements in-place with 27 RTOs – mostly TAFEs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.RTOs were required to meet the following criteria to be eligible for a delegation of regulatory responsibility: the RTO must...
The USI and Reporting Requirements
Each time your students complete nationally recognised training, you must collect and verify their Unique Student Identifier (USI) before you can confer a qualification or statement of attainment. When you submit your data according to the new VET data collection...
Clauses 1.1 – 1.4
What this Standard means for your RTO – The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for qualifications in the Australian education and training system. The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 requires that RTOs comply with the...
ASQA’s Identity Crisis
The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) are a set of principles designed to shape the unique characteristics of an RTO. Their application is paramount to safeguard the integrity of nationally recognised training. These Standards are not steps, formulas or...
Training Package Development Under Review
In September 2014, the Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP announced that, at the end of the current contract period with Industry Skills Councils, the Australian Government would be moving to a more contestable model for the development...