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The Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) has released 4 new Work Health and Safety qualifications on training.gov.au (TGA) after it approved the Case for Endorsement and implementation ... Read More
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According to a study released by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee, employment in the Hospitality sector has grown very strongly over the past 5 years and will continue to grow by 12.1 percent or an additional 91,000 jobs in the next 5 years. The food and beverage services ... Read More
Scott Rogers Interviews Tamara Simon - How She Assists RTOs To Grow Their Businesses
Meet Tamara Simon from Take Another Look, and find out how your RTO would benefit from a completely new way of doing business. Scott Rogers bumps into Tamara Simon at the VELG CEO conference and discovers how ... Read More
TotalVET Training Resources, the country's leading training resources provider is one of the sponsors of this year's VET CEO Conference that will be happening on 17 May 2019.Headed by Velg Training, the event is expected to draw over 100 top-tier leaders of Registered Training Organisations (RTO) in the country. Doltone ... Read More
Your Registered Training Organisation is only as good as the QUALITY of your training team, and training and assessment resources. Even with the best trainers, the quality of education suffers when using inadequate training resources. For this reason, it is ... Read More
April 18, 2019 - ASQA News and Publications - Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has released two important notices for all Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) delivering or planning to deliver "Provide First Aid" or other first aid–related units. This is in response to a recent Coroner’s decision in Western Australia ... Read More
A Registered Training Organisation (RTO) may be a privately-owned or government (state or territory) training organisation. An RTO is an education provider of nationally-recognised, vocational education and training. It is estimated that there are currently around 4000 RTOs in Australia. These RTOs are vital to delivering critical skills to industry ... Read More
The ASQA has made changes to the application process for initial accreditation for VET courses. This change involves the submission of evidence that the VET course has undergone proper consultation with industry shareholders even during the early stages of VET course development.The Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2012 requires VET ... Read More
Great question right? The good news is that demand for VET skills in a number of occupations is looking really strong over the next 5 years. Ensuring your RTO is positioned to deliver training in these areas will help secure your sustainability and relevance in 2019 and beyond.The Department of ... Read More
Do you ever wonder how, in 2018, we still have the majority of RTOs failing miserably in demonstrating they appropriately assess their students? Or why they can't meet the required standards set out in a unit of competence (UOC) or assessment ... Read More
If you are not already aware, the 2015 release of the Accounting and Bookkeeping qualifications superseded on the 12th of February 2018. We have received a lot of queries about this change as very little information or consultation was conducted/released by Price ... Read More
I have believed for some time now that ASQA and State Regulators are operating outside of the Standards for RTOs and the VET Training Package frameworks by auditing assessment tools against the Unit of Competence (UoC) Elements and Performance Criteria. ... Read More
With so many RTOs being determined as Non-Compliant against clause 1.2 of the standards for RTOs, I feel it necessary to provide some guidance on how RTOs can ensure they are compliant with this requirement.Common MisunderstandingFirst of all, it is important ... Read More