Month: August 2019

We believe the purpose of a regulatory body is to promote and protect the education and training system. Australia has a world-class education and training system that other countries envy, but the real-life stories below also raise questions.    RTO One’s Experience:    This is a very common scenario in a number of stories we […]

Here is a copy of our interview with Troy Williams, Chief Executive Officer at the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA).    Troy, in a nutshell, what has been your experience of working in the training and education industry?   It’s diverse.  From the perspective of a provider, in the late 1990s I established a […]

  We can see the after effects of MP Andrew Laming’s speech in parliament. Many people have started talking about the vocational education and training sector, and the processes and procedures of the current regulator.    His video that we have shared last week has received over 9,300 views, 1600 likes and 5 dislikes. The […]

Training package and/or product consultation – August 2019   Automotive   PWC Skills for Australia invite you to complete their online survey for the AUR Automotive training package and materials. Take the AUR survey    First Aid   SkillsIQ is leading a project to review of the current UoCs in the first aid training package […]

Highlights:    The strategy identifies two target areas and five strategic initiatives   Target area 1: Trainer and assessor capability, identified as a critical concern for the VET Sector in three consecutive years (2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018 -2020) Target area 2: VET in Schools Strategic Initiative 1: Recognising and supporting quality in the VET sector […]

The national vocational education and training (VET) sector regulator Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), has been criticised by the Chair of the House of Representatives Employment, Education and Training Committee, Andrew Laming, LNP (QLD) Member for Bowman in a hard-hitting speech to parliament. According to the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body […]

Our belief is that a regulatory system should be based on the following principles:  Transparency: All audit reports should be made public on ASQA’s website. This will help establish a transparent vocational education and training system.  Consistency: ASQA should only make decisions within the regulatory framework.  There also needs to be a definition of what constitutes a […]

RTO’s need to be prepared to weather any storm.  There are simple practices all RTO’s should be adhering to to ensure they are ready for whatever comes their way.   As an RTO the first step is ensuring that you understand the applicable legislation, standards and what best practice looks like.  For the VET sector […]

ASQA has published an updated guide on third-party arrangements that will come into effect from 1 September 2019 for new third-party arrangements and 1 November 2019 for existing arrangements.   If you have an existing third-party arrangement, you should have already received an email from ASQA with information about the new requirements and the transition […]

In the last newsletters we discussed the following: What is ELICOS and what it stands for Who ELICOS applies to? What is the definition of ELICOS? What is included in the ELICOS? What are the benefits of having ELICOS programs on scope