Compliance Tips

New Standards for TAC regulated RTOs

TAC has developed the following documents to provide guidance on the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015.  The documents are available on the TAC website under the Standards for RTOs 2015 tab. Mapping of the similarities between the AQTF 2010 and the Standards for RTOs 2015 This document has been developed to provide RTOs regulated by […]

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ASQA presentations – Assessment

ASQA have recently upoloaded a series of presenations following the roll-out across Australia. This one is about Assessment. I found it to be something useful. Something to refresh our awareness of assessment, so decided to share with you all. I would consider using it as a tool in your Trainer/Assessor meetings, or as Professional Development for trainers

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Why do we have professional Development for Trainers?

Years ago we had a training qualification that taught us to stand in front of a group. We spoke from the slides, transparencies or whatever notes we had in front of us. Whilst technology has shifted and moved along in leaps and bounds, trainers may not have. Often trainers have remained standing and talking in

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Safe Work Australia Report on design related deaths

In all RTOs we are conscious of Safety and work with embedding safety systems into our RTO. We are no different to other businesses around Australia. It doesn’t matter if we train in areas that perhaps are not “high risk” we need to ensure safety of our staff, students, any visitors or contractors. Perhaps the lowest

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So what is REMOVED or CHANGED from the new RTO standards?

Firstly I will refer to what has been removed. Continuous Improvement and monitoring of client services no longer is in the standard. Access of records of progress for students and the Governance arrangements. The standards are more outcomes based. The detail has been removed. Interestingly the RTO objectives and business planning has also been removed.

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Literacy resources available from Logistics Training Council

TLISC has just released more free resources to support the implementation of Foundation Skills in the transport and logistics industry. Making the Connections (now available) A resource for industry based VET trainer/assessors who have little or no awareness of the increasing emphasis on identifying and addressing LLN issues in the competency based training and assessment

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LLN Resources available for everyone

With the new LLN unit for trainers being pushed out, RTOs are looking at ways to support their students more and more. If you or your RTO is seeking to improve participants’ language, literacy and/or numeracy, to enable them to participate more effectively in the training offered by your RTO or in the labour force which

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