Enterprise RTOs (ERTOs) have emerged as a significant component of the Australian VET sector in recent years. To me they are some of the best run RTOs around. They are soley there for their employees, and therefore can often take the time to provide the training and assistance. The business functions come first and the […]
This is an interesting topic of which I have given presentations on at various networking events recently, as well as been present at a number of information sessions. Then a client of mine contacted me and said they have finished putting together some information about the changes to nationally recognised Training Packages and they wondered
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The Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) for VET providers is a national data standard for collecting and reporting VET information. The Standard details the information training organisations need to collect on the training activities they provide. The new release of the data standard, AVETMISS release 7.0, has been made available
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New YouTube videos have been developed using Government funding. The information is useful for all RTO personnel, so I have made them available for you to view here
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ASQA has released a major review of the marketing practices of selected Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in Australia. The review makes eight recommendations aimed at improving marketing and advertising practices and curbing practices by some training providers that potentially mislead consumers. ASQA Chief Commissioner Chris Robinson said the review found a disturbing number of RTOs
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Education and training can transform people’s lives, it plays an important role in their health and wellbeing, it can help them to connect with the community and to get a job. In recent years, NCVER has funded a significant amount of research focused on informing issues around the role of tertiary education and training in
Taken from the ASQA website: The Australian Skills Quality Authority has released the results of the latest round of its site audit surveys. Training providers that had a site audit finalised between 1 June and 31 August 2013 were invited to participate in the survey. A total of 139 responses were received. The next round
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As with any business decision, planning should always be the first step in developing your RTO. Starting and running an RTO, as in any other business is hard work. The more preparation you do before start-up, the better your chance of avoiding financial and personal heartache. This preparation is reported for your initial audit through
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Recent surveys in the VET sector showed that 100% of people surveyed were anxious about consultation. So does this mean that 100% of people are worried about talking to others. Or are 100% of people surveyed worried that they don’t have appropriate evidence when it comes to the audit. Either way, it is a frightening
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This is the old ‘chicken and egg’ conundrum faced by the VET sector when you introduce something new. Firstly they need the correct Training and assessing qualification (currently TAE – preferably with the LLN unit). Then you need to be able to demonstrate that the trainer and assessor has the vocational qualification (or equivalence), current
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