becoming a registered training organisation -...

Becoming a

Registered Training Organisation

Kane Depiazz

Welcome and please join in!

Why be an RTO

A training organisation must become registered

with the Training Accreditation Council if it wants

to:

• Deliver and assess nationally recognised

training in WA and VIC; and

• Issue Australian Qualifications Framework

qualifications and Statements of Attainment.

Benefits of Registration

Nationally recognised training expands

potential client groups

Ability to tender for government funds www.futureskillswa.wa.gov.au

Training and assessment services listed on the

national register www.training.gov.au

www.myskills.gov.au

Use of Nationally Recognised Training logos

Other Options

A partnership arrangement allows

your organisation to partner with

an RTO in order to be able to

assure the quality of delivery,

assessment and recognition of

training.

Which VET Regulator for me?

www.asqa.gov.au

www.vrqa.vic.gov.au

Delivery and assessment to

domestic students in WA or

WA and VIC only


domestic students in VIC or

VIC and WA only


domestic and international

students in all States and

Territories

www.tac.wa.gov.au

Key references

Vocational Education and Training Act 1996

Vocational Education and Training (General) Regulations 2009

The Australian Qualifications Framework

The Standards for VET Regulators 2015

The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTO) 2015

1

2

3

4

5

More information on

Standards

User’s Guide to the Standards for RTOs

Fact Sheet

Frequently Asked Questions

Professional Development

Other Agencies in the Sector?

www.ncver.edu.au

National Centre for Vocational Education

Research (NCVER)

- Total VET Activity (TVA)

- Australian Vocational Education and

Training Management Information

Statistical Standard (AVETMISS)


www.usi.gov.au

RTOs must collect and verify a student’s

USI before issuing a qualification or

statement of attainment for any

nationally recognised training

undertaken.


www.aisc.net.au

• Industry Reference Committees

(IRCs)

• Skills Service Organisations

(SSOs)

• RTOs

• Nationally Recognised Training

• RTOs that are registered to

deliver a particular NRT Product


www.dtwd.wa.gov.au

Future Skills

Funding

Apprenticeship Office

Apprenticeships and Traineeship information

Initial Registration Application Process & Evidence Requirements

Complete Portal Access Form

Access RTO Portal


Complete Application Form


Section 1 Type of Application

Section 2 Applicant details

Section 3 Details of legal entity’s directors and other associates

Section 4 Applicant and associate history

Section 5 Details of scope of registration

Section 6 Declaration by CEO

Section 7 Evidence to support your application

Section 8 Conflict of interest

Section 9 Total VET Activity Exemption

Section 10 Fee Structure


TAC self-assessment template


Conduct a self-assessment checklist

Submit application including application fee and supporting

evidence to TAC


Evidence with application

• Business Plan

• Staff Information

• Self- Assessment Checklist

• Training and Assessment Strategies

• Validation Schedule

• Assessment Instruments

• Third Party arrangements


Conduct a self-assessment checklist

Submit application including application fee and supporting

evidence to TAC


Financial Information

• Financial Projections for the first two years of

operation, specifically;

• Profit and Loss Statements

• Balance Sheets

• Cash Flow Statements

• Statement of review from qualified accountant

Financial Viability Assessment Guidelines for the Registration of Training Providers 2012


Application Fee

• Application Lodgement Fee - $800

Application Assessment Fee (includes audit)

• Base Fee - $8000 (4 qualifications, 20 units, 2 delivery sites)

• Each additional qualification - $145

• Each additional unit - $50

• Each additional delivery site - $1395

Initial Registration

Audit Process

Auditors

• Allison Burnett

• Mairead Dempsey

• Russell Docking

• Cherrie Hawke

• Julie Large

• David Love

• Sharon Stewart

• Michaela Tarpley

• Claire Werner

• Pamela Vlajsavljevich

1

• Regulation officer allocates the audit to an auditor

2 • RTO notified of the audit details

3

• Auditor contacts organisation to schedule the site visit

4

• Auditor undertakes desktop review of evidence

5 • Site audit conducted


Audit Process

Auditor

Co Auditor

Technical Advisor

Observer


Audit Process

During the Audit

1. Entry Interview

2. Review Evidence

3. Exit Interview


Audit Process

MINOR

SIGNIFICANT

CRITICAL

CRITICAL (risk of injury of death)

Non-compliant

Compliant Non-compliant

Auditor provides TAC Secretariat with audit report

within 7 working days

Organisation provides auditor with evidence to

address the non-compliances

Auditor reviews rectification response within 10

working days and submits audit report to the TAC

Secretariat

Council finds applicant is non compliant and

provides the applicant with an opportunity to

respond. In cases of higher levels of non-

compliance the council will also propose to reject

the application

Audit Process

Compliant

Auditor submits audit report to TAC

Secretariat within 7 days

Training Accreditation Council considers

application and makes a decision

What Happens Next?

Maintaining Compliance

Issuing certificates

Reporting requirements

Records management

Annual fee

Audits

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

• Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015,

• Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)

• relevant Commonwealth, state or territory legislation and regulatory requirements

• TAC's policies and comply with any other condition(s) that TAC may impose

• notify TAC of any changes to the RTO's details or changes that may affect the operations of the RTO

• provide information and co-operate with TAC when requested

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

• The AQF Qualifications Issuance Policy

• Schedule 5 of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015

• Training Accreditation Council (TAC) logo guidelines

• Nationally Recognised Training (NRT) logo guidelines

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

• Quality Indicators ( Learner & Employer Surveys)

• Total VET activity (AVETMISS)

Factsheet on Reporting Requirements

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

Guideline on Records Management

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

• 0-4 qualifications $1,130

(any number of units)



• 61 or more qualifications $10,730

What Happens Next?




Records management

Annual fee

Audits

Audits initiated by applications:

• Initial registration audits

• Amendment to scope audits

• Renewal of registration audits

Audits initiated by TAC:

• Post-initial audits

• Monitoring audits

• Complaint audits

• Strategic Industry Audits

• Compliance Monitoring Audits

www.tac.wa.gov.au

Professional Development

The Audit Experience: Facts and Fiction

The Accreditation Process

TAC Education Workshops

www.tac.wa.gov.au/about-us/Pages/Professional-Development

Questions

Contact us Training Accreditation Council

PO Box 1766

OSBORNE PARK WA 6916

Telephone: (08) 9441 1910

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.tac.wa.gov.au

Acknowledgement: Some icons designed by Freepik

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tac.wa.gov.au/

becoming a registered training organisation -...

Documents