Ensuring academic integrity is essential for maintaining the credibility of qualifications and the trustworthiness of the VET system. Academic integrity encompasses a range of values and principles, including honesty, responsibility, and the respectful and fair treatment of ideas and work produced by others.

The recently implemented changes to the Standards for RTOs 2015 have expanded the range of persons that RTOs can engage as trainers/assessors. This article breaks down the key requirements in each state that will allow a teacher to deliver nationally recognised training.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) have just released their Regulatory Risk Priorities for 2023-2024 and there is a bit of chatter on LinkedIn about one particular priority of VET Workforce Capability (initiated by my esteemed colleague, Wendy Cato). Based on some of the comments, I thought I would post here my utopia of developing a trainer and assessor for the VET workforce.

TAE 5.0 contains a new version of the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122). How does TAE40122 differ from TAE40116, and how will its release affect holders of TAE40116 and/or TAE40110? Will all VET trainers and assessors need to upgrade their qualifications? How will TAE40122 fit in the forthcoming revised RTO Standards?

An RTO’s main piece of public-facing information that is available to regulators is the website along with social media. This is where information can be gathered about the RTO. How long since your RTO has conducted an in-depth website audit to make sure it was compliant?

One of the acceptable forms of evidence for maintaining trainer and assessor currency includes reading of journals. Sometimes it can be easier to take in and retain information by listening to it rather than reading it.

In 2020, a large number of training packages had updates approved by the AISC. Some of these were significant. Transition planning is an activity that the majority of RTOs need to be undertaking right now to ensure timeframes are met.

Can you change another RTO’s content to suit your formatting requirements?

Industry engagement goes beyond the requirements of the Standards for RTOs 2015.