Revised Standards for RTOs - Resources Alignment
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Overall Alignment
Revised Standards for RTOs Internal Audit Tool
Outcome Standards |
Relevant Resources | |
1. Training and assessment | Quality training and assessment engages VET students and enables them to attain nationally recognised, industry-relevant competencies. | |
Training | 1.1 Training is engaging and well-structured and enables VET students to attain skills and knowledge consistent with the training product. | Learning Resources Templates Pack |
1.2 Effective engagement with industry, employer and/or community representatives informs the industry relevance of the training. | ||
Assessment | 1.3 The assessment system is fit-for-purpose and consistent with the training product. | Competency Mapping Tools |
1.4 The assessment system ensures assessment is conducted in a fair and appropriate way and enables accurate judgements of VET student competency. | ||
1.5 The assessment system is quality assured by appropriately skilled and credentialled people through a regular process of validating assessment practices and judgements. | VET Personnel Requirements Pack | |
1.6 VET students with prior skills, knowledge and competencies are supported to seek recognition of prior learning to progress through the training product. | ||
Credit transfer | 1.7 VET students who have previously completed an equivalent training product are supported to have their training recognised. | |
Facilities, equipment, and resources | 1.8 Facilities, resources and equipment for each training product are fit-for-purpose, safe, accessible and sufficient. | Work Placement Booklet |
2. VET student support | VET students are treated fairly and are properly informed, protected, and supported. | |
Information | 2.1 VET students have access to clear and accurate information, including to make informed decisions about the training product and the RTO, and are made aware of changes that affect them. | Australian Privacy Principles – Implementation Guide for RTOs |
2.2 VET students are advised, prior to enrolment, about the suitability of the training product for them, taking into account their skills and competencies. | Disability Standards for Education Internal Review Tool | |
Training support | 2.3 VET students have reasonable access to training support services, teachers, trainers and assessors and other staff to support their progress through the training product. | |
2.4 Reasonable adjustments are made to support VET students with disability to access and participate in training and assessment on an equal basis. | Disability Standards for Education Internal Review Tool | |
Diversity and inclusion | 2.5 The learning environment promotes and supports the diversity of VET students. | Disability Standards for Education Internal Review Tool |
Wellbeing | 2.6 The wellbeing needs of the VET student cohort are identified and strategies are put in place to support these needs. | |
Feedback, complaints, and appeals | 2.7 Effective feedback and complaints management addresses concerns and informs continuous improvement. | |
2.8 Effective appeal processes are available where decisions of the RTO or a third party adversely impact a VET student. | ||
3. VET Workforce | VET students are trained, assessed and supported by people who are qualified, skilled and committed to professional development. | |
VET workforce management | 3.1 Effective workforce management ensures appropriate staffing to deliver the services. | |
Trainer and assessor competencies | 3.2 Training and assessment is delivered by credentialled people with current skills and knowledge in training and assessment. |
VET Personnel Requirements Pack |
3.3 Training and assessment is delivered by people with current industry skills and knowledge relevant to the training product. | ||
4. Governance | Effective governance and a commitment to continuous improvement supports the quality and integrity of VET delivery. | |
Leadership and accountability | 4.1 The RTO operates with integrity and is accountable for the delivery of quality services. | Strategic Planning Tool |
4.2 Roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and understood. | ||
Risk management | 4.3 Risks to VET students, staff and the RTO are identified and managed. |
Australian Privacy Principles – Implementation Guide for RTOs |
Continuous improvement | 4.4 The RTO undertakes systematic monitoring and evaluation to support the delivery of quality services and continuous improvement. |