How to Effectively Manage Students' Work Placements
Course
Equip your RTO to deliver structured, compliant, & successful work placements, enhancing student outcomes & industry satisfaction
Effectively managing work placements is crucial for ensuring students gain meaningful, industry-relevant skills and experiences. RTOs face complex challenges, including ensuring compliance, providing suitable placements, and monitoring student progress.
This webinar provides structured guidance to effectively plan, execute, and review work placement programs that align with the Standards for RTOs 2025.
In this interactive webinar, you will learn how to:
- Clearly identify and communicate placement requirements aligned to the Training and Assessment Strategies (TAS) and units of competency.
- Develop robust strategies for selecting suitable industry partners and workplaces that meet regulatory requirements and enhance learning outcomes.
- Implement comprehensive risk management approaches, including workplace assessments, safety checks, and student preparation.
- Structure effective monitoring and support systems that ensure student progress and achievement of required competencies, aligning with the RTO’s quality management system (QMS).
- Create detailed documentation and evidence to demonstrate compliance with Standards for RTOs 2025, enhancing your audit readiness and continuous improvement practices.
- Throughout the webinar, you will explore practical tools and resources such as workplace suitability checklists, student placement monitoring forms, and compliance verification templates.
Webinar details
Date: Tuesday 26 August 2025
Time: 5.30pm AEST (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane)
Duration: 1.5 hours
Investment: $149.00 inc GST.
10% Discount! for VET PD Series subscribers - Use your Voucher Code when registering!
Learning objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Establish or update comprehensive policies and procedures for managing work placements
- Conduct thorough assessments of potential workplaces to ensure compliance and suitability
- Implement structured monitoring systems that track student progress and workplace engagement
- Integrate compliance documentation into the RTO’s QMS for continuous improvement and audit readiness
Application objectives
Post-webinar, participants will be equipped to:
- Establish or update comprehensive policies and procedures for managing work placements
- Conduct thorough assessments of potential workplaces to ensure compliance and suitability
- Implement structured monitoring systems that track student progress and workplace engagement
- Integrate compliance documentation into the RTO’s QMS for continuous improvement and audit readiness
Impact objectives
Effective management of work placements will lead to:
- Enhanced quality of student competencies and industry-relevant skills upon course completion
- Improved stakeholder satisfaction, including students, employers, and industry partners
- Reduced risk of non-compliance and improved audit outcomes
- Increased operational efficiency within the RTO, ensuring timely and successful placement completions
Presenter
Javier Amaro - Director, Insources Group
Javier is the director & founder of Insources, a privately owned Australian training & consulting organisation. He has more than 17 years experience in the vocational & technical education world & has contributed to the Australian VET sector by designing & delivering more than 500 training programs to training managers, supervisors, facilitators, trainers, & assessors.
A Statement of Attendance is issued on completion of live event activities.
Note the video recording of the live event will be available to all participants within 7 days after the event for a viewing period of 30 calendar days.
CORE AREAS
ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING VET STUDENTS
- Supporting Learning
- Support individual and group learning
Completion
The following statements are received when the course is completed:
![]() |
Insources - Statement of Attendance |