Screening Applicants Prior to Enrolment
RTO’s must screen potential students to identify their ability to complete their course. Standard 5.1 states that “RTO provides advice to the prospective learner about the training product appropriate to meeting the learners needs, taking into account the individuals existing skills and competencies”. This screening process must be based on a [...]
ASQA’s Feedback
The national regulator has been undertaking reviews on the quality of the operations of RTO’s through their audits of initial and post initial applications as well as ongoing registrations. Their feedback makes interesting reading in that it highlights the areas that RTO’s are showing non-compliance. These areas all fall within the assessment process that [...]
ASQA’s Learner-Centred Audit Model (Part II)
In the first part of this article, there was a discussion on the five phases of the journey of the learner with a RTO. The merits and challenges were explored with some discussion on the link to the CRICOS requirements. In this second part, the discussion provides more depth to the evidence required for [...]
ASQA’s Learner-Centred Audit Model (Part I)
RTO’s may be aware that ASQA have moved to a learner centred audit model. This is a significant innovation in that it will make the audit day run a lot smoother. However, it will require RTOs to prepare their evidence differently. This article will overview this new approach and will also explain how the [...]