The Revised Standards for Registered Training Organisations are made up of:
Each of these policies has a seperate Glossary which is included below:
Outcomes Standards Glossary
AQF certification documentation is the set of official documents that confirms that an AQF qualification or statement of attainment has been issued by an RTO or other AQF authorised issuing organisation to an individual.
Assessment judgement means a determination of whether competency has been achieved by a VET student consistent with the training product and these Standards.
Assessment system means a coordinated set of documented policies, procedures and assessment tools designed to ensure that assessment, including recognition of prior learning, produces consistent and valid judgements of VET student competency and meets the requirements of these Standards.
Assessment tools comprise the instrument and instructions for gathering and interpreting assessment evidence to determine competency, including:
- the context and conditions of assessment
- the tasks to be administered to the VET student
- the evidence to be gathered from the VET student
- the criteria used to judge competency, and
- the administration, recording and reporting requirements.
Authenticated VET transcript has the meaning given in the Student Identifiers Act 2014.
Credential Policy means the policy document made by the Ministerial Council that outlines credentials required for delivering training and assessment and undertaking validation.
Credit transfer is an administrative process to recognise and award credit for prior successful completion of an equivalent unit of competency or module.
Direction means oversight, guidance and quality assurance provided in respect of a person to ensure the quality of training and assessment delivered by that person.
Governing persons means the person(s) and/or body(ies) that are responsible for overseeing and directing, and exercise a degree of control or influence over, the management or operation of the RTO, including executive officers
Mode of delivery means the methods for delivering training and/or assessment, including face-to-face, online, distance, or blended methods.
Reasonable adjustments are adjustments made by an RTO in respect of a VET student with disability, consistent with Part 3 of the Disability Standards for Education 2005.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is an assessment process that involves assessment of an individual’s relevant prior learning and experience (including skills and knowledge obtained through formal and informal learning) to determine the extent to which they meet the requirements specified in the training product.
Third party means an entity with which the RTO has an arrangement for that other entity to deliver any of the following services on behalf of the RTO:
- training
- assessment
- training support services, and
- activities related to the recruitment of prospective VET students including marketing, enrolment, induction or collection of fees.
A third party does not include:
- employees of the RTO that deliver training or assessment
- other entities that deliver VET student counselling or mediation or provide ICT or other support services
- experts who contribute to training or assessment, or
- an entity that refers VET students to the RTO where the referring entity does not receive payment from the RTO and the referring entity is a government agency or government funded agency.
Training and Education Training Package means the TAE – Training and Education Training Package referenced on the National Register as defined in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.
Training product means:
- AQF qualification, being an AQF qualification type endorsed in a training package or accredited in a VET accredited course,
- skill set, being a single unit of competency or a combination of units of competency from a training package which link to a licensing or regulatory requirement or a defined industry need,
- unit of competency, being the specification of the standards of performance required in the workplace as defined in a training package, and
- accredited short course, being a course that leads to a statement of attainment accredited by the VET Regulator in accordance with the Standards for VET Accredited Courses made under subsection 188(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (or the equivalent requirements adopted by a non-referring State).
Training support services means services and resources to support individual VET students to meet training product requirements and complete the training product in which they are enrolled.
Unique Student Identifier has the same meaning as the term ‘Student Identifier’ as in the Student Identifiers Act 2014.
Unit of competency means the specification of the standards of performance required in the workplace as defined in a training package.
Validation is the review of the assessment system to ensure that the assessment tools are consistent with the training product and the requirements of these Standards, and ensure consistent outcomes are achieved through assessment practices and judgements.
Wellbeing support services means services and resources to support the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of VET students.
Compliance Requirements Glossary
Accredited short course means a course accredited by the VET Regulator in accordance with the Standards for VET Accredited Courses made under subsection 188(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (or the equivalent requirements adopted by a non-referring State) that leads to a statement of attainment.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has the same meaning as in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.
Authenticated VET transcript has the meaning given in the Student Identifiers Act 2014.
AQF certification documentation is the set of official documents that confirms that an AQF qualification or statement of attainment has been issued to an individual.
AQF qualification means an AQF qualification type endorsed in a training package or accredited in a VET accredited course.
Audit means a compliance audit undertaken by the VET Regulator.
Conditions of Use means the Nationally Recognised Training Logo (NRT Logo) Conditions of Use Policy made by the Ministerial Council that outlines the requirements that must be followed when using the NRT Logo.
Government entity means:
- a Department of State of the Commonwealth; or
- a Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;
- an Executive Agency, or Statutory Agency, within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;
- a Department of State of a State or Territory; or
- an organisation that:
- is not an entity; and
- is either established by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (whether under a law or not) to carry on an enterprise or established for a public purpose by an Australian law; and
- can be separately identified by reference to the nature of the activities carried on through the organisation or the location of the organisation whether or not the organisation is part of a department or branch described in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) or of another organisation of the kind described in this paragraph.
Governing persons means the person(s) and/or body(ies) that are responsible for overseeing and directing, and exercise a degree of control or influence over, the management or operation of the RTO, including executive officers.
Nationally Recognised Training Logo means the logo used nationally to signify training packages and VET accredited courses.
RTO code means the registration identifier given to the RTO on the National Register.
Skill set means a single unit of competency or a combination of units of competency from one or multiple training packages which link to a licensing or regulatory requirement, or a defined industry need.
Statement of attainment means a statement issued to a person confirming that the person has satisfied the requirements of the unit(s) of competency, modules or accredited short course specified in the statement.
Student Identifier has the meaning given in the Student Identifiers Act 2014.
Third party means an entity with which the RTO has an arrangement for that other entity to deliver any of the following services on behalf of the RTO:
- training
- assessment
- training support services, and
- activities related to the recruitment of prospective VET students including marketing, enrolment, induction or collection of fees.
A third party does not include:
- employees of the RTO that deliver training or assessment
- other entities that deliver VET student counselling or mediation or provide ICT or other support services
- experts who contribute to training or assessment, or
- an entity that refers VET students to the RTO where the referring entity does not receive payment from the RTO and the referring entity is a government agency or government funded agency.
Training product means AQF qualification, skill set, unit of competency, modules and accredited short course.
Unit of competency means the specification of the standards of performance required in the workplace as defined in a training package or accredited course.
VET Regulator means:
- the National VET Regulator
- a body of a non-referring State that is responsible for the kinds of matters dealt with under the VET legislation for that State.
Credential Policy Glossary
Actively working towards has the meaning given by section 1C of this policy.
Assessment judgement has the same meaning as in the Standards for RTOs.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has the same meaning as in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.
Diploma or higher-level qualification in adult education or vocational education and training means a qualification that satisfies the requirements of the Australian Qualifications Framework at level 5 or higher and has a focus on training and assessing adults and relevance to delivery and assessment of VET and competency-based training and assessment. The qualification does not need to include the words ‘adult education’ or ‘vocational education and training’ in the title, however units completed within the qualification need to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to train adults and teach VET. The academic transcript or record of results for the qualification will provide the evidence to demonstrate this.
Direction has the same meaning as in the Standards for RTOs.
Secondary teaching qualification means a credential issued by a higher education provider (as defined in section 5 of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011) which would enable the individual to satisfy the academic requirements for registration as a secondary school teacher in accordance with the registration requirements in at least one State or Territory.
Standards for RTOs means the standards made under subsection 185(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.
Training product has the same meaning as in the Standards for RTOs.
Validation has the same meaning as in the Standards for RTOs.
