'AICP's The RTO Standards Unpacked! is a comprehensive professional development course designed to give your compliance staff everything they need to ensure your RTO's compliance needs are met.
The course has been designed by Alex Schroder, Australia’s leading Sanction Management Specialist, Forensic Compliance Auditor and Administrative Appeals Tribunal Specialist. She is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a qualified lawyer. As a member of the inaugural ASQA Stakeholder Liaison Group (SLG), which is made up of RTO providers and VET sector consultants focused on advising ASQA on the expansion and continuous improvement of its regulatory engagement and education, Alex serves on a number of SLG subgroups focused on self-assurance, audit practices, online learning in the VET sector, and VET delivered to secondary school students.
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Alex is also the CEO of VETPrep Australia, Australia's leading RTO advisory and compliance rectification consultancy. With a stellar reputation for developing Compliance Rectification and Business Continuity strategies for RTOs facing regulatory sanctions, the VETPrep team are expert at VET regulations and legislation, and compliance rectification.
Alex's unsurpassed passion for VET compliance resulted in her developed the CIV in RTO Compliance and the Diploma of RTO Compliance Management. Following requests from the VET sector for entry-level RTO Compliance courses, Alex designed the non-accredited Foundations of RTO Compliance course and the Foundations of RTO Compliance course.
In a highly-regulated VET sector, your RTO's compliance with the NVR Act, the Standards for RTOs and the various other laws and regulations is critical. ASQA’s focus on Provider Self-Assurance means that your RTO must be able to demonstrate practices, systems and processes to critically examine its performance and student outcomes on an ongoing basis.
As a VET Compliance Practitioner, there are several skills, abilities and knowledge areas that are essential for you to be 100% effective in your RTO Compliance role, including:
• a thorough, in-depth understanding of the correct interpretation of the Standards for RTOs
• a thorough, in-depth understanding of to effectively implement the Standards for RTOs in your RTO’s compliance system
• the skills and knowledge to rectify non-compliances that have been identified during internal compliance reviews
As an RTO Compliance Practitioner, you cannot be fully effective unless you have a complete and comprehensive understanding of the interpretation and application of the clauses within the Standards for RTOs.
This course component should be undertaken by anyone who has an interest in RTO Compliance, and specifically:
• Administrative personnel
• Compliance officers
• Curriculum developers
• Compliance managers
• Senior RTO management
• RTO owners
• Compliance Consultants
This component goes more in-depth than Component 1 of the course and explains in detail how to use the Standards in the management of your RTO's compliance systems.
This course component should be undertaken by anyone who has an interest in RTO Compliance management, and specifically:
• Compliance officers
• Compliance managers
• Senior RTO management
• RTO owners
• Compliance Consultants
This component goes more in-depth than Components 1 and 2 of the course. In this component, we look at how to rectify the most common non-compliances identified by the Regulator.
This course component should be undertaken by anyone who has an interest in RTO Compliance management and the rectification of non-compliances, and specifically:
• Compliance managers
• Senior RTO management
• RTO owners
• Compliance Consultants
A large number of Clauses within the Standards for RTOs interact with one another and without a comprehensive understanding of each clause and the relationship between the various clauses, your effectiveness as a compliance practitioner is limited. In this component, we unpack the Standards to a practical level where the meanings and interpretations of each Standard/Clause are explained for everyday use.
• understand the full meaning of the clauses in the Standards for RTOs
• understand how the various clauses in the Standards for RTOs are interlinked
• determine how each clause within the Standards for RTOs is interpreted for ongoing compliance
• identify the compliance requirements of each clause in the Standards for RTOs
• identify the full application of each clause of the Standards for RTOs
• identify the correlation between the various clauses and standards within the Standards for RTOs
• implement the Standards for RTOs in your RTO’s day-to-day operations
Self-paced online learning
Resource Libraries
Ongoing support
On-demand coaching
AICP will provide you with all the learning resources needed. Our resources are custom developed and completely contextualised to the VET sector which means that you will be able to implement what you learn, as you learn.
As a professional development course, there are no written assessment activities in this course. We do however provide you with True/False and multiple choice questions to confirm your understanding of the course material.
Once you have completed the course you will receive a Certificate of Completion.
There are no entry requirements for this course
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We a corporate discount to any RTO that enrolls 5+ participants simultaneously. Please contact us for further details.
The RTO Standards Unpacked! course was specifically developed by RTO Compliance Guru Alex Schroder.
Alex is the CEO of VETPrep Australia and Australia's leading Sanction Management and Tribunal expert. She is legally qualified and holds qualifications in law, business, management, marketing, training and education and compliance, and developed the CIV in RTO Compliance and the Diploma of RTO Compliance Management courses.
Alex is also a member of the inaugural ASQA Stakeholder Liaison Group (SLG), which is made up of providers and sector consultants focused on advising ASQA on the expansion and continuous improvement of its regulatory engagement and education.
Apart from the invaluable in-depth knowledge of the Standards for RTOs, you will also have exclusive access to:
• Compliance Membership Lounge
• Compliance Webinars
• Regular live, interactive Q&A sessions
• Members discounts on a variety of compliance offerings
AICP understand that each individual learns at their own pace and our main concern is for you to gain maximum benefit from this course. To help you achieve this, you will have access to your course material and membership resources for 6 months. This will enable you to progress with each component of the course at your leisure and at a pace that meets your own individual needs and utilise the additional resources as and when you need to.
AICP delivers various RTO Compliance courses for RTO Practitioners of all experience-levels. The following courses have been developed and/or specifically contextualised to help all RTO Practitioners:
• Foundations of RTO Operations
• Foundations of RTO Compliance
• CIV in RTO Compliance
• Diploma of RTO Compliance Management
• Diploma of Quality Auditing (contextualised specifically for the RTO sector)
• Dual Diplomas of RTO Compliance Management and Quality Auditing
As a professional development course, there are no written assessment activities in this course. We do however provide you with True/False and multiple choice questions to confirm your understanding of the course material.
Yes, once you have completed the course you will receive a Certificate of Completion.
You will have access to your course material and the included resources for 6months from the time of your course enrolment. Should the Standards change during this period, you will automatically have access to the updated course material on the Standards. This will ensure that you are able to access any updates to the Standards if you commence the course within 6 months of any updates to the Standards.
Absolutely not!
Unlike many compliance consultants this course has been developed by Australia's leading Sanction Management and Tribunal expert, Alex Schroder. Alex is also the developer of the CIV in RTO Compliance and the Diploma of RTO Compliance Management courses and knows VET Compliance inside and out.
Apart from her impressive industry experience and qualifications, Alex is also a member of the inaugural ASQA Stakeholder Liaison Group (SLG), which is made up of providers and sector consultants focused on advising ASQA on the expansion and continuous improvement of its regulatory engagement and education.
Although ASQA offers a number of educative resources on the Standards, the information provided is at a much more general level and aimed at a wider audience. AICP's RTO Standards Unpacked! course is unique in so far as it unpacks all the clauses in all of the Standards in detail, providing clear and easy to understand (and use!) explanations of each and every requirement.
AICP offers a corporate discount to any RTO that enrolls 5+ participants simultaneously. Please contact AICP for further details.