It's time we started talking more about mental health. Every year in Australia, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health problem of some sort. For us in the VET sector, this means that we are almost guaranteed to be working with one of them right now. If we have a class of…
The Department tonight announced via SVTS that there will be no new Skills First Providers approved in 2020. Currently contracted providers will have their contract extended by one calendar year, to cover you for 2020. Of course, this is all very new and still developing - we will keep you up to date with developments…
This excellent piece about training under supervision has been written by our trusted partner, Kerri Buttery at VETNexus and shared here for your information.... Note that this article has been updated on 22/3/2019 and again on 27/3/2019 to include additional information that has come to hand regarding an extension of the deadline to 1 July…
Progressively, vocational education has become more regulated with prescriptive and rigorous compliance requirements designed to ensure quality education. Changes to standards and guidelines are constant. This means that it can be challenging for even the most experienced RTO professionals to keep up. We recommend a simple time efficient system to effectively stay up to date…
Working in an RTO can be challenging some days. You don’t need us to tell you about the rigours of government regulated environments, the highs and lows of funding contracts and heavy workload peaks during audits, end of year reporting etc etc etc. In short, there are multiple conflicting deadlines and issues that frequently lead…
Whether you’re an RTO Manager, Head of Department, a Training Manager, Administration Manager or Compliance Manager, one of your key responsibilities is to ensure that compliance requirements are met. In most RTOs, you will be working with a team of people tasked with various roles. You are reliant on them to conduct their duties in…
The last few years in the vocational education sector have seen a roller-coaster of ups and downs. At times the changes have seemed never-ending with new standards, requirements and funding schemes. And we don’t need to tell you about the restructures and closures of RTOs, the damage done to the sector’s reputation and the flow…
If you're an RTO Administrator, have you ever had a day like this? You get to work a bit early determined to focus today and power through as much as possible on your to do list. It starts off well (for about 30 minutes!) and then the phone starts to ring with people that need…
Getting the Skills First claiming right for your RTO is a balance of accurate data entry, compliance and navigation of the SVTS. At times it can feel like a frustrating, overwhelming and even frightening responsibility, but with the right knowledge and systems, you can improve the quality of your data, save time and ensure that…
It was my pleasure to present the keynote at the Circulus Education end of year function in 2015. Here is my speech from the night... Thankyou Circulus for having me here and thanks to all of you for coming along to help celebrate the year that was 2015! And what a year it has…