IVET Academy - Industry & VET PD

Improving the quality of training and assessment across Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector is a key commitment in the Heads of Agreement for Skills Reform. It is important that sector is underpinned by a strong regulatory framework that ensures quality and confidence for the VET sector including students and industry.

These quality reforms aim to create a shared understanding of high-quality training delivery across the sector and move it beyond compliance with the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 (the Standards) to excellence in training provision.

This article  looks at the first phase of consultation took place by Skills Reform between December 2020 and March 2021 through surveys, online workshops and webinars, and meetings. Consultation was informed by two issues papers - RTO Quality and Supporting the VET Workforce.

This article was released by Skills Reform on 19 June 2021.

IVET Trainers who read the article are able to claim 2 PD points towards their VET professional development.