A registered training organisation (RTO), in Australia, is an organisation providing Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses to students, resulting in qualifications or statements of attainment that are recognised and accepted by industry and other educational institutions throughout Australia.
Depending on the organisation's main location and the student cohorts to whom it intends to provide training and assessment services, its regulatory body will be:
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the regulatory body for RTOs in: To become registered to deliver Vocational Education and Training in any state or territory outside of Western Australia and Victoria, or to overseas students, an organisation must meet a range of mandatory requirements, including: Organisations must also meet additional requirements when: Organisations registered under ASQA's jurisdiction must comply with the requirements of the VET Quality Framework (VQF), which has the following components: To apply for registration as an RTO with the VRQA, an organisation must have its principal place of business within Victoria, and only deliver VET to students within Victoria or Western Australia.
Organisations must demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of the Australian VET system and comply with: To maintain national registration, ASQA-regulated RTOs must continue to comply with the VET Quality Framework as well as any further conditions that may have been imposed by ASQA.
[14] To ensure compliance with these obligations, ASQA conducts two types of audits: To maintain registration, TAC- and VRQA-regulated RTOs must continue to comply with relevant standards.