2025 Standards for RTOs - Skills Education’s Standards Hub 1.2

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Quality Area 1 - Training and Assessment

Quality training and assessment engages VET students and enables them to attain nationally recognised, industry relevant competencies.

Division 1 - Training

Requirements

Standard 1.2

Outcome Standard

(1) Engagement with industry, employer and community representatives effectively informs the industry relevance of training offered by the NVR registered training organisation.

Performance Indicators

(2) An NVR registered training organisation demonstrates:

(a) how it identifies relevant industry, employer and community representatives and seeks meaningful advice and feedback from those representatives;

(b) it uses relevant advice and feedback to inform changes to training and assessment strategies and practices; and

(c) training reflects current industry practice.

Risks

Relying on a generic strategy that is insufficient to demonstrate genuine engagement with industry, employer and community groups.
Failing to engage with the relevant industry, employer and community representatives that can provide contemporary feedback and input into the VET courses you offer.
Only participating in once-off engagement with an industry representative to ‘sign off’ training, without any broader consultation.
Failing to ensure that your engagement is sufficient and timely to capture current industry practices, particularly in rapidly evolving industries.
Not systematically incorporating the feedback received into improved training strategies and practices