The national regulator has put out a reminder to providers to submit their quality indicator data by the 30^th June 2019. I cannot overstate the importance of complying with these mandatory reporting requirements. I am aware of at least 4 RTOs who received a fairly substantial fine from ASQA for not submitting their AVETMISS report. Get this report submitted now or at least set a reminder to complete it in June. Don’t be late!

We have included a new section in VET News this week called “Opportunities”. We will use this section to publish any business opportunities that we think you may be interested in. Keep an eye out for these as they may appear.

Please note the research report released by the NCVER this week called:  The role and function of small VET providers, By Patrick Korbel, Kristen Osborne, 30 April 2019. It is a great piece of work that I would thoroughly recommend. I particularly enjoyed the findings in relation to compliance. It found that small providers were compliant more often than medium or large providers. Definitely worth a read.

Someone asked me the other day, how I have time to read documents such as these research reports, et cetera. When I explained, it was strongly suggested to me that I share my trick. So, here it is: I download the report as a PDF onto my phone. I use an App called Natural Reader (click). When I get moments like sitting on a plane or during a long drive, I essentially use the App to convert text to voice. It takes a little getting used to, but I can adjust the type of voice, the speed of the reading and if I want to bypass certain sections, I just simply tap the screen to the next section. It really is brilliant. In my job, it is critical that I have a knowledge of every compliance requirement that are relevant to the services we provide. Things like funding contracts, user guides, standards, codes, et cetera change regularly. I can visually scan these documents for the relevant information but hearing these requirements read out provides a different perspective and depth to the information. If you are a glutton for VET history like I am, try listening to the 1974 Kangan Report! Anyway, that is my trick.

Good training,

Joe Newbery

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