Newbery’s Audit Guide – Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015
Introduction
This information has been produced by Newbery Consulting to act as a guide to the audit evidence and questions an RTO may be required to respond to during an ASQA regulatory audit. The guide covers evidence relating to the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015. Of course this standard is only one component of the VET Quality Framework of which RTOs are required by the legislation to comply with, although most components of the VET Quality Framework are also covered within the standards. You can access more information on the VET Quality Framework at the following link on the ASQA website: Click Here.
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Newbery Consulting is sincerely committed to supporting the Australian VET Sector and promoting high quality training and assessment. We are also committed to enabling RTOs to deal with the subjective nature of regulatory audits conducted by the National VET Regulator. Your readiness to deal with not only the core evidence requirements applicable to the standards but also being ready to deal with the auditor’s personal preferences that they will no doubt impose on the audit, will mean the difference between a positive or a negative audit outcome. A wise person once said that “proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance”. I absolutely echo that statement. We hope this information will assist you in your audit preparation.
Good training,
Joe Newbery
Managing Director, Newbery Consulting
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