Each year, the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 (the Standards) require all ASQA-regulated RTOs to submit an annual declaration on compliance.

To complete the declaration, you will need to assess your training organisation’s compliance with the Standards. Chief Executive Officers are sent an email that contains a unique URL to their online declaration. Annual declaration submissions close on 31 March 2022.

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The ASQA 2022 RTO and ESOS obligations checklists will help providers stay on top of reporting obligations. ASQA’s new ESOS obligations checklist is also suitable for ELICOS providers. Downloadable and printable, the checklists contain key dates to keep track of reporting requirements to remain compliant.

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The collection window for direct reporting of 2021 AVETMISS fee-for-service activity to NCVER closes at 5pm (ACDT) on 28 February 2022.

If you are submitting data to NCVER via the AVETMISS Validation Software (AVS), please ensure that you also submit your data via the ‘Finalise Submission’ screen. See our factsheet Submitting data to NCVER for further information.  Many RTOs are caught out each year believing that they have submitted their data when in fact it has only been validated.

If your RTO did not conduct any training during 2021, you must submit a nil return using AVS – see NCVER’s fact sheet on How to submit a nil return for further information.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a profound impact on Australian employers as a result of the social and economic restrictions imposed by governments to control the spread of the virus. One of the most significant impacts of the pandemic on employers was the sudden transition to remote-working arrangements for their employees. The Productivity Commission (2021) reported that it is unlikely that Australia will return to pre-pandemic levels of working from home due to shifts in perspective on this approach to work on the part of both employers and employees.

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The third insights paper shares the findings of our 2021 survey of over 1,200 providers’ use, experience and perceptions of online learning. The survey responses offer insights into the nature and range of delivery modes used to administer online learning, hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes insights into the impact of the pandemic on providers’ delivery modes, such as an increase of online delivery across most training packages. Responses also highlight a range of special challenges faced during the pandemic, such as addressing the requirements of training packages for the practice of manual or interpersonal skills and practical demonstrations.

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This infographic provides a snapshot of apprenticeships and traineeships across Australia. It presents statistics on commencements, completions, cancellations and withdrawals and those currently in training.  In the June quarter 2021, compared with the June quarter 2020:

• commencements increased by 114%, to 47 785
• completions increased by 21.2%, to 17 795
• cancellations and withdrawals increased by 66.9%, to 25 030

There were 341 385 apprentices and trainees in-training as at 30 June 2021, an increase of 27.5% from 30 June 2020.

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The demand for highly qualified personnel is constantly increasing, the lack of adequate and appropriate qualification measures that foster self-reliant learning competence is evident. Additionally, in today’s complex world of work and lean forms of work organisation, requirements not only include professional competences but also further dimensions such as social and personal competencies (e.g. teamwork, communication, creativity, problem solving etc.). The authors have highlighted a variety of ways to strengthen self-reliant learning by implementing work-based and work-related learning approaches.

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This report describes and updates the picture of digital vocational education and training, providing an overview of the issues surrounding digitalisation across the key functional areas of skills systems. It gives an introduction to key frameworks and tools; concrete examples of national initiatives, adaptable digitalisation models and practical guides; as well as providing initial guidance on implementation, to deploy a strategic approach to the digitalisation of national TVET and skills development systems at the country level.

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Latest release – January 2022

Job advertisements increased by 4.4% (or 10,900 job ads) in January 2022 to stand at 259,000. The strong increase in recruitment activity growth saw job advertisements reach their highest level since September 2008. The level of recruitment activity nationally is significantly elevated compared with pre-COVID-19 levels, up by 54.0% (90,900 job ads).

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The following training packages have been updated on training.gov.au:

• BSB: Business Services Training Package
  Revised 25th January 2022.
• CPP: Property Services
  Revised 10th February 2022.
• FNS: Financial Services
  Revised 27th January 2022.
• FWP: Forest and Wood Products
  Revised 28th January 2022.
• ICT: Information and Communications Technology
  Revised 3rd February 2022.
• CPP: Property Services
  Revised 10th February 2022.
• AHC: Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management
  Revised 15th February 2022.

ASQA approves extended transition period for the following qualifications:

• HLT35015 – Certificate III in Dental Assisting until 30 April 2023
• HLT45015 – Certificate IV in Dental Assisting until 30 June 2023
• CPP40516 – Certificate IV in Strata Community Management until 15 April 2023
• PMB30116 – Certificate III in Polymer Processing until 16 December 2022
• PMB40116 – Certificate IV in Polymer Technology until 16 February 2023
• FNS42115 – Certificate IV in Personal Injury Management until 1 August 2022
• TLI32515 – Certificate III in Rail Infrastructure until 30 June 2022
• RII30919 – Certificate III in Civil Construction until 24 July 2022

Updates have been made to some Australian Apprenticeships and Traineeships Qualifications.

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