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Territory ministerial council, or its successor, established by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
Industry regulator means a body or organisation responsible for the regulation and/or licensing arrangements within a specific industry or occupation.
Minister means the Commonwealth Minister who has responsibility for VET, or in the case of a non-referring state, the Minister who has responsibility for VET in that state.
    National Register means the register maintained by the Commonwealth Department responsible for VET, and referred to in section 216 of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011.
Person includes a body politic or corporate as well as an individual.
Registration means registration as an RTO by the VET Regulator, where that registration is then entered on the National Register.
Risk means the potential for exposure to poor quality outcomes for VET stakeholders if an RTO does not comply with its regulatory obligations.
Risk-based approach means that the VET Regulator's overall regulatory approach and its decisions about regulatory actions are informed through consideration of the likelihood of, and potential for adverse consequence caused by, non-compliance with the VET Quality Framework, the Standards for RTOs or the Standards for VET Accredited Courses.
Risk assessment framework means the guidelines made under section 190 of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 or the equivalent guidelines made or adopted by the VET Regulator of a non-referring State as the case requires.
RTO means a Registered Training Organisation.
Service standards means a documented policy which sets out the organisation's commitment to dealing with the public, including principles for the provision of good service, complaints and appeals processes, target timeframes for complaints resolution and contact details.
Standards for VET Accredited Courses are the standards made under subsection 188(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 or the equivalent requirements adopted by a non-referring State.
Statistically valid means for the purpose of these Standards, a random sample of appropriate size is selected to enable confidence that the result is sufficiently accurate to be accepted as representative of the total population of assessments being validated.
Training product means AQF qualification, skill set, unit of competency, accredited short course and module.
Validation is the quality review of the assessment process. Validation involves checking that the assessment tool/s produce/d valid, reliable, sufficient, current and authentic evidence to enable reasonable judgements to be made as to whether the requirements of the training package or VET accredited courses are met. It includes reviewing a statistically valid sample of the assessments and making recommendations for future improvements to the assessment tool, process and/or outcomes and acting upon such recommendations.
VET stakeholders include Commonwealth, state and territory ministers and their agencies responsible for VET, RTOs,