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Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015. These Standards form part of the VET Quality Framework, a system which ensures the integrity of nationally recognised qualifications.

RTOs are required to comply with these Standards and with the:

     National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non‑referring State as the case requires

     VET Quality Framework

Note – the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non‑referring State, provides the VET Regulator with the powers necessary to carry out its functions. Nothing in these Standards may be read as limiting or diminishing those powers.

These Standards should be read in conjunction with the:

     Standards for Training Packages

     Standards for VET Accredited Courses

     Standards for VET Regulators

Purpose
The purpose of these Standards is to:

1. set out the requirements that an organisation must meet in order to be an RTO;
2. ensure that training products delivered by RTOs meet the requirements of training packages or VET accredited courses, and have integrity for employment and further study; and
3. ensure RTOs operate ethically with due consideration of learners' and enterprises' needs.

Structure
These Standards consist of eight Standards. Under each Standard is a set of Clauses of the Standard.

To comply with a Standard, the RTO must meet each of the Clauses. A person applying to register as a new RTO must demonstrate the capacity to meet these Standards for all of the person's intended scope of registration.

For each Standard a context statement is also included. The context does not form part of the Standard itself, and has been included to provide background information to help readers understand the Standard.

The Standards and Clauses are collectively referred to as Standards.

Definitions
The glossary at the beginning of these Standards defines certain words and expressions which have specific meaning in these Standards.

Glossary
In these Standards, unless the contrary intention appears:

Access and equity means policies and approaches aimed at ensuring that VET is responsive to the individual needs of clients whose age, gender, cultural or ethnic background, disability, sexuality, language skills, literacy or numeracy level, unemployment, imprisonment or remote location may present a barrier to access, participation and the achievement of suitable outcomes.
Accredited short course means a course accredited by the VET Regulator in accordance with the Standards for VET Accredited Courses that leads to an AQF statement of attainment.
Actively working towards means an individual is enrolled in, has commenced, and is making satisfactory progress toward completing within two years of commencement, a specified training and assessment credential.
AQF certification documentation is the set of official documents that confirms