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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, other VET regulators, accredited course owners, learners and industry.
VET means vocational education and training.
VET accredited course means a course accredited by the VET regulator in accordance with the Standards for VET Accredited Courses.
VET Quality Framework comprises:
       a)      the Standards for Registered Training Organisations
       b)      the Australian Qualifications Framework
       c)      the Fit and Proper Person Requirements
       d)      the Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements
       e)      the Data Provision Requirements
VET Regulator means:
       a)      the National VET Regulator; and
       b)      a body of a non-referring State that is responsible for the kinds of matters dealt with under the VET legislation for that State.

PART 2 – Regulator Standards

         Standard 1.        The VET Regulator effectively and efficiently regulates RTOs.
Context:

The quality of the regulation of RTOs is crucial to ensuring the credibility of the VET system. This is achieved through effective and efficient processes and practices that are fair, risk-based, transparent, responsive, consistent, and meet legislative requirements.

In addition to using a risk-based approach the VET Regulator has:

       * robust and transparent decision making processes;
       * auditors who meet national competency requirements; and
       * procedures and practices in place to promote consistency in auditor judgements.

To be compliant with Standard 1 the VET Regulator must meet the following:

     1.1.  The VET Regulator only grants registration or renews registration where it has determined that the person complies with the Standards for RTOs.
     1.2.  The VET Regulator conducts an audit of the RTO within two years of the RTO first being registered.
     1.3.  In enforcing the Standards for RTOs, the VET Regulator:
       a)      adopts a risk-based approach to regulation consistent with the risk assessment framework;
       b)      encourages RTOs to improve their performance;
       c)      ensures that its actions taken to mitigate risk of, or respond to, non-compliance are responsive and proportionate; and
       d)      makes publically available information about how it assesses risk and arrives at risk ratings.
     1.4.  The VET Regulator provides general education and guidance materials to RTOs to assist them to comply with the Standards for RTOs.
     1.5.  The VET Regulator only grants an application to add any AQF qualification or assessor skill set from the Training and Education Training Package (or its successor) to the RTO's scope of registration, if an RTO has:
        a)           held registration for at least two years continuously at the time of adding the qualification and/or skill set to scope; and
        b)           from 1 January 2016, undergone an independent validation of its assessment system, tools, processes