RTO Registration

Your RTO initial registration eBook is designed to give you a detailed overview of what to expect as you embark on the journey to build your training business.

Since its inception in 2006, TBS Consulting has grown to become Australia’s foremost Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector consultancy service. We provide industry specific, relevant and user friendly systems, strategies and solutions. Our Director, Richard Turner has owned and managed RTOs since 1996. He understands the challenges faced by VET professionals. Richard has provided advice and guidance to dozens of RTOs throughout Australia and built a proven track record in all aspects of Vocational Education and Training.

We sincerely hope you’ll find this eBook valuable. Owning and operating a Registered Training Organisation is enjoyable and rewarding on many levels. Australians continually seek further education and professional development. Every year, many thousands of graduates achieve Nationally Recognised qualifications.

Take the challenge and realise your dream to build your own RTO. TBS Consulting will be with you every step of he way.

Take a few minutes to research the links and references provided below as you consider the TBS Consulting service that best suits your needs.

ASQA RTO Registration Process

ASQA Application

ASQA Data Reporting Requirements

Australian Qualifications Framework

ASQA User’s Guide to the Standards for RTOs 2015

Australian Council of Private Education & Training

Richard Turner richard@tbsconsulting.com.au www.tbsconsulting.com.au

RTO Registration Full Service A Streamlined and Structured Approach Our Full Service RTO registration is ‘hands on’, comprehensive and structured to streamline this sometimes challenging exercise. The Full Service process includes six (6) days face to face consultation at your premises. You and your team will work closely with Richard Turner to complete the registration process. Richard will evaluate your assessment strategies, human resource requirements, data base system and be present (by your side) during the ASQA audit.

The Full Service focuses on training, coaching and support so you and your team can function as a self-sufficient and viable Registered Training Organisation for many years to come.

What’s Included?

Our Quality Management and Operational Framework is customised and contextualised to your training business. We include supporting Templates; Forms; Pro-formas; Fact Sheets and Resources hyperlinked to the main Quality Manual, creating an integrated user friendly system.

Step by step assistance with your application process. Direction and support to prepare and collate the supporting evidence required for your application. Including support to complete the ASQAnetonline RTO initial registration application form.

Face to face consultation at your premises on three (3) occasions for two (2) days on each occasion.We will be present (by your side) during the ASQA audit.

A comprehensive audit preparation checklist.

Explanation, guidance and support to establish strategies to build a quality assured training business.

Explanation, guidance and support to develop a training and assessment strategy for each qualification you would like to offer.

Explanation, guidance and support to understand the principles of assessment design, assessment validation and competency based training and assessment.

Explanation, guidance and support to purchase or develop your training and assessment material.

Business advice and strategy support during the RTO registration process and beyond.

Richard Turner richard@tbsconsulting.com.au www.tbsconsulting.com.au

RTO Registration Self Directed A fluid and self paced approach Intended for clients with some vocational education and training experience or clients working with a pre-determined budget. We offer step by step assistance to get you started and help streamline your RTO initial registration application process.

Our self directed service includes one (1) day face to face consultation at your premises. We also include direction and support to prepare and collate the supporting evidence required for your application. Our set fee policy means you won’t get any ‘surprises’.

What’s Included?

What’s Not Included?

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Step by step assistance with your application process.

Direction and support to prepare and collate the supporting evidence required for your application.

Including support to complete the ASQA netonline RTO initial registration application form.

Face to face consultation at your premises on one (1) day.

A comprehensive audit preparation checklist.

Explanation, guidance and support to establish strategies to build a quality assured training business.

Explanation, guidance and support to purchase or develop your training and assessment material.

Business advice and strategy to support during the RTO application process.

Richard Turner richard@tbsconsulting.com.au www.tbsconsulting.com.au

Training and assessment resources or materials In some cases, resources may be purchased commercially while other material may need to be developed and written from ‘scratch’. Richard Turner will work closely with you and your team to select an approach most suited to your training business.

A Data Management System RTOs are required to use a data management system that meets specific ASQA reporting requirements. TBS Consulting will provide guidance and recommendations to select an appropriate system.

“ TESTIMONIALS ” Acoustar “ On behalf of NMS and Acoustar I wish to note our grateful appreciation of all your work in assisting us to gain registration as an RTO. We could not have done it without your help. We especially liked your willingness to help with questions and advice. Your documentation set made the process so much easier; without it I doubt that we would have progressed to our final audit and registration.

Once again, our sincere thanks. ”

Bob Thorne, Principal

Clinical Leadership “ I want to say a big thank you for all the work you assisted us with. We got through our audit with Full Compliance so we were pretty excited. Ours was the first Full Compliance at the time of audit for 3 years, so our auditor told us. We were really pleased.

Thanks for your coaching and ongoing support. ”

Sue Crocker, CEO

Foot in the Door Training “ Just to let you know, we had our post initial ASQA audit yesterday. We are 100% compliant and the Auditor even mentioned that it was the best audit he had conducted in a very long time. He spent quite a bit of time going through our quality framework and could not fault it. Thanks for your support over the past 16 months. ”

Joseph Divine, CEO

Quality Associates " I would like to express my appreciation for your help with gaining certification of our RTO status in a short time period.

Your professionalism and dedicated support of our business and myself has been outstanding.

You were always available when required and had lots of useful suggestions. The templates that you provided were a valuable shortcut to putting together our system. This was invaluable when it came to our ASQA audit.

In fact, your support and actual presence at the audit was no doubt instrumental in our passing the audit without issues."

Andreas Klieber, CEO

Richard Turner richard@tbsconsulting.com.au www.tbsconsulting.com.au