Starting vocational education and training can be exciting - but it’s important to know you’re learning with a provider you can trust. The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is here to make sure your training experience is high‑quality, fair, and meets national standards.
ASQA is the national regulator for Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) and English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) sectors. We regulate the quality of education and training provided by registered training organisations (RTOs).
We do this by ensuring your training provider can:
- deliver quality training and assessment
- support you to complete your studies.
On this page, you’ll find clear information about what ASQA does, how we protect students, and where you can turn if you need more support.
We can
- show you where and how to find a course and provider (see Choosing a course & provider)
- help you understand your obligations to your training provider (see Choosing a course & provider)
- help you understand your training provider’s obligations to you (see Choosing a course & provider)
- record reports about poor quality training (see Complaints)
- help you find your student records if your provider has closed (see Student records).
We can't
- recommend a course or provider
- tell you what to study
- resolve individual disputes with your provider or provide legal advice
- comment on any action we take based on a report about a provider
- search your student records using only your name.
We recognise these issues are important to you. We can connect you to other organisations that may be able to help.
Visit our Guidance and resources page for more information.
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