Third-party agreements between VET providers

You can only deliver training and/or assessment under your provider code or a third-party agreement.

To deliver a training product it needs to be current on your scope of registration.

You can’t enter a third-party agreement with another VET provider to deliver a training product not on your scope of registration.

When the third-party agreement is between registered providers with the VET course on scope, students can enrol directly with the third party.

The enrolled students’ VET course needs to be on the third-party RTO scope of registration.

The third-party will issue the statement of attainment for the unit/s of competency.

Third-party agreement examples:

Provider 1 has a qualification on its scope of registration but engages Provider 2 to deliver units of competency as part of that qualification.

Provider 1 is responsible for enrolling students and all aspects of training, assessment, and compliance.

Provider 2 needs to have the units of competency on its scope of registration.

A third-party agreement is required.

Provider 1 engages Provider 2 to deliver training and/or assessment to its staff.

There may be some involvement from Provider 1, which may include workplace training and supervision.

Provider 2 is responsible for enrolment of students and for all aspects of training, assessment, and compliance.

This is not a third-party arrangement.
Provider 1 (for example, an employment services agency) refers an individual to Provider 2 to deliver training and/or assessment for that person.

Provider 2 is responsible for enrolling the student and for all aspects of marketing, recruitment, training, assessment, and compliance.

This is not a third-party arrangement.
Provider 1 rents classrooms or other facilities from Provider 2 to deliver training and/or assessment to students of Provider 1.

Provider 2 is not involved in training and/or assessment.

This is not a third-party arrangement.