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The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has published its Corporate Plan 2021–22, which sets out the national vocational education and training (VET) regulator’s strategic direction for the next four years.

In some cases, ASQA is empowered to approve transition periods longer than those detailed in Clauses 1.26 (a), (b) and (c) of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for a number of Early Childhood Education & Care qualifications.

In some cases, ASQA is empowered to approve transition periods longer than those detailed in Clauses 1.26 (a), (b) and (c) of the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for 6 qualifications from the ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package to 30 June 2022.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for NWP30215 Certificate III in Water Industry Operations and NWP20115 Certificate II in Water Industry Operations.

Read the August 2021 edition of the ASQA Update newsletter.

When you apply to become an RTO, and under certain conditions, ASQA requires you to demonstrate financial viability by submitting the Financial viability risk assess

If you missed the recent webinar - 'Spotlight On Assessment Validation' as part of the second Spotlight On series, the webinar recording is now available. 

The updates align to the recently endorsed Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2021. 

Registered training providers are now able to offer select supplementary courses to overseas students without registering the courses on the CRICOS Register.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for BSB42315 Certificate IV in Environmental Management and Sustainability.

Read the July 2021 edition of the ASQA Update newsletter.

Our Quality Assessors have been asked recently about the new process of information collection during a performance assessment (audit). This is part of our enhanced approach to regulation, through new assessment practices that use a broader range of evidence to understand the performance of your organisation.

This month we continued to share weekly chapters in the latest Spotlight On series, aiming to assist providers to better understand how to enhance their practice when it comes to validating assessment.

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Our Provider Roundtable met in June to discuss the enhanced approach and to review our draft Performance Framework and Stakeholder Engagement Strategy.

A 2018 national survey, conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) showed that sexual harassment in Australian workplaces is still widespread and pervasive.

Providers are still able to submit their data for the current reporting period up until 30 June 2021.

Our Info Line team regularly receives questions regarding provider registration - in particular, change of scope and renewal applications.

We continued to receive student feedback through the VET Student Experience Survey (VETSES), administered in partnership with the Department of Education Skills and Employment (DESE) and the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).

In last month’s ASQA Update, we shared some of the common questions from our recent webinar discussing improvements to our regulatory practice.

The Auditor-General’s report was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday 29 June 2021.

ASQA has recently approved an extended transition period for MEM30705 Certificate III in Marine Craft Construction for international students only.