The aim of the vocational education and training (VET) Quality Framework is to achieve greater national consistency in:
- registering and monitoring RTOs
- the enforcement of standards in the VET sector.
The VET Quality Framework comprises the:
- Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations
- Outcome Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations - standards to ensure nationally consistent, quality outcomes for learners and employers.
- Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations and Fit and Proper Person Requirements–Requirements - which all RTOs must comply with, comprised of administrative, binary or process-oriented requirements.
- Credential Policy - credentials required for delivering training and assessment
- Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements 2021 - which relate to training organisations' ability to meet financial viability requirements
- Data Provision Requirements 2020 - which sets out the requirement for providers to supply ASQA with data upon request, and to submit quality indicator data annually
- Australian Qualifications Framework - which is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training.
- ASQA is also subject to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Regulations 2011.