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March 11th, 2015

11/3/2015

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The Wheels are Turning

Most providers will be well into their Smart and Skilled enrolments by now and are probably very familiar with the Notification of Enrolment process. While  everyone is busy driving for enrolments it is easy to forget about the details and administrative requirements of the program. Or perhaps you haven’t forgotten, perhaps it is your intention to do it at a later date – when you have time!
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However, there are some requirements you really need to have in place before you start enrolling and then some more before you commence delivery. I have gone through the Management Checklist from the RTO2Go.com Resource Kit  and made a quick, overview list of what you should have in place now. Details of what is required can be found in in the relevant sections of Operating Guidelines or in a step by step format in the Management Checklist and for those of you those of you who have already bought the Resource Kit I have referenced the relevant documents in the kit.

So where you should be up to:

 1. All Smart and Skilled Marketing Information on your website and in your promotional material should be complete and meet the requirements of Section 1 of the Operating Guidelines. (Refer also to the Marketing Strategy, Student Information and Position Descriptions in the Resource Kit).
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You should have ensured all the requirements of the Access to Training section are in place. This section refers to Access and Equity/ EEO/anti-discrimination requirements and is as per Section 2 of the Guidelines. (Refer also to Student Information in the Resource Kit).
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You should have developed a Consumer Protection Policy as outlined in Section 3. (A sample Consumer Protection Policy is included in the Resource Kit).
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Compliant Fee Information should have been provided to students – Section 4. (Refer to Positon Descriptions, Smart and Skilled Fee and Refund Policy and Student Information in Resource Kit).
5. All Pre-enrolment information is compliant and accessible to students - Section 5. (Refer to the Student Information, USI Policy and Privacy Notice in the Resource Kit).
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The Notification of enrolment process is completed for each student including signing 
Consent to Use and Disclosure of Personal Information and A Prospective Student Declaration - Section 6. (Refer to Notification of Enrolment Policy and Student Information Resource Kit).

I hope you find this useful, please do not hesitate to get in touch if we can help in any way.

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Smart and Skilled: Where is it up to

3/3/2015

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Feedback from Providers is that enrolments are well and truly underway and in fact some have already got the Notification of Enrolment Process behind them, have met their financial caps and are delivering the training.

If you are not one of them, don't worry because there is still time, and some of those who have rushed ahead to meet caps may not have crossed the t's and etc. In short they have focussed on the targets and not the compliance. However, there are also a number of providers who have successfully managed both and they are  to be congratulated.
For most RTO's, and especially for smaller ones (and those who only received small amounts of funding),  it is a risk management decision regarding where to put their resources - enrolments or compliance. Having said that, I have done a few checks on one or two who have received millions of dollars of Smart and Skilled money to find no evidence of any compliance on their website at all. In a fair world this would work against them with future allocations but.....
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Where it is all at
The good news in from State Training Services (March 2015 - Making Connections ) yesterday was that allocations have been raised for a number of existing providers of targeted priorities qualifications: childcare, aged care,  disability support, agriculture and  Auslan and Interpreting. Additional contracts have also been offered to new Providers for these qualifications. 

Additional funds have also been allocated to increase regional caps for entitlement (Certificate II and III) and foundation skills to ensure that training providers have a minimum of 12 training places in each region. If you have not been included in this it would probably be worth contacting your local STS office to find out why.

Hopefully, these allocations have gone to providers with experience in delivering the training in the region it has been purchased. Conversations I have had around the Smart and Skilled training sector indicate the frustration so many providers have had with getting very small allocations for qualifications they have never previously delivered in untested market/regions. On top of this  providers out with their region (some from interstate) are now delivering to their long term target markets, sometimes using the venues such as the local RSL as their contact or delivery  site. It is certainly an interesting (polite way of saying it) delivery model and one with potentially  huge social, community and economic  implications! Perhaps this new allocation is a response to this feedback.

So it is interesting times in the Smart and Skilled world, changes are happening and Providers need to be positioned to maximise their advantage. My next blog will deal with where you should be up to now in terms of your contractual compliance. In the meantime if you have any questions please feel free to contact me using either the form on the right of this page or the contacts page on the website.


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