TVET Australia - NARA Registration

Management of Registration of Victorian based Multi Jurisdictional RTOs by TVET Australia – NARA.

Background

Amendments made during 2008 to the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 enable the VRQA to delegate some of its functions for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that operate, or will operate, in more than one Australian state or territory, and that have their principal place of business in Victoria, or conduct all or most of their operations in Victoria.

The amendment to the Act has given effect to the decision by the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education (MCVTE) to establish the National Audit and Registration Agency (NARA) to provide for the registration and regulation of multi jurisdictional RTOs.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Australia through National Audit and Registration Agency (TVET Australia – NARA), under delegation from the VRQA, will offer eligible training organisations the option of nationally consistent:

  1. Registration and audit against the requirements of the AQTF 2007 Essential Standards for Registration; and
  2. Approval against the requirements of the ESOS Act 2000 and the National Code 2007.

Eligibility

If you are a Victorian RTO that operates in, or intends within 6 months to operate in, more than one Australian state or territory, or you are seeking to become such an RTO, you can apply to have TVET Australia through NARA manage your registration and audit activities.

A decision to have your registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA is a voluntary business decision and there is no obligation or compulsion for any training organisation to be managed by TVET Australia - NARA.

Applications for approval of Eligibility

Any Victorian based training organisation that elects to have its registration, audit and approval managed by TVET Australia – NARA must first have its eligibility determined by the VRQA.

In order for the VRQA to assess your eligibility, you must complete the Application Form for Assessment of Eligibility to have Registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA if you are:

an existing multi-jurisdictional Victorian based RTO* seeking to transfer the management of your registration from the VRQA to TVET Australia - NARA;

or 

a Victorian training organisation seeking to become an RTO and wishing to have your registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA.

*A Victorian based RTO may only apply to have its registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA if it is free from conditions or sanctions placed on its registration by the VRQA, including any action to cancel or suspend registration

Evidence Requirements

In order to assess your eligibility to have your registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA, you are required to attach documentation to the VRQA Application Form which provides evidence that you are a training organisation that is Victorian based and multi jurisdictional (or intend to operate in other Australian states or territories within 6 months). Attachment 1 of the Application Form for Assessment of Eligibility to have Registration managed by TVET Australia (PDF - 122Kb) – NARA provides advice on the types of evidence you are required to submit.

Outcome of Application

If you are a training organisation

  1. which already exists as an RTO, and is assessed as eligible for transfer to TVET Australia - NARA, you will receive formal notification from the VRQA that your application has been approved. All registration and AQTF 2007 audit functions, and all registration and audit records held by the VRQA about your organisation, will then be transferred to TVET Australia – NARA.
  2. which is a new training organisation seeking initial registration as an RTO to be managed by TVET Australia – NARA, and is assessed as being eligible, this does not mean your organisation is registered. If you are approved as being eligible, the VRQA will notify you of your eligibility and advise you to apply directly to TVET - NARA to commence the initial registration process.

Note: The state training authority will continue to audit RTOs that receive User Choice and Competitive Purchasing Programs funding. This function will not be undertaken by TVET Australia – NARA. In addition, those RTOs that are also multi sectoral providers will have their registrations for school, senior secondary or higher education governed by the VRQA.

Fees

There is no VRQA fee associated with lodging the Application Form for Assessment of Eligibility to have Registration managed by TVET Australia – NARA. Applicants should note that TVET Australia – NARA does have its own fee schedule for registration, CRICOS approval and audit costs which is different to the VRQA fees applied to existing Victorian RTOs.

 You can view NARA’s fee schedule on NARA's website. You can review the 2009 fee schedule used for existing Victorian RTOs on this website.

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