Draft Guidelines For Vet Providers

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18 November 2009


Lynn Glover, Director of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications

Authority (VRQA) issued the following statement on the draft VRQA Guidelines

for VET Providers:


On 12 September 2009 the Minister for Skills, the Hon. Jacinta Allan MP, directed the VRQA

to develop guidelines to strengthen the quality of Vocational Education & Training (VET)

providers.


The Guidelines aim to clarify or strengthen:


the criteria and minimum standards for registration of VET training providers 


the criteria for the approval of ESOS providers delivering in the VET sector; and to

o

impose additional criteria or standards on VET providers and Education

Services for Overseas Students Act (ESOS)

providers delivering in the

VET sector to ensure a quality education to students;

o

ensure that providers operate in accordance with reputable commercial and

financial standards; and

o

that an appropriate standard of care is offered to students and complaints are

dealt with transparently and efficiently. 


In developing these guidelines the VRQA must consult with the Department of Education and

Early Childhood Development and VET providers and ESOS providers delivering in the VET

sector the VRQA considers appropriate. 


VRQA consulted with major stakeholders, including the Victorian TAFE Association and the

Australian Council for Private Education and Training, to draft the Guidelines. The

Guidelines

are now open for public feedback and are available on the VRQA website



Training providers are being briefed in detail from today and more detailed workshops around

the draft Guidelines with senior VRQA staff will be offered to interested providers. 


The Minister has directed that these guidelines be completed and published by the VRQA and

take effect by 1 January 2010

at the latest for

new

VET and ESOS providers seeking

registration or approval.  


For currently registered VET providers or currently approved ESOS providers there may be,

where necessary, extra time for transitional arrangements for the Guidelines to take effect.


For further comment on the draft Guidelines, please contact the office of the Minister for

Skills and Workforce Participation Minister Jacinta Allan (media adviser Shaun Inguanzo 

0417 555 480)










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