Download ASQA`s regulatory impact

ACPET National Conference
2015
Christopher Robinson
Chief Commissioner &
Chief Executive Officer
Melbourne
28.08.2015
Purpose of national VET regulation
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Ensure learners get quality training and assessment
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Ensure employers get skilled workers
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Protect Australia’s international reputation for high quality education training
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ASQA’s regulatory activities
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Processed almost 27,000 applications
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Conducted 5000+ audits to check compliance
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Refused:
o Some 15% of new RTO applications
o Almost 6% of existing RTO re-registrations
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Issued almost 500 notices to cancel/suspend registration
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Made 220 decisions to cancel/suspend a provider’s registration
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ASQA’s Strategic Reviews
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Four national strategic reviews of training have been released
o White card for building and construction
o Aged and community care training
o Marketing practices of RTOs
o Early childhood care and education
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Finalising two more national strategic reviews
o security industry training
o equestrian training
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Conclusions from regulatory work
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Many RTOs struggle with assessment
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Short courses
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Some poor marketing practices e.g. VET FEE-HELP
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ASQA’s regulatory impact
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Number of RTOs in Australia has fallen from 4,947 in July 2011 to 4,573 in December
2014 after decades of increasing numbers.
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Around 1,000 (or 20%) of the RTOs that existed in July 2011 are no longer operating
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Reasons:
o direct regulatory action by ASQA
o an indirect effect of ASQA regulatory action
o reasons other than ASQA’s regulation
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ASQA’s regulatory impact
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Refusal rates are dropping as more poor providers leave VET
% applications refused
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Initial
application
31.4
14.9
12.2
9.2
Re-registration
application
12.1
9.5
3.5
3.2
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ASQA’s regulatory impact
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Decisions to cancel/suspend RTO registrations are now levelling off
Proportion of RTOs (%)
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Notices issued to
cancel/suspend
registration
0.3
3.4
4.8
4.0
Decisions to
cancel/suspend
registration
0.3
1.6
1.9
2.0
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ASQA’s regulatory impact
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Too many RTOs are still not compliant with all the Standards
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But levels of compliance are improving, especially since the new Standards
commenced in 2015
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Most RTOs become fully compliant after 20 days rectification, and that proportion has
also risen strongly
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2014-15
With new
Standards
Fully compliant when
audited (%)
19.6
23.9
26.4
33.1
Fully compliant after
rectification (%)
72.9
77.8
83.4
87.0
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National VET Regulatory Reform
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More rigorous/faster action on poor quality providers
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Earned autonomy
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Boosted education/information to RTOs
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Examined regulatory practices/reduced red tape
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Automatic updates of equivalent training packages
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Fees not increasing
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Looking at system risk/harms to quality, not just risk of each RTO
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