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Update to RTO Standards

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations have recently revised the Standards for Registered Training Organisations.

Last updated7 Mar 2025
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The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations have recently revised the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). The revised Standards will come into full regulatory effect from 1 July 2025.

These changes have been designed to increase clarity for RTOs and regulators to promote quality outcomes for candidates and employers.

The revisions to the Standards for RTOs include a change of structure to help provide the VET sector with clear guidance on the requirements to deliver nationally recognised training and comprise of three elements:

Each of the policies above include changes that will affect requirements to RTOs, and trainers and assessors.

Changes that may be relevant for our industries include changes to The Credential Policy.

This includes the recognition of new and superseded credentials for the training and assessment of training package products.

These include:

You can find more information on the revised Standards below:

Revisions to the Standards for Registered Training Organisations - Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Australian Government

To support RTOs with the transition to the revised Standards, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) have developed a range of resources that can be found below:

Preparing for the revised Standards | Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)

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