How do I apply to become an RTO?

To become a Registered Training Organisation, you must apply to the Training Accreditation Council.

TAC will only accept registration applications from organisations where the head office is located in Western Australia and where all of the intended delivery and assessment is in WA or in WA and VIC.

The requirements for the application process including the application forms and supporting evidence are outlined in the Initial or Renewal of Registration Application Guide which can be downloaded by clicking on the link.

The application process requires you to:

• provide a profile of your organisation;
• detail the type of training your organisation proposes to deliver; 
• sign a registration commitment;
• provide documentary evidence to support your application; and
• pay an application fee. 

The following flowchart details the application process for initial registration.

 Application Process Flowchart - Initial and Renewal of Registration

How do I apply to deliver training in other States and Territories?

From 1 July 2011, delivery and assessment of National Recognised Training in other States and Territories (except WA and VIC) is regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).  If you intend to offer or deliver in other States and Territories, other than in VIC, your registration will be transferred to ASQA.

Please contact the Training Accreditation Council Secretariat on (08) 9441 1910 or tac@des.wa.gov.au for more information.

For further details about ASQA please visit their website at www.asqa.gov.au.

Can an RTO from another State or Territory operate in Western Australia?

RTO’s registered with ASQA or the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority can deliver in WA.  RTO’s must notify its registering body before delivering in WA.

How do I apply to deliver training to overseas students in Australia?

From 1 July 2011 the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has the function for recommending the registration of RTO’s as providers on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) – providers of Nationally Recognised Training to overseas students who have Australian Student visas. Only CRICOS providers can enrol overseas students of issue Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications and Statements of Attainment to these students.

For further information regarding becoming a CRICOS provider please visit the ASQA website www.asqa.gov.au.

Delivering Vocational Education and Training (VET) to School Students

More and more, vocational education and training is being delivered to school students, either on site or at the premises of a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), and contributes to the achievement of their Western Australian Certificate of Education.

For VET to be delivered to school students, the school must be registered as a Training Organisation with the Council, or, as is more common, have a formal partnership arrangement with a Registered Training Organisation.

For a school to become a Training Provider it must meet the same requirements that apply to RTOs.

For more information check out:

The Western Australian Curriculum Council www.curriculum.wa.edu.au
Association of Independent Schools www.ais.wa.edu.au  
Catholic Education Office http://web1.ceo.wa.edu.au