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RightWay Standards and Professional Development Services

The Standards for Registered Training Organisations (2015) require registered training organisations (RTOs) to ensure training and assessment is delivered by trainers and assessors who satisfy specific criteria.

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) assesses RTO compliance with Clauses 1.13 – 1.16 in the Standards to ensure RTOs use appropriately qualified trainers and assessors with current and directly relevant industry knowledge and skills.

One of the major challenges RTOs and individual trainers and assessors face is ensuring compliance with Clause 1.13b, ie having “current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided”.

Removing the worry of compliance with Clause 1.13b, the RightWay Standards and Professional Development Services ensure trainers and assessors have and maintain current industry skills that are directly relevant to the training and assessment they are providing.

RightWay certified trainers and assessors ensure:

  • Training and assessment are being delivered with current and directly relevant skills.
  • RTO compliance with Clause 1.13b in relation to qualifications, standalone units of competency, or skillsets offered in the following industries.
RightWay Industries (as at September 2021)
  1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
  2. Aged Services 
  3. Ambulance Services
  4. Children’s Education and Care
  5. Community Services: Client Services 
  6. Community Sector and Development
  7. Complementary Health Industry
  8. Dental 
  9. Direct Client Care and Support
  10. Disability Support 
  11. Enrolled Nursing
  12. First Aid
  13. Local Government
  14. Personal Services
  15. Public Sector
  16. Sport and Recreation
  17. Technicians Support Services
  18. Tourism, Travel and Hospitality
  19. Wholesale and Retail

Based on expert industry advice underscored by extensive involvement in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, the RightWay Standards prescribes the professional development requirements of two distinct cohorts of trainers and assessors.

The RightWay Standards recognise that trainers and assessors working (or volunteering) in occupations specifically related to the qualifications (units or skillsets) they are delivering have more directly relevant knowledge and skills than those who work in adjacent occupations.

 

RightWay Standard 1

For trainers and assessors working (or volunteering) in occupations specifically relevant to the qualifications they deliver.

 RightWay certification can be achieved through a combination of their part-time work and 5 hours per year of additional industry-relevant professional development.

 

RightWay Standard 2

For trainers and assessors working (or volunteering) in roles that are broadly relevant to the qualifications they deliver.

RightWay certification can be achieved through a combination of their part-time work and 15 hours per year of additional industry-relevant professional development.

RightWay not only makes it simple to work out how much PD you need to keep your industry knowledge up-to-date – it also offers you access to discounts on the best industry developed PD AND it reviews and validates any other PD you may do to keep your industry knowledge current.

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