Phil Baskerville
Change agent in vocational education
Australian Education International. Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act. The Australian Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) Australia Qualifications Framework. National VET regulation. What has changed?
The National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 has established a new approach to national regulation of the vocational education and training (VET) sector in Australia. While the approach is new, most of the regulatory requirements have not changed at all. Part of the new approach is the creation of a national regulator, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), which is responsible for registering training organisations and accrediting courses. If a training organisation operates (or intends to operate) in a participating jurisdiction, or otherwise qualifies under the national scheme, ASQA will now be the body responsible for that organisation’s registration and for accrediting its courses. Standards for VET Accredited Courses. The standards as a legislative instrument The Standards for VET Accredited Courses 2012 are a legislative instrument made by the Federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations under subsection 188(1) of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (the Act).
It is common for an Act of Parliament to allow some other person or body to make a law on matters of detail under an Act. Such a law is called a legislative instrument. National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011. National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 No. 12, 2011 An Act to establish the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator, and for related purposes.