Useful information
Find guidance from regulators, training authorities and industry organisations, including the Standards for RTOs, reporting requirements and funding information.
The national VET regulator (ASQA)
- Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)asqa.gov.au
- ASQA, Revised Standards for RTOs (2025)asqa.gov.au
- ASQA, Self-assuranceasqa.gov.au
- ASQA, Guidance & resourcesasqa.gov.au
- ASQA, Fact sheetsasqa.gov.au
- ASQA, Course accreditation (VET accredited courses)asqa.gov.au
- asqanet, ASQA provider portalasqanet.asqa.gov.au
- DEWR, 2025 Standards for RTOs (policy home)dewr.gov.au
Standards, legislation & the national framework
- Outcome Standards for RTOs Instrument 2025 replaces the Standards for RTOs 2015legislation.gov.au
- Compliance Standards & Fit and Proper Person Requirements 2025 replaces the Fit and Proper Person Requirements 2011legislation.gov.au
- Credential Policy: Standards for RTOs (training.gov.au)content.training.gov.au
- Financial Viability Risk Assessment Requirements Instrument 2021 replaces the FVRA Requirements 2011legislation.gov.au
- Data Provision Requirements Instrument 2020 replaces the Data Provision Requirements 2012legislation.gov.au
- National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011legislation.gov.au
- Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)aqf.edu.au
- training.gov.au, National Register of VETtraining.gov.au
National reporting, USI & Commonwealth programs
- Unique Student Identifier (USI)usi.gov.au
- USI, Training providersusi.gov.au
- USI, Studentsusi.gov.au
- NCVER RTO Hub, AVETMISS reporting & key datesncver.edu.au
- NCVER, What is AVETMISS?ncver.edu.au
- DEWR, National VET Data (total VET activity)dewr.gov.au
- DEWR, Skills and training VET policy moved here from the Dept of Education in 2022dewr.gov.au
- Department of Educationeducation.gov.au
- Australian Apprenticeships successor to australianapprenticeships.gov.auapprenticeships.gov.au
- Your Career successor to My Skills (myskills.gov.au)yourcareer.gov.au
- VET Student Loans (DEWR)dewr.gov.au
Jobs and Skills Australia & the Jobs and Skills Councils
- Jobs and Skills Australiajobsandskills.gov.au
- BuildSkills Australia JSC for construction & property, replaces Artibus Innovation (successor to CPSISC)buildskills.com.au
- Future Skills Organisation JSC for finance, technology & business, replaces PwC Skills for Australiafutureskillsorganisation.com.au
- HumanAbility JSC for health & human services, replaces SkillsIQ and the CS&H ITABhumanability.com.au
- Industry Skills Australia JSC for transport & logistics, replaces Australian Industry Standardsindustryskillsaustralia.org.au
- Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance JSC for manufacturing, replaces Manufacturing Skills Australiamanufacturingalliance.org.au
- Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance (AUSMASA) JSC for mining & automotive, replaces SkillsDMC and Auto Skills Australiaausmasa.org.au
- Powering Skills Organisation JSC for energy & electrotechnology, replaces e-oz Energy Skills and UE NSWpoweringskills.com.au
- Public Skills Australia JSC for government & public safety, sectors formerly under Australian Industry Standardspublicskillsaustralia.com.au
- Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) JSC for service & creative sectors, replaces Service Skills Australia, SkillsIQ service sectors and ACFIPSsacsa.org.au
- Skills Insight JSC for agribusiness, food & land, replaces Skills Impact, ForestWorks and FASskillsinsight.com.au
State & territory training departments and funding programs
- Training Services NSWnsw.gov.au
- Smart and Skilled - for training providers (NSW)nsw.gov.au
- Skills NSW replaces the smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au course searcheducation.nsw.gov.au
- Adult and Community Education (ACE) NSWnsw.gov.au
- Skills First for training providers (VIC)vic.gov.au
- Victorian Skills Authorityvic.gov.au
- Training - Dept of Trade, Employment and Training (QLD) successor to DESBTdtet.qld.gov.au
- For training providers - DTET (QLD)dtet.qld.gov.au
- Jobs and Skills WA successor to Future Skills WAjobsandskills.wa.gov.au
- Dept of Training and Workforce Development (WA)wa.gov.au
- WA State Training Boardwa.gov.au
- Skills SAskills.sa.gov.au
- Skills SA Training Provider Centreproviders.skills.sa.gov.au
- Skills Tasmaniaskills.tas.gov.au
- Skills ACTact.gov.au
- For registered training organisations (NT.GOV.AU) NT's GetVET site (vet.nt.gov.au) has been retirednt.gov.au
- NT Department of Education and Trainingeducation.nt.gov.au
State VET regulators, reporting systems and student identifiers
- Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA)vrqa.vic.gov.au
- Training Accreditation Council (TAC) WAwa.gov.au
- Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification successor to the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority (TQA)tasc.tas.gov.au
- Training and Skills Commission (SA)skillscommission.sa.gov.au
- Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA)qcaa.qld.edu.au
- Skills Victoria Training System (SVTS) - access guidevic.gov.au
- SVTS loginlogin.svts.vic.gov.au
- Victorian Student Number (VCAA)vcaa.vic.edu.au
- STELA reporting - Skills SA Training Provider Centreproviders.skills.sa.gov.au
- AVETARS (ACT)avetars.act.gov.au
- NT VET Provider Portalvocationaltraining.nt.gov.au
- Queensland Training Information Service (QTIS)qtis.training.qld.gov.au
- Queensland Skills Gatewayskillsgateway.training.qld.gov.au
Higher education & international education
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)teqsa.gov.au
- Higher Education Standards Framework 2021legislation.gov.au
- CRICOS Registercricos.education.gov.au
- ESOS Act 2000legislation.gov.au
- National Code of Practice 2018legislation.gov.au
- ESOS Framework (Department of Education)education.gov.au
- Student Visa (Subclass 500) - Home Affairsimmi.homeaffairs.gov.au
- English Australiaenglishaustralia.com.au
- NEAS Quality Assuranceneas.org.au
- IELTSielts.org
- PTE Academic (Pearson)pearsonpte.com
- ANMAC - Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Councilanmac.org.au
- Ahpra - Health Practitioner Regulation Agencyahpra.gov.au
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
- Austrade - Education Providers and Studentsaustrade.gov.au
- Study Australiastudyaustralia.gov.au
Peak bodies & professional networks
- Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA) successor to ACPET, which ceased operating in 2019iteca.edu.au
- Velg Trainingvelgtraining.com
- TAFE Directors Australiatda.edu.au
- Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)aitd.com.au
- WorldSkills Australiaworldskills.org.au
- Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)acer.org
- VET Development Centre (VDC)vdc.edu.au
Data, research & provider portals
- NCVER - National Centre for Vocational Education Researchncver.edu.au
- VOCEDplus (NCVER)voced.edu.au
- PRISMSprisms.education.gov.au
- TCSI - Tertiary Collection of Student Information replaced HEIMS/HEPCAT reportingtcsisupport.gov.au
Health: ANMAC and the Nursing and Midwifery Board are in the higher education and international group.
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