FACT SHEET 2 - Preparing for an AQTF audit - March 2010

      Fact Sheet 2 – Preparing for an AQTF Site Audit Purpose An integral part of the progression to become a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and maintain that registration is the participation in audits. This fact sheet will assist in preparing for an Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) audit. Will I be audited? The AQTF states that a training organisation will generally be audited when it first applies for registration, again within the first 12 months of initial registration and then at renewal of registration which takes place every five years. Audits may also occur at other times such as monitoring or strategic audits, or when an RTO wants to extend its scope of registration (i.e. add qualifications or courses to those it is already approved to deliver). Note that many extension to scope applications are assessed at a desktop audit. A separate fact sheet regarding the AQTF audit process is available. Refer Fact Sheet 18 . The key messages of the AQTF are: engagement with industry, RTOs working systematically toward quality outcomes, continuous improvement, identifying, collecting and analysing data from its stakeholders. The focus of an audit, therefore, is on the outcomes achieved by the RTO. Auditors will evaluate the evidence provided by you against the AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Initial Registration (the AQTF Standards), the quality indicators, and in some circumstances, the Guidelines ...