So you want to be an
RTO?
Anna-Louise Allen
Training Recognition Consultant
AQTF Auditor
Why?
You are a great trainer/assessor
Sick of working for RTOs who don’t
know what they are doing
You can run a better RTO than most
RTOs make lots of money
You want to access government funding
You want to be your own boss
Great Trainer/Assessor
Great practitioners, don’t always make
great business owners
Running an RTO is not different from
other businesses.
If training and assessing is what you like
doing, take a job, don’t open a training
business
You will end up doing everything
Sick of working for poor
quality RTO’s
How will you make sure your RTO is not
just another poorly managed RTO?
You may be better to take a holiday or
change RTO’s
Managing an RTO is a full time business
– there will be no time for ‘doing it’
Systems and procedures are what make
a business run well
How will you run the RTO?
A well run RTO business requires
systematic policies and procedures
Compliance and good management go
hand in hand
Clear and accurate procedures need to
exist
Record keeping is the key
Poorly resourced RTO’s fail – what start up
capital and resources do you have?
Being an RTO is not a recipe to make money :
As with all businesses, you require start
up capital, a business premises and the
training and assessment resources
Return on investment in the first year will
be minimal
Do not expect to make a profit in the first
year.
Government funding
In Victoria:
There is a current list of private providers
No funding will be offered to RTOs outside
of this group
Registration as an RTO does not entitle you
to government funding
The Victorian Minimum Performance
Standards only allows subcontracting
between preferred providers.
Being your own boss:
If you are considering running a one
person RTO – think again.
If you are a one person operation you
really just have a job with very long
hours
If you are going to employ trainers, you
will become a boss
Do you have the leadership skills to do
this?
Source appropriate facilities
Training venues with resources to suit
your training services
Purchase the training packages
Develop or sources training and
assessment materials including session
plans, learner guides, references,
assessment tools and recording sheets
Have access to appropriately qualified
staff and special facilities.
Registration requirements
You need to establish a legal entity – this
could be an individual, a company or a
trading name.
You will need a Director’s certificate for
the trading name to show the legal entity
for that trading name
Lodgement of your
applications
Prior to lodging your application you will
need to pay a fee to the Office of
Training and Tertiary Education (OTTE)
via the Westpac Bank. This fee changes
annually
You will need to complete an application
form and declaration.
You application must be lodged and
supported by a Training Recognition
Consultant
Once registered
You will receive notification from OTTE
that your registration has been
successful,
you will receive a registration certificate
and Training Organisation Identification
Number (TOID)
This number will appear on the National
Training Information Service (NTIS)
Need help?
Puggle Press and Company can
assist with all your registration
requirements.
Call 9889 3542
Meet with Anna-Louise to discuss
your needs, this is a chargeable
service
Purchase the AQTF resources CD