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What do we offer?
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A little bit of history...
There are a range of reasons why enterprises choose to become registered
as RTOs. These are explored in some detail in a number of ERTOA
publications, but specifically in the document titled
Building the RTO
business case which reflects the experiences of a number of member
enterprises.
In the early 2000s a number of enterprise RTO (ERTO) managers began to
meet informally to talk about common issues in running their enterprise
RTOs. They needed support and access to each others experiences and rarely
found VET workshops, conferences or research papers that recognised and
addressed their specific needs.
From little things big things grow, and an active community of practice
emerged from these early informal meetings. In 2006 an association of
enterprise RTOs was formally incorporated and nine member enterprises
attended the inaugural Annual General Meeting held in Adelaide in October
2006.
Since then ERTOA has grown strongly with increased
membership every year
and now includes many of Australia’s best known and most successful
business enterprises.
What does ERTOA offer its members?
ERTOA offers you direct contact and access to enterprise RTO managers and
training and development professionals working in the same challenging
training environment as you. ERTOA also works to ensure your views and
interests are heard and acted upon in the development and implementation
of National and State VET policy and procedures. The bottom line is that
ERTOA was established by people like you to help you improve the business
performance of your enterprises.
ERTOA can support you and benefit your RTO, and improve the business
outcomes of your enterprise by;
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Providing an effective forum for members to share expertise, problems,
processes and products.
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Providing an experienced ERTOA member to support
you in your first few months of membership – the
ERTOA buddy system.
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Convening regular face-to-face meetings of members to discuss issues of
relevance to you.
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Developing and running professional development activities that are
meaningful and relevant to your business training environment.
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Commissioning and publishing research and review project reports
designed to help you to run your RTOs and to improve the business
performance in your enterprise
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Establishing Member Special Interest Groups (MSIGs) that focus on the
issues that concern you. Current MSIGs include:
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External funding opportunities
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Assessment validation and moderation
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RTO registration and re-registration, and
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Learning Management Systems
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Providing opportunities and support for you to
represent ERTOA, and the
views of your industry and enterprise, in a wide range of VET activities
and initiatives including:
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Providing a strong and recognised voice to represent the views and
interests of enterprise RTOs in key discussions about policy and research
direction and priorities for the Australian VET sector
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Providing access to National and State senior policy developers and
VET-related Government Ministers and advisors, and a ‘seat at the table’
when policy is developed.
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Establishing regular and formal dialogue on common issues with the other
peak VET provider groups including
TAFE Directors Australia (TDA),
Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) and
Group
Training Australia (GTA).
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A Member Services Manager to assist you.
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‘As a member of ERTOA we have found our association to be
very supportive and beneficial in the following key areas: It enables us
to keep abreast of current and future trends in VET specifically with
regard to legislative changes that can have a significant impact on
enterprise RTO’s especially during audit and re-registration processes,
and it provides an ideal avenue for networking opportunities with other
training professionals from companies across varying industries, to gain
insight and share experiences on learning and assessment strategies that
align to business needs and meet the AQTF requirements.’
Greg Spence
National Learning & Development Manager
DP World Australia
Limited
email:
Greg.Spence@dpworld.com.au
‘McDonald's Australia
Ltd has been a member of ERTOA since the association began and we continue
to benefit
from this membership. ERTOA gives enterprise RTO's the opportunity to
discuss and resolve questions and issues that are particular to our type
of RTO. This benefit cannot be underestimated as enterprise RTO's operate
differently to other types of RTO's and it is essential that we have a
body that is sympathetic to the challenges of running an enterprise RTO.
ERTOA provides this support as well as giving us a strong national voice
in issues that affect and impact our business.
The networking
opportunities provided by being a member of ERTOA are also a valuable
benefit, not only to me as the National RTO Manager, but to members of my
team around the country as well. The members’ special interest groups are
a great example of how this networking shares industry and RTO expertise
nationally and have helped us in every State.’
Lisa Apthorpe RTO National
Manager
McDonald's Australia
email:
lisa.apthorpe@au.mcd.com
‘As a member representative of ERTOA I have
the opportunity to network with over 44 RTO managers across Australia
involved in enterprises from very diverse industries. My enterprise has
used this network for RTO questions and also learning and development
practice issues. The information has allowed us to influence practice in
our organisation by sighting evidence of other companies solutions to
similar situations. When issues of government policy or regulation have
caused issue I have the ability to raise this with the Association and
other members to look towards opportunities to influence changes.’
Chris Butler Business
Quality and RTO Manager
Learning and Development
Qantas College
email:
chrisbutler@qantas.com.au
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'Being
a member of ERTOA has been of great assistance to Defence in that we are
able to exchange ideas, views and problems with other Enterprise RTOs,
also membership has enabled us to give responses and views when new
regulatory changes are proposed and not be a “voice in the wilderness”.'
Garry Hurley RTO Coordinator
Defence Learning Services Network
email garry.hurley@defence.gov.au
'As
members of ERTOA we have always been supported and given guidance for
legislative changes. Particularly resources that were developed and
provided by ERTOA were instrumental in helping us through a
re-registration audit under AQTF2007 without any corrective actions.
Interactions with other ERTOA members often provide opportunities to
further develop our knowledge and skills in the RTO/VET world.'
Paula Dexter RTO Manager
Westpac Banking Corporation
email:
pdexter@westpac.com.au
'ERTOA
membership has been valuable to us as a company in that discussions with
other Enterprise RTO’s around the implementation of AQTF2007 enabled us to
clarify our thinking and modify our systems and processes so that we
sailed through a re-registration audit not long after AQTF2007 came into
force. Also the willingness of members to share information is most
invaluable.'
Ric Calder Learning & Development Manager
Wesfarmers General Insurance Limited
email:
Ric.Calder@wgil.com.au
‘ERTOA membership has enabled our VET
practitioners to meet with VET practitioners in other enterprises, in both
the public and private sectors. Participation in ERTOA events has been a
very successful development strategy used by many of our practitioners. As
a result of this, our practitioners now have built networks and in the
sharing of information between enterprises we have found that while the
industries in the enterprises may be very different, the issues which
arise in the enterprises are very common.’
Kay Pelle RTO Manager
Australian Taxation Office
email:
kay.pelle@ato.gov.au
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