Endorsed Provider Model Registered Training Organisation
Application Form
Endorsed Provider Model - RTO Application Form
Overview
The Northern Territory vocational education and training sector is managed and administered by the
Department of Business (the Department) under the Northern Territory Employment and Training Act,
who seeks to ensure quality nationally recognised training and assessment outcomes for Territorians
and local businesses.
Achievement of quality training and assessment outcomes depends on the engagement of training
providers who have relevant experience, capacity, capability and high levels of performance. As such,
access to government funding for training delivery and assessment will be prioritised through an
endorsed provider model.
To be eligible to access public funding for delivery and assessment of nationally recognised training in
the Northern Territory, registered training organisations (RTOs) are required to achieve endorsed
provider status and maintain that status as per the guidelines.
Being eligible to access public funding does not guarantee that funding will be provided – it enables an
RTO to apply for funding as it becomes available.
Before you begin
Visit the Northern Territory Department of Business website (http://www.dob.nt.gov.au/) and review the
funding agreement, relevant training policies and the Endorsed Provider Model guidelines carefully.
Submission of initial application form
Completed forms and enquiries relating to the endorsed provider model should be submitted
electronically to trainingNT@nt.gov.au
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
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Section 1: Organisation contact details
Provide details for the main contact for enquiries about the application.
Contact details
Main contact:
Phone:
Email:
Alternate contact:
Provide contact details for the organisation and identify the officer responsible for overall operation of
the organisation.
RTO details
Current registering body:
ASQA
WA
ABN:
VIC
RTO ID code:
RTO registration expiry:
RTO legal name:
RTO trading name:
Physical business
address:
Postal address:
(if different from above)
Chief executive officer:
If you are an interstate RTO and have a Northern Territory office, provide contact details
Contact details
Postal address:
Main Northern Territory
premises address:
RTO Declaration – Chief Executive Officer
1. I acknowledge that this application form for this registered training organisation has been
prepared with my full knowledge.
2. I understand that the Department of Business may view the accuracy of information
contained in this form as a representation of the operations of this RTO and may use the
information provided in the case of any complaint received in relation to the RTO, or when
conducting any quality assurance and compliance activity in relation to a funding agreement
for delivery and assessment of nationally recognised training in the Northern Territory.
3. I have read and understood the requirements of the funding agreement for delivery and
assessment of nationally recognised training in the Northern Territory.
4. I accept responsibility for ensuring that the RTO remains compliant at all times with the
criteria for endorsed provider status as detailed in the endorsed provider model guidelines.
5. I agree to provide the Department, upon request, with financial statements certified by a
qualified accountant.
6. I understand that the Department, in assessing this application, may seek confirmation of
details provided and/or additional information from any other state, Territory or
Commonwealth government agency as pertinent to this application.
Print name:
Signature:
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
Date:
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Section 2: Capacity and capability
2.1 Provide your planning document that outlines the training and assessment objectives, plans and
goals for the organisation in the Northern Territory.
Demonstrate that the RTO has examined the Northern Territory market and has plans that identify
the objectives and goals for the Northern Territory.
If this information is contained in an overarching plan for the organisation, provide a summary
relating to RTO operational plans and goals specifically for the Northern Territory
2.2 Detail the organisations student support services available to meet the needs of students in the
Northern Territory.
Provide evidence that the RTO has the necessary support mechanisms and services in place to
meet the different learning needs of students.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
•
delivery modes
•
support for disadvantaged students
•
mentoring services
•
language, literacy, numeracy programs
•
staff professional development
•
foundations skills support
2.3 Provide details in the table below, of the number of RTO staff based in the Northern Territory for
RTO activities in the Northern Territory:
Staff
Northern
Territory
based
Northern
Territory
contractors
Fly-in / Interstate
based
Trainers & assessors
Management, administration and support staff
Totals
2.4 Detail the organisations consultation and engagement with Northern Territory industry and/or
community.
Provide evidence that the RTO has links and engagement with industry and/or the community to
demonstrate they are meeting the training needs of employers and the community/ individuals in
the Northern Territory.
Examples can include partnership arrangements with trainers/industry/employers, liaison with the
local training advisory council, industry bodies, Northern Territory employers, students and
community bodies.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
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2.5 Provide a copy of the organisations completed register of complaints for the past two (2) years.
Include details about the outcome of the complaint, actions taken to deal with the complaint and
any changes to systems/performance made as a result.
RTOs that do not use a register must detail how they keep track of and respond to complaints over
time.
2.6 Provide a register of the organisations completed continuous improvement activity, how
feedback/information is gathered, actions taken and outcomes achieved in the past two (2) years.
RTOs that do not use a register must detail how they keep track of continuous improvement activity
over time.
Section 3: Performance
3.1 Outline the organisations experience in delivering nationally recognised training and assessment
in the Northern Territory and/or to Northern Territory resident students in the past two (2) years.
This should demonstrate that the RTO understands and has the ability to operate effectively in the
Northern Territory training market and include but not be limited to, delivery locations, qualifications
delivered, modes of delivery and student cohorts.
The summary should cover the RTOs approach to reasonable adjustment, that is, how they
account for training in different locations and to different cohorts.
RTOs with limited or no Northern Territory experience can describe experience in similar
environments/markets.
3.2 Submit ASQA Quality Indicator annual summary reports (learner engagement and employer
satisfaction surveys) for the most recent two (2) calendar years.
Further information about the form and a template can be found on the Australian Government
website: www.asqa.gov.au/forms.html
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
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3.3 Submit a unit of competencies summary data report providing the following information for
nationally recognised training delivered by your organisation for the previous two (2) full calendar
years:
Each unit of competency:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Number of enrolments
Number of completions
Number of continuing
Number of withdrawals
Number of cancellations
Note 1: If you have reported AVETMISS data to the Department of Business in the last two (2)
years please indicate in the box below. You do not need to re-submit this data as the Department
will source it from internal records.
Note 2: Please only provide data on nationally recognised training delivered in the Northern
Territory.
Note 3: If you do not currently deliver nationally recognised training in the Northern Territory,
please provide the above data for your training activity Australia wide.
3.4 Submit a qualifications summary data report providing the following information for nationally
recognised training delivered by your organisation for the previous two (2) full calendar years:
Each qualification:
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Number of enrolments
Number of completions
Number of continuing
Number of withdrawals
Number of cancellations
Note 1: Please only provide data on nationally recognised training delivered in the Northern
Territory.
Note 2: If you do not currently deliver nationally recognised training in the Northern Territory,
please provide the above data for your training activity Australia wide.
3.5 Provide the name and version of the student management system that the organisation uses to
submit AVETMISS compliant data to the Department.
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Section 4: Operational details
4.1 Detail the organisations contribution to the Northern Territory economy including the number of
staff recruited to RTO operations locally.
This should demonstrate that the RTO contributes to the NT economy through current support, or
intended future support for, local businesses and Territorians and could include maintaining offices
in the Territory, employing apprentices/trainees, supporting disadvantaged groups, delivering
training locally and utilising local suppliers.
4.2 Provide details of any funding agreements for the delivery and assessment of nationally recognised
training the organisation currently has with the Commonwealth or other State/Territory
Governments, including any Northern Territory Government agencies. (Add additional rows as
required.)
Program title/
description
Funding body
Duration
Estimated total
funding amount
4.3 Provide a percentage (%) estimate of the last 2 years income specifically related to delivery and
assessment of nationally recognised training, apportioned as follows:
Year
(insert year)
Northern Territory
Government funded
%
Other
Government
funded
%
Fee-for-service
%
All other sources
%
See note below
See note below
Note: Provide explanation of income streams included in All Other Sources
4.4 From the organisation balance sheet, provide the debt ratio of total liabilities to total assets of the
organisation for the year-to-date, using the formula:
Debt Ratio = Total Liabilities / Total Assets
Note: If the part of the organisation that delivers and assesses nationally recognised training does
not have identifiable assets, please provide a ratio for the organisation as a whole.
Debt Ratio
Year-to-date period ending:
Self-rating (is the organisations Debt Ratio low, medium or high)
Low
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
Medium
High
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Section 5: Notice of declarations
By signing this document, the Chief Executive Officer is confirming they have read and understood the
requirements of the endorsed provider model and of the funding agreement for delivery and
assessment of nationally recognised training in the Northern Territory, and take responsibility for
ensuring the organisations compliance with these requirements.
Application Form End
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS
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