Eligibility For NARA
Eligibility for NARA Services
In May 2007 the National Senior Officials Committee endorsed the following eligibility requirements.
'Multi-jurisdictional RTOs' eligible to move their registration to NARA are those that are:
- registered on the National Training Information Service (NTIS) as operating in more than one state or territory and provide the registering body with evidence of multi-jurisdictional operations; or
- registered on NTIS as currently operating in its registered jurisdiction only and provide the registering body with evidence showing that it will commence operations in another jurisdiction(s) within six months; or
- a new training organisation seeking registration for the first time and provide the registering body with evidence showing that it will be operating in more than one jurisdiction within six months.”
State and Territory Registering Bodies are responsible for determining if a training provider meets the nationally agreed eligibility criteria to transfer to NARA.
The South Australian government’s transfer form is available for downloading at: http://www.training.sa.gov.au/OVETorgs/pages/default/download/
NOTE: you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the link for Form RTO10.
The Queensland government’s transfer form is at: http://www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/resources/registration_audit/doc/form_tran_reg_nara.doc
Explanation of the Rules
An RTO will be eligible to have its AQTF registration, CRICOS approval (if any) and audits managed by NARA if it can provide one of the following types of evidence in one of the following categories.
Category 1
An agreement to provide nationally recognised training and/or assessment.
1.1 A legally enforceable agreement for the provision of nationally recognised training and/or assessment for one or more legal entities operating in one or more jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction where the RTO is registered.
or
1.2 As an enterprise RTO, a business and/or training plan for the provision of nationally recognised training and/or assessment to be delivered as part of an enterprise’s workforce development and involving operations in one or more jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction where the RTO is registered.
An agreement for nationally recognised training and/or assessment services may require the services to be provided either by the RTO directly or by a partner organisation operating on behalf of the RTO and for which the RTO is responsible for the certification of learners and/or trainees.
NOTE: An agreement to provide training and/or assessment services that are exclusively online will not, by itself, be sufficient evidence.
Category 2
An agreement for premises or facilities that are (or will be) used in providing nationally recognised training and/or assessment.
2.1 A lease, or other legally enforceable agreement, for premises or facilities to be used as part of the inter-state provision of nationally recognised training and/or assessment services;
or
2.2 As an enterprise RTO, an agreement or other commitment for resources, facilities or expertise or an agreement to release learners and/or employees as part of the provision of nationally recognised training and/or assessment.
The premises or facilities may be used either for the management, administration, promotion and marketing of nationally recognised training and/or assessment or as part of the delivery of nationally recognised training and/or assessment. If the premises or facilities are to be used as part of the delivery of nationally recognised training and/or assessment, they will meet the requirements of element 1.3 of Standard 1 of the Australian Quality Training Framework 2007 Essential Standards for Registered Training Organisations.
Category 3
A Statutory Declaration by the Chief Executive Officer (or equivalent) of the RTO.
The Statutory Declaration must provide details of the RTO’s operations in one or more jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction where the RTO is registered including:
3.1 previous agreements to provide nationally recognised training and/or assessment;
and/or
3.2 leases or other agreements for facilities or premises;
and/or
3.3 its current inclusion in an official list/panel of preferred suppliers/providers of nationally recognised training and/or assessment.
NOTE: Evidence is required in only one of the above categories to qualify as a multi-jurisdictional RTO for the purposes of moving RTO registration to NARA.
The official version of the evidence requirements can be found below.
NSOC Wording - Establishment of NARA [12.7kb]
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