Partnering with RTO Validation Specialists ensures transparency and eliminates biases, guaranteeing fair outcomes for all students. Our services support your RTO in maintaining the quality and accuracy of assessment processes and outcomes.

We offer pre-assessment validation to ensure assessments meet standards before they are conducted, as well as post-assessment validation to verify the fairness and reliability of assessment results afterward.

According to ASQA, main audit issues were:

  • Assessment does not address all requirements of the training product.
  • Assessment does not gather sufficient valid assessment when conducted in a workplace.
  • Inadequate exposure to workplace conditions, including inappropriate simulated environments.
  • Assessment activities conducted without using required resources.
  • Lack of practical assessment.
  • Issues relating to authenticity of assessment, particularly in distance and online delivery.

Source: ASQA Annual Report 2015-16, Page 55, Figure 8 Levels of compliance by standard, 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016

RTO Validation Responsibilities

ASQA Standards for Registered Training Organisations (SRTOs) (2015) clauses 1.9, 1.10, and 1.11 require RTOs to comply.

How do we determine what needs to be validated?

  • Each training product in your scope is validated at least once every five years.
  • At least 50% of products in your scope are validated within the first three years of each five-year cycle.

An RTO, or Registered Training Organisation, has several assessment validation responsibilities:

  1. Ensure that assessment methods and tools are valid and reliable.
  2. Ensure that assessors are competent and trained to conduct assessments fairly and consistently.
  3. Have a system in place to monitor and evaluate assessment practices’ effectiveness and make necessary improvements.
  4. Maintain accurate records of assessment outcomes and provide feedback to learners on their performance.