Vocational Education and Training Consulting
Guiding Registered Training Organisations and Industry through the VET Sector and the Standards for RTOs
VET Consulting
We help RTOs, employers, industry and government to navigate their way through the VET sector and the complex legislative and organisational environment including the Standards for RTOs 2025 in effect for ASQA regulated RTOs and to coming into effect from 1st Jan 2026 for TAC regulated RTOs.
RTO Consultation
Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can support RTOs to develop their quality assurance and self assurance models.
Bringing experience and expertise to the partnership, Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can work with RTOs to quality assure policies and procedures, training and assessment strategies, assessment tool and documentation review, and in new course design, development and accreditation.
Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can provide customised support including staff development, training and workshop delivery.
Workforce planning
Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can work with employers in undertaking training needs analysis and skills gap identification processes to support your workforce planning strategies.
Specialising in the utilisation of apprenticeships and traineeships, Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can help navigate the often complex environment to support your staff recruitment and development needs.
Trusted advisor support
Need to know something about the VET Sector?
Apprenticeship and traineeships establishment; funding requirements; qualification approvals; accredited course development; transition and teach out timeframes; State and Commonwealth reforms and their impacts, compliance questions.
With a comprehensive understanding of the VET Sector and specialising in the WA Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 and the VET General Regulations 2009, there is not much that Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can't assist you with.
VET Reforms
With the continual evolution of the vocational education and training (VET) sector — including reforms to qualification design, the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2025, and the revised Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), there has never been a more important time to stay informed and organised.
The Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2025 are now in effect for ASQA-regulated RTOs and will take effect for WA Training Accreditation Council (TAC)-regulated RTOs from 1 January 2026. These Standards are supported by the Compliance Standards and Credential Policy instruments, which together set out the expectations for quality training, assessment, governance, and workforce capability across the sector.
The new Standards strengthen the focus on student outcomes, trainer and assessor credentials, assessment quality, and self-assurance through systematic monitoring and continuous improvement.
Now is the time to ensure your systems, policies and practices are aligned with the new framework.
Get in touch to discuss what these changes mean for your RTO and how to plan a smooth, compliant transition.
Other services
Internal audits
Compliance advisor
Compliance advisor
Vocational Training and Skills Solutions can conduct internal audits of your RTO. Including reviewing a risk-based sample of training products on scope, training and assessment strategies, trainer matrices, assessment tools and policies and procedures.
Includes entry and exit meeting and an audit outcome report with recommendations to address non compliances and opportunities for improvements.
Compliance advisor
Compliance advisor
Compliance advisor
Whether you are looking for in-depth, comprehensive customised and tailored support, or a general on call advisory support service, contact us for a package to suit your needs.
The Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2025 are now in effect for ASQA-regulated RTOs and will apply to TAC-regulated RTOs from 1 January 2026. Supported by the separate Compliance Standards and Credential Policy, the new framework places a stronger focus on student outcomes, workforce capability, assessment quality, and self-assurance.
We can help you interpret the new Standards in the context of your RTO’s operations, update systems and policies, and embed practical self-assurance and continuous improvement processes to maintain compliance and quality outcomes.
Get in touch to explore how we can help you navigate the new framework with confidence and clarity.
Trusted advisor
Compliance advisor
Trusted advisor
Do you have a question or a problem? Rather than spending hours searching for an answer, contact us for one on one, confidential support.
We will do the research for you.
Packages or hourly rates available, contact us for more detail and to discuss your needs.
About Us
Who we are
Who we are
Who we are
Director and Principal Consultant
Paul Hardman.
Diploma Quality Auditing, Diploma Training Design and Development, Diploma Business Management, Certificate IV Training and Assessment, Higher National Diploma Food Development and Management
Paul is highly qualified and experienced in Vocational Education and Training (VET), having managed q
Director and Principal Consultant
Paul Hardman.
Diploma Quality Auditing, Diploma Training Design and Development, Diploma Business Management, Certificate IV Training and Assessment, Higher National Diploma Food Development and Management
Paul is highly qualified and experienced in Vocational Education and Training (VET), having managed quality, compliance, curriculum and apprenticeships and traineeships for over 20 years.
Paul is a contracted auditor and accredited course reviewer to the WA Training and Accreditation Council.
With a high attention to detail and a holistic view of the VET sector, Paul provides high quality reviews, recommendations and solutions.
From mapping to mentoring, course design to quality assurance, Paul is here to support you.
Location
Who we are
Who we are
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Paul brings expertise in RTOs regulated in WA through the WA Training Accreditation Council (TAC) and is fully conversant with WA legislative requirements including the
Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (the VET Act) and the Vocational Education and Training (General) Regulations 2009.
Paul is a
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Paul brings expertise in RTOs regulated in WA through the WA Training Accreditation Council (TAC) and is fully conversant with WA legislative requirements including the
Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 (the VET Act) and the Vocational Education and Training (General) Regulations 2009.
Paul is a contracted auditor and accredited course reviewer to the WA Training and Accreditation Council and has experience of working with ASQA and CRICOS regulated RTOs and their requirements.