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Legislation Awareness Guide

The following range of legislative references and standards is provided as an awareness guide only.It aims to increase awareness of the roles and responsibility Emergency First Aid has in a quality process that supports the RTO in meeting its obligations to its clientele.

Education and Training Reform Act 2006

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/

The Act was introduced by the Victorian Government to provide a legislative foundation for flexible high quality training to support Victorian's workforce, both now and in the future.

The legislation has introduced better regulation of the apprenticeship and traineeship system and a more effective structure for providing advice on vocational education, training and employment matters to the government.

The objectives of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 are:

• to establish a system for the effective and efficient provision of high quality vocational education and training to meet the immediate and future needs of industry and the community
• to provide mechanisms for employees, employers, associations of employees or employers, and the community, to advise government on vocational education and training needs and priorities to meet those needs
• to support the continued development of high quality training by and within industry
• to facilitate the provision of vocational education and training that is relevant to employment and encourages the generation of employment opportunities
• to regulate the registration of training organisations within the State
• To meet the State's obligations under national training arrangements about vocational education and training.

This Act is about the current system’s capability to continually meet industry and community VET needs.All of which, hinges on the enforcement of the RTO or supervising RTO to meet their responsibilities and compliance requirements.It provides the basis for industry and the community to have confidence in how accredited training (e.g. user choice, government sponsored training, etc) takes place. It is about governing the operational requirements of an RTO in Victoria. It prescribes, for example:

·Requirements to comply with AQTF standards

·a 21 day turnaround timeframe for ‘Result of Assessment’ to be received by the student

·Requirements for maintaining registration status

Refer to:

Chapter 4—Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority,

Part 4.3—Registration of Students and Providers

Division 3—School sector and VET

4.3.10Registration of education and training organisations

4.3.11Criteria for registration

4.3.12Terms of registration

Division 4—National registration

4.3.13Application of Division

4.3.14Registration and national effect of registration

4.3.15Applying in Victoria for registration

4.3.16Decision about registration

4.3.17Registration conditions

4.3.18Term of registration

4.3.19Amending registration on application by registered education and training organisation

4.3.20Removal of registered details

4.3.21Amending, suspending or cancelling registration without application

4.3.22Cancelling registration on change of business operations

4.3.23Effect of suspension of registration of RTO

4.3.24Registering body to register amendment, suspension or cancellation

4.3.25Audit of RTO registered by the Authority

4.3.26Audit of RTO registered by another registering body

4.3.27Conduct of audit

4.3.28Powers not limited by compliance audit provisions

4.3.29Function or power may be used to support national scheme

Part 4.4—Accreditation and Qualifications

Division 1—Investigation and accreditation

4.4.1Investigation of a course or part of a course by Authority

4.4.2Accreditation of a course or part of a course

4.4.3Cancellation or suspension of accreditation

4.4.4Review of higher education courses

Division 2—Qualifications

4.4.5Who can issue qualifications?

Part 4.7—Offences

4.7.1Unregistered schools

4.7.2Offences by unregistered persons

4.7.3Offence in relation to accredited courses

4.7.4Offences in relation to courses and qualifications

4.7.5Offence to falsely claim to be an RTO

4.7.6Only approved universities to operate in Victoria

4.7.7Accreditation and authorisation of courses required

4.7.8Offence to falsely claim to provide an accredited course

4.7.9Offence in relation to qualifications

Part 5.3A—Victorian Student Numbers and Student Register

Division 1—Introductory

5.3A.1Definitions

5.3A.2Application of Part

Division 2—Victorian student numbers and the Student Register

5.3A.3Requirements for allocation or verification of Victorian student numbers

5.3A.4Information to be provided to Secretary

5.3A.5Secretary must allocate or verify Victorian student number

5.3A.6Secretary to notify provider or Authority of Victorian student number

5.3A.7Secretary must establish Student Register

5.3A.8Secretary to maintain Student Register

Division 3—Access, use or disclosure of Victorian student numbers and related information

5.3A.9Authorisations for use of Victorian student numbers or related information

5.3A.10Authorised users must only act in accordance with authorisation

5.3A.11Student, parent or guardian may access Student Register information

5.3A.12Secretary to provide copy of information to students, parents or guardians

5.3A.13Student may use or disclose his or her Victorian student number

5.3A.14Prohibition on Secretary's use or disclosure

5.3A.15False representation

Division 4—Implementation of allocation of Victorian student numbers

5.3A.16Definition

5.3A.17Secretary to allocate current students with Victorian student numbers

5.3A.18Secretary may request information relating to students

5.3A.19Appointed days for application of section 5.3A.3 to providers

Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004

Occupational Health & Safety Regulation 2007

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/

The Occupation Health & Safety Act sets out the laws about the health and safety requirements affecting most workplaces and work activities in Victoria. You need to be familiar with the Act in order to understand your obligations and safety requirements.

To make Victorian workplaces healthier and safer, you must fulfil your obligations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act. You have a workplace health and safety obligation to yourself and to others.

You must:

• comply with instructions given for workplace health and safety by any staff member
• use personal protective equipment if the organisation provides it and if you’re properly instructed in its use
• not wilfully or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided for workplace health and safety at the workplace
• not wilfully place others at risk
• not wilfully injure yourself

Emergency First Aid cannot knowingly put anyone’s health and safety at risk and therefore must ensure the competence of our staff and contractors delivering training or in the provision of services within the working environment.

Equal Opportunity Act 2010

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/

Underpinning this legislative piece is the goal to maximise opportunities for access, participation and outcomes for all Victorian’s within the VET system.There are no exclusions.If literacy and numeracy difficulties are identified, then support options must be considered for offer, and arranged if requested by the individual.

This Act promotes and protects the principles that in practise lead to the fair and equitable treatment of everyone.

Refer to:

Part 2 What is Discrimination?

Attributes

The following are the attributes on the basis of which discrimination is prohibited in the areas of activity set out in Part 4

(a)age;

(b)breastfeeding;

(c)employment activity;

(d)gender identity;

(e)impairment;

(f)industrial activity;

(g)lawful sexual activity;

(h)marital status;

(i)parental status or status as a carer;

(j)physical features;

(k)political belief or activity;

(l)pregnancy;

(m)race;

(n)religious belief or activity;

(o)sex;

(p)sexual orientation;

(q)personal association (whether as a relative or otherwise) with a person who is identified by reference to any of the above attributes.

Part 4—When is Discrimination Prohibited?

Division 3—Discrimination in education

38Discrimination by educational authorities

39Exception—educational institutions for particular groups

40Educational authority must make reasonable adjustments for person with an impairment

41Exception—not reasonable for educational authority to make adjustments

42Exception—standards of dress and behaviour

43Exception—age-based admission schemes and age quotas

Disability Act 2006

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/

The Disability Act 2006 was passed by the Victorian Parliament on 1 July 2006.

The new Act provides the strongest foundation Victorian’s have ever had for promoting the rights of people with a disability, increasing their wellbeing and encouraging their participation in the life of the community. It includes measures to safeguard the rights and safety of people with a disability and combines with existing systems to improve the quality of services they receive.

People with a disability have the right to equal access to services available to other members of the Victorian community. The service delivery principles in the Disability Act 2006 encourage service providers to consider the needs of people with a disability when they design and deliver services.

Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992

The Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 provides protection for everyone in Australia against discrimination based on disability. It encourages everyone to be involved in implementing the Act and to share in the overall benefits to the community and the economy that flow from participation by the widest range of people.

Disability discrimination happens when people with a disability are treated less fairly than people without a disability. Disability discrimination also occurs when people are treated less fairly because they are relatives, friends, carers, co-workers or associates of a person with a disability.