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Feedback for VETAB

The Certificate that verifies our status as a Registered Training Organisation arrived today. It has been nine months since we formally applied for re-registration. There was a delay of 6 months before the Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB) even began assessing our application but once it was handed to the independent auditor, everything went smoothly.

The audit that she undertook showed we were performing well and the only major sticking point was the obtaining of professional indemnity insurance for our trainers. This we have now achieved - even though we felt it was an unnecessary impost. It has meant an increase in fees for our students however, which is a shame.

Now that we have achieved both re-registration and re-accreditation (what a year that was!!) we decided to write to VETAB and offer them some feedback about the process we had to undergo. Given that we had to go through a number of hoops we felt they would benefit from some constructive feedback about their performance, especially given that the requirements for re-accreditation of all courses are being beefed up at the present time. I hope they will take some of our suggestions on board and I look forward to receiving a response from them.

Posted by andrea at January 13, 2004 03:49 PM

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