A Registered Training Organisation (RTO) is required to uphold the integrity of vocational education and training (VET) qualifications and this means that any training and assessment it delivers must be quality assured and to the highest level.

When a student is issued AQF certification documentation, it’s a statement to say they actually hold the competencies and can perform effectively and safely in the workplace. RTOs must be able to stand behind the quality of their courses and part of ensuring they can, involves validation.

As a three-part series based on the learning program by the same name, the Ultimate Guide to Validation takes an end-to-end look at validation requirements for RTOs with a view to pinpointing and clarifying common areas of query within a validation-driven quality cycle.

The Ultimate Guide to Validation (a series of three webinars) will delve into:

• The meaning of validation and obligations under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Outcome Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations) Instrument 2025 (the ‘Outcome Standards’)
• The foundational elements required to set up for validation success
• Differences in the types of validation activities based on timing within the quality cycle (including pre-use)
• How to plan for, and execute, validation activities, including who can be involved

Each of the 75-minute sessions fit together to give a comprehensive overview of the requirements,
but can also stand alone as PD on the specific validation area.

Register for sessions independently or
bundle all three to save on the ultimate validation PD!

Click on the session titles below for more information

SESSION 1
Understanding the Fundamental Components for Effective Validation

SESSION 2
Ensuring a ‘Fit-for-Purpose’
Assessment System

SESSION 3
Confirming a Quality Assured Approach
to Assessment

27 AUGUST, 2025

Get the foundations right and the rest will follow. Uncover the fundamentals to validation.

17 SEPTEMBER, 2025

How to ensure your RTO’s assessment system is fit-for-purpose and consistent with the training product. Get the Ultimate Guide to Standard 1.3

8 OCTOBER, 2025

Unpack the quality review components of validation activities. Get the Ultimate Guide to Standard 1.5