WHY WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
As a registered training organisation (RTO), we collect your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a vocational education and training (VET) course with us. Failing to provide the following information prior or at enrolment will delay the commencement of your training:
• Unique Student Identifier
• Appropriate identification as listed on page 2
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your personal information to enable us to deliver VET courses to you, and otherwise, as needed, to comply with our obligations as an RTO.
HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We are required by law (under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVETR Act)) to disclose the personal information we collect about you to the National VET Data Collection kept by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER). The NCVER is responsible for collecting, managing, analysing and communicating research and statistics about the Australian VET
sector.
We are also authorised by law (under the NVETR Act) to disclose your personal information to the relevant state or territory training authority.
HOW THE NCVER AND OTHER BODIES HANDLE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the NVETR Act. Your personal information may be used and disclosed by NCVER for purposes that include populating authenticated VET transcripts; administration of VET; facilitation of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage; and understanding the VET market.
The NCVER is authorised to disclose information to the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), Commonwealth authorities, State and Territory authorities (other than registered training organisations) that deal with matters relating to VET and VET regulators for the purposes of those bodies, including to enable:
• administration of VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
• facilitation of statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage
• understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information.
The NCVER may also disclose personal information to persons engaged by NCVER to conduct research on NCVER’s behalf.
The NCVER does not intend to disclose your personal information to any overseas recipients.
For more information about how the NCVER will handle your personal information please refer to the NCVER’s Privacy Policy at
www.ncver.edu.au/privacy.
If you would like to seek access to or correct your information, in the first instance, please contact your RTO using the contact details listed below.
DESE is authorised by law, including the Privacy Act and the NVETR Act, to collect, use and disclose your personal information to fulfil specified functions and activities. For more information about how the DESE will handle your personal information, please refer to the DESE VET Privacy Notice at
https://www.dese.gov.au/national-vet-data/vet-privacy-notice.
Australian Trade Training College is an approved Skills Assure Supplier with Department of Employment, Small Business and Training and are required to disclose personal information directly to them. Please refer to their Information Privacy Policy at
In addition Australian Trade Training College will also disclose information about your training in the following circumstances:
• your employer, if you are engaged as an apprentice or traineeship or if your employer is paying your fee’s;
• your school, if you are engaged as a school based apprentice/trainee or engaged with a school Australian Trade Training College is in partnership with;
• your legal parent/guardian listed on this form as an emergency contact if you are under the age of 18;
• Registered Training Organisations who request to verify any training you have undertaken with Australian Trade Training College are valid and authentic.