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.
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:
- administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
- facilitating 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. (The DESE VET Privacy notice has been added below)
How we collect your personal information
When you enrol as a student in a vocational education and training (VET) course, your registered training organisation (RTO) collects personal information so they can process and manage your enrolment.
Your RTO is required by law (under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (the NVETR Act)) to disclose the personal information collected about you to the National VET Data Collection kept by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).
The NCVER is authorised by law (under the NVETR Act) to disclose your personal information to us, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (the department).
How we handle and use your personal information
The department is authorised by law, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) and the NVETR Act to collect, use and disclose your personal information to fulfil specified functions and activities.
The department will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for a range of activities, including:
- administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
- facilitating 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 department is also authorised by law (under the NVETR Act) to disclose your personal information to:
- another Commonwealth authority
- a person engaged by the Secretary of the department to carry out an activity on behalf of the department
if that authority or person satisfies any prescribed information safeguard rules for such a disclosure.
For information about the department’s broader approach to handling personal information across all the areas it administers, please see the department’s privacy policy.
To correct your information
If you would like to seek access to or correct your personal information, in the first instance, please contact your RTO.
To make a complaint or ask a question
If you think we may have breached your privacy you may make a complaint at privacy@dese.gov.au. To ensure that we fully understand the nature of your complaint and the outcome you are seeking, we prefer that you make your complaint in writing.
For further information about our complaint handling processes please see our Privacy Complaint Handling Procedures.
If you wish to ask a question about this VET Privacy Notice, please email VET-DataPolicy@dese.gov.au.
Surveys
You may receive a student survey which may be run by a government department or an NCVER employee, agent, third-party contractor or another authorised agency. Please note you may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted.
Contact information
At any time, you may contact Australian Training Plus to:
- request access to your personal information
- correct your personal information
- make a complaint about how your personal information has been handled
- ask a question about this privacy notice
Australian Training Plus privacy policy is located on the Australian Training Plus web site www.atplus.edu.au. The student handbook and further privacy information can be located on the Australian Training Plus website www.atplus.edu.au. By signing this declaration, it is considered that the documents on these sites have been read and understood.
Declaration:
I consent to my personal information being stored and disclosed in accordance with the privacy policy, Commonwealth & State Government legislation and other relevant government & regulatory body requirements. I have received information from Australian Training Plus regarding any fees payable by me for the enrolled course, including the amount, due date, and methods of payment available to me.
I acknowledge and agree that:
- inappropriate behaviour and/or language will not be tolerated and Australian Training Plus reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour is detrimental to the learning of others or is unsafe;
- Australian Training Plus has a zero tolerance policy towards the use of alcohol and drugs, and where a student is suspected of being intoxicated or under the influence of drugs they will be asked to leave the course for the day and will be referred to an appropriate support service.