Registered Training Organisation

Army is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and is governed by the Army Training Instruction 1-12/2008 Army Registered Training Organisation. As a Training Command Establishment (TCE), RMC is required to conform to the RTO Standards and Conditions of Registration.

Standards and Conditions of Registration

The AQTF 2007 Essential Standards for Registration are listed below:

Standard 1 - The RTO provides quality training and assessment across all of its operations.
Standard 2 - The RTO adheres to the principles of access and equity and maximises outcomes for its client.
Standard 3 - Management systems are responsive to the needs of its clients, staff and stakeholders, and the environment in which the RTO operates.

In addition to the Standards, there are nine Conditions of Registration:

Governance
Interactions with the registering body
Compliance with legislation
Insurance
Financial Management
Certification and issuing of qualifications and statements of attainment
Recognition of qualifications issued by other RTOs
Accuracy and integrity of marketing
Transition to Training Packages/expiry of accredited courses

As an RTO, Army is committed to maintaining a quality training system, with quality training products and services that produce appropriately trained individuals. RMC has adopted the principles of Quality to satisfy the requirements of maintaining the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) status of Training Command-Army (TC-A). This ensures that RMC contributes to a nationally consistent, high quality vocational education and training system.

Policy

As a Training Command Establishment, RMC is governed by the policy, The Army Training Instruction 1-12/2008. This policy is used within RMC to ensure quality systems and quality training of Army personnel primarily in First Appointment Courses (FAC). The purpose of this policy is to confirm our commitment to the delivery of quality training within the National Skills Framework, and to meet the quality standards expected by Army in the delivery of the products and/or services that we supply to them.

RMC focuses on the key measures of training quality as defined under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) as well as providing a more effective and holistic approach in managing and controlling processes, inputs and outputs to meet stakeholder requirements.

Our quality objectives are to:

Use a Quality Management System as a tool in achieving best practice outcomes across the organisation.
Ensure continuous improvement.

Our quality management system will provide mechanisms for detecting system shortfalls and stimulating process improvements.

RMC will adopt procedures and disciplines to ensure that:

The system is effectively implemented by undertaking relevant skills training and conducting appropriate quality awareness training.
Responsibilities for quality are established by communicating these responsibilities clearly to staff.
The policy and procedures continue to be appropriate by initiating regular reviews to check effectiveness and ongoing relevance.

RMC regularly reviews the needs and expectations of units that receive RMC graduates and will initiate continuous improvement activities to meet these expectations.

Unit Continuous Improvement Plan

The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) is based on a quality assured approach to the registration of training organisations seeking to deliver training, assess competency outcomes and issue qualifications. The RMC Unit Continuous Improvement Plan assures quality is achieved through the consistent application of the registration requirements for RTOs.

Continuous improvement of products and services provided by TC-A is achieved through a cycle of identifying and acting on opportunities for improvement by TC-A and RMC. Continuous improvement is facilitated through the internal self-assessment process and the identification of organisational strengths and opportunities for improvement.

The Unit Continuous Improvement Plan (UCIP) outlines RMC's method of satisfying the quality requirements of being a RTO within TC-A. It has been written to comply with the AQTF which aims to provide the basis for a nationally consistent, high-quality vocational and technical education system.

Below is a link to the UCIP.

Unit Continuous Improvement Plan - coming soon!

Army Training Systems Review

Internal Auditing

The Army Training Systems Review (ATSR) is the process in which RMC reviews its performance against the 3 Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTO) to meet Army's internal reporting and compliance requirements. This enables the unit to identify its strengths and opportunities for improvement as well as any performance gaps.

The ATSR is conducted by 31 May annually, and the results are posted to the RMC website. In addition to the annual self assessment, RMC is required to update the Action plan of the ATSR on a quarterly basis by 21 Aug, 30 Nov and 28 Feb each year.

External Auditing

External audits represent a systematic and independent assessment of RMC's policies, procedures, activities and outcomes to ensure they comply with the AQTF 2007 Essential Standards for Registration. One is internal to Army but external to RMC (2nd party audit); the other is conducted by ACT ARC, as part of Army's RTO obligations to maintain its registration and its commitment to continuously improve (3rd party audit).

RMC is due for a 2nd party audit on 26-27 Feb 09 and a 3rd party audit on 19-20 May 09.

Course Information

The FT GSO FAC is an 18-month course split into three Classes, each of six months. The first six-month block of training is III Class, followed by II Class and finally I Class. If you attend RMC after graduating from the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), you will only be required to complete the last 12 months of training. The course is designed to develop your leadership potential and to teach you the skills necessary to command a platoon as a full-time Army officer.