How audit-ready is your RTO?
A two-minute check against the Standards for RTOs that took effect on 1 July 2025. Answer 12 questions, one at a time, and see where to focus first.
- Your readiness band, with a score for each area of the Standards
- Your three lowest-scoring areas, each with practical next steps and a free resource
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General guidance based on the Standards for RTOs 2025. It is not legal advice. How the check works
What the check covers
12 questions across 9 areas of the Standards for RTOs that took effect on 1 July 2025. ASQA's performance assessments ask whether practice meets the Standards and whether the RTO monitors and improves its own performance. The questions follow the same lines.
- Training and assessment
- Outcome Standards 1.1 to 1.4
- Trainers and assessors
- Outcome Standards 3.1 to 3.3 and the Credential Policy
- Assessment validation
- Outcome Standard 1.5
- Student information and support
- Outcome Standards 2.1 to 2.6
- Complaints and appeals
- Outcome Standards 2.7 and 2.8
- Third-party arrangements
- Outcome Standard 4.2 and Compliance Standards section 17
- Records and data
- Compliance Standards and the Data Provision Requirements (AVETMISS)
- Governance and self-assurance
- Outcome Standards 4.1 to 4.4
- Annual declaration and audit readiness
- Compliance Standards section 15
About the check
Here's a little more about how we operate. Got a more specific question? Send it through and a member of the team will reply.
12 questions across 9 areas of the Standards for RTOs 2025: training and assessment, trainers and assessors, assessment validation, student information and support, complaints and appeals, third-party arrangements, records and data, governance and self-assurance, annual declaration and audit readiness. Each question describes a practice and asks which answer is closest to how your RTO works today.
Sources
This check is general guidance based on the Standards for RTOs 2025 and ASQA's published guidance. It is not legal advice, and your result does not predict the outcome of an audit or performance assessment. The Standards and ASQA's Practice Guides are the authority on what is required.
- ASQA, About the Standards for RTOs
- Outcome Standards for Registered Training Organisations Instrument 2025
- Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations and Fit and Proper Person Requirements Instrument 2025
- Credential Policy (10 December 2025)
- Data Provision Requirements Instrument 2020
- ASQA, Practice Guides for the 2025 Standards
- ASQA, 2025 Standards for RTOs FAQs (Tranche 1)
- ASQA, Self-assurance
- ASQA, The performance assessment process
- ASQA, Annual declaration on compliance
- ASQA, Prepare now for the 2026 annual declaration on compliance
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