Read the Privacy Notice (required by the National VET Data Policy)
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. If you choose not to
provide the personal information we ask for, we will not be able to
enrol you as a student or report your training activity as required by
law.
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.
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 Field Ops Australia (RTO 45729) 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
Contact us by replying to any email we have sent you about your
enrolment, or via the feedback form on our website.
This Privacy Notice is given to students in addition to our standard
Privacy Policy. Both documents apply to your enrolment.
Privacy Notice (National VET Data Policy — Schedule 1) · v1.0 · effective 12 Jun 2026