VETAB

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The NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB) is the NSW Registering Body for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and courses. It is a NSW statutory body established by the NSW Vocational Education and Training Act 2005.

In accordance with Section 6 of the Vocational Education and Training Act 2005, the objects of the Board are as follows:

(a) to register training organisations,

(b) to accredit vocational courses,

(c) to approve persons to provide courses for overseas students,

(d) to issue guidelines in relation to the registration of training organisations, the accreditation of vocational courses and the approval of persons to provide courses for overseas students,

(e) to advise the Minister on matters concerning the registration of training organisations, the accreditation of vocational courses and the approval of persons to provide courses for overseas students,

(f) to liaise with authorities and other bodies (both in New South Wales and elsewhere) in connection with the registration of training organisations, the accreditation of vocational courses and the approval of persons to provide courses for overseas students,

(g) to investigate, and to report on, matters concerning the registration of training organisations, the accreditation of vocational courses and the approval of persons to provide courses for overseas students.

(2) The Board:

(a) has such functions as are necessary or convenient to enable it to achieve its objects and to promote the objects of this Act, and

(b) has such other functions as are conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act or law, and

(c) is, in the exercise of its functions, subject to the control and direction of the Minister.

Website: www.vetab.nsw.gov.au/about.htm