Construction Training Australia Pty Ltd will provide applicants with the opportunity to apply for credit prior to Application for Enrolment or during the initial part of the course. CTA will recognize past study and life experience and assess these aspects against the units and training package requirements. Students may apply for exemptions from units of competency in courses where they can demonstrate that they have the skills or knowledge already. These skills have been obtained from prior study (similar courses) or even from life skills. Recognition of prior learning is a way of recognising these skills and prior learning where it is relevant to a training course offered by CTA.
Applicant students will be required to provide documentary evidence of prior learning for each module where exemption is claimed. Documentary evidence is required to be original qualification / certification or certified true copy.
Under the Data Provision Requirements 2012, CTA is required to collect personal information about you and to disclose that personal information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).
Your personal information (including the personal information contained on this enrolment form) may be used or disclosed by CTA for statistical, administrative, regulatory and research purposes. CTA may disclose your personal information for these purposes to: Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorised agencies; and NCVER.
Personal information that has been disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed by NCVER for the following purposes:
- Facilitating statistics and research relating to education, including surveys and data linkage;
- Pre-populating RTO student enrolment forms;
- Understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information;
- Populating authenticated VET transcripts;
- Administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation.
You may receive a student survey which may be administered by a government department or NCVER employee, agent or third party contractor or other authorised agencies. Please note you may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted.
NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the National VET Data Policy and all NCVER policies and protocols (including those published on NCVER’s website at www.ncver.edu.au).
CTA respects your right to information privacy. Information collected is kept in accordance with the Privacy Legislation. Please contact us if you would like a copy of our Privacy Policy and/or information on privacy.