Developing Training and Assessment Strategies

Course Overview

This unit treats the Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) as the backbone of quality delivery rather than a compliance artefact. You will explore what a TAS must describe, the compliance obligations attached to it, and how it connects to your wider QMS. You will work through industry consultation (why it is required and how to conduct and document it), reviewing and auditing a TAS against a checklist, and developing a compliant TAS for a real training product on your scope, including packaging rules, volume of learning and delivery mode.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to develop, review and defend a TAS that meets regulatory obligations and reflects meaningful industry and learner engagement.

Lessons at a Glance

• What is a Training and Assessment Strategy? - The purpose of a TAS, what it must describe (who, what, when, how, where, by whom, with what resources), and its role in RTO compliance.

  
  

• TAS Requirements under the Standards - The compliance obligations for TAS documentation, ASQA's expectations, and how the TAS connects to the broader QMS.

  
  

• Industry Consultation and the TAS - Why industry engagement is required, how to conduct and document consultation, and how consultation informs TAS content.

  
  

• Reviewing and Auditing a TAS - Using the TAS Review Checklist, identifying gaps and risks, and documenting improvement actions in the CI Register.

  
  

• Developing a Compliant TAS - Step-by-step TAS development for a training product on your scope — packaging rules, volume of learning, and delivery mode documentation.

Assessment

Each course in the RTO Compliance Coaching Program is assessed through a short online knowledge quiz and a practical, workplace-based assignment. Assessments are designed to be applied directly to your own RTO context, so what you complete for assessment purposes also becomes a usable output for your compliance systems. All assessments are hosted and completed within the online learning platform.

What You’ll Gain

• Understand what a Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) must describe and its role in RTO compliance.

• Learn the compliance obligations attached to TAS documentation and how it connects to your QMS.

• Conduct and document meaningful industry consultation.

• Review and audit a TAS against a structured checklist.

• Develop a compliant TAS for a real training product, covering packaging rules, volume of learning and delivery mode.

Additional Benefits

• Self-paced online delivery, accessible anytime via the CWTS learning platform.

• Content developed and maintained by practising RTO compliance specialists.

• Templates, tools and registers provided as part of each course, ready to adapt for your own RTO.

• Aligned with the current Standards for RTOs 2025 and reviewed as the regulatory environment changes.

• Certificate of completion issued for each course, contributing to your ongoing CPD record.