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. The RTO will not be able to enrol students who
fail or refuse to provide personal information.
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.
If
for any reason you cannot access the privacy notice electronically on the
Department’s website, please get in touch with us at training@workzone.net.au to obtain a copy of the 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 Workzone Training 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