State Based reporting requirements differ drastically between unique States and Territories, ranging from unique fields that need to be managed right through to entirely unique reporting methods. This Help Centre article serves as a brief guideline of the different States/Territories and the facets of their AVETMISS reporting needs that make them unique.
Victoria
Reporting Body: Skills Victoria
Reporting System: Skills Victoria Training System (SVTS)
Website: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/svts/
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://www.vic.gov.au/training-data-collection
Victorian Specific Enrolment Details:
- Includes reporting of tuition fees including dollars and cents
- Includes reporting of 'Client Fees – Other' as a per-Unit rate calculated based on additional fees excluding Course/Tuition fees and Government contribution items. This fee/cost includes such things as materials and equipment costs charged to the students.
- Includes a record for each ‘enrolment’ in the NAT00130 (Program Completed) with recorded training activity
- Includes the following unique Enrolment fields/flags:
- Workplace employer allows you to select the employer that is providing workplace-based delivery or practical placement
- Course commencement date (Press Info to see clarification details)
- Enrolment date (Press Dates Info see clarification details)
- An area for Free Exemption and a Fee Waiver to be recorded separately
- Supervised end date (PSTACD)
- This should be set as the date when the student is scheduled to complete, or did complete, supervised training and assessment. This is mandatory for non fee-for-service reportable enrolments continuing into 2016 or later. (See here for clarification details)
- Funding Eligibility key
- VIC program enrolment section – This sets the program enrolment status, which defaults to "In training" (30). The “VIC program enrolment” panel, and “Existing” button, are cleared and disabled if:
- No qualification is selected on the first page, or
- You are adding enrolments for multiple clients, or
- You are adding/editing an occurrence, booking, employer enrolment, or enrolment in a profile
- Industry Code (ANZSIC)
- Program Unique Supervised Hours (PUSH)
- Claims exclusion allows you to "opt-out" of receiving reject messages for reported data that cannot be claimed by flagging the enrolment when it is reported
- Supersedes enrolment
- Eligibility exemption verified flag
- Evidence of eligibility flag
- Provided under VSL flag
- Student declaration signed flag
NSW
Reporting Body: Training Services NSW
Reporting System: STS Online
Website: https://www.training.nsw.gov.au
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://smartandskilled.nsw.gov.au/for-training-providers
Smart and Skilled is the unique reporting guidelines used by Training Organisations within New South Wales. It incorporates some unique requirements and processes to submit student data for funding. We have a help centre article explaining Smart and Skilled report needs here: NSW: Smart And Skilled Reporting Essentials
New South Wales Specific Enrolment Details:
- Includes all units within enrolments
- Reports the ‘Commitment ID’ in the ‘Contract Number’ column which would normally come from the Purchasing Contract entered in an enrolment. (Press Info within VETtrak to see clarification details)
- Within the ‘Commitment Info’ tab in the NSW Smart and Skilled enrolment wizard ‘Complete’ tick box will stop reporting NSW Smart & Skilled.
QLD
Reporting Body: Department of Education, Small Business and Training (DESBT)
Reporting System: Partner Portal
Website: https://desbt.qld.gov.au/
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://desbt.qld.gov.au/training/docs-data/statistics/rto-data
Queensland Specific Enrolment Details:
- Includes reporting of tuition fees to the nearest full dollar
- Labels the purchasing contract a ‘Pre-qualified Supply No (PAS)’
- Reports a ‘Full time learning option’ yes/no field at the end of the NAT00120
WA
Reporting Body: Department of Training and Workforce Development
Reporting System: Training Allocation Management System (TAMS) Portal
Website: http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/
Reporting Documentation/Resources: http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/training#statistics-and-the-wa-data-standard,
Western Australian Specific Enrolment Details:
- Does not use AVETMISS 8 files, uses simplistic Student and Enrolment files generated from VETtrak
- Refers to a funding source as a Contracted Program of Study (CPS)
- Reports an intake number
- Reports Tuition Fee, Resource Fees and Loan Liability pricing
- Does not use National Outcome Identifiers, uses unique codes that VETtrak converts to their National Equivalents
Unique AVETMISS Values:
- 'Employer invoiced' flag
- 'Funding Removed' flag
ACT
Reporting Body: Skills Canberra
Reporting System: ACT Vocational Education and Training Administration Records System (AVETARS)
Website: https://www.act.gov.au/skills
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://www.act.gov.au/skills/registered-training-organisations/avetars
ACT Specific Enrolment Details:
- The Contract Code in the Contract Wizard is referred as a Sequence No’ and is reported in the Training Contract ID field in the NAT00120 after the Student File No and a forward slash. The remaining characters of this Australian Apprenticeship student identifier is entered into the Client Personal Wizard, in the field titled 'STA Client No'
- For non-contract enrolments in ACT, the Student File Identifier is entered on the second page of the Enrolment Wizard.
South Australia
Reporting Body: WorkReady
Reporting System: The Student Training Enrolment Logistics Application (STELA)
Website: https://skills.sa.gov.au/
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://providers.skills.sa.gov.au/tools
Tasmania
Reporting Body: Skills Tasmania
Reporting System: Files are emailed to a Skills Tas Representative
Website: http://www.skills.tas.gov.au/
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://skills.tas.gov.au/providers/rto/how_do_i_report_my_activity/tasmania_specific_reporting_requirements
Tasmania Specific Enrolment Details:
- Includes reporting of tuition and resource fees including dollars and cents
- Program commencement date (Press Info within VETtrak to see clarification details.)
- TAS program enrolment section – This sets the program enrolment status. This is disabled if:
- No qualification is selected on the first page, or
- You are adding enrolments for multiple clients, or
- You are adding/editing an occurrence, booking, employer enrolment, or enrolment in a profile
- Includes a "Yes, training is being provided under a VET Student Loan" tickbox
Northern Territory
Reporting Body: Workforce NT
Reporting System: Northern Territories VET Provider Portal
Website: https://nt.gov.au/learning/adult-education-and-training
Reporting Documentation/Resources: https://nt.gov.au/learning/adult-education-and-training/for-registered-training-organisations-rtos/vet-data-obligations
NT Specific Enrolment Details:
- Resource Agreement is created as a Purchasing Contract within VETtrak