Navigate RTO Compliance with Confidence Expert Guidance for 20+ Years
Online Courses
Looking to develop your in-house compliance capabilities? We offer a range of online courses and can design and deliver a training session to meet your needs.
2025 Standards Policies and Templates
Access ready-to-use policies and templates to help your RTO meet the 2025 Standards.
RTO Setup
If you've never set up an RTO before, it's impossible to know what you don't know. We've not only set up and sold our own RTO, we've also assisted numerous organisations to do the same.
Accredited Courses
We can assist in the application for the accreditation or re-accreditation of a course and guide you through the accreditation process, advising what is required and when.
CEO Hot Seat
“CEO Hot Seat” is a service provided by RTO Consulting, based on Angela’s experiences in audit against the 2025 Standards for RTOs.
Site, Desk & Hotspot Audits
RTO Consulting can conduct desk or site audits against any or all of the standards based on your requirements. An audit can be planned to meet your specific needs.
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FAQs
1. What does RTO Consulting do?
RTO Consulting helps organisations set up, run, and stay compliant as Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). We support clients across the full RTO journey, including initial registration, re-registration, course accreditation, audits, audit preparation and coaching, and professional development. Our goal is to demystify RTO compliance and reduce the stress of setting up and operating an RTO.
2. Who is behind RTO Consulting?
RTO Consulting is led by Managing Director Angela McGregor, who has more than 20 years of experience in the vocational education and training (VET) sector. Angela began as a trainer and assessor in the mid-1990s and went on to set up and later sell her own RTO, while consulting, giving her first-hand experience of both the compliance requirements and the practical realities of running a training organisation.
3. What services do you offer?
Our services include RTO setup and initial registration, support for re-registration, course accreditation and re-accreditation, site and desk audits (including hotspot audits against specific standards), audit preparation and coaching, the CEO Hot Seat service, and professional development through online courses, customised in-house training, and coaching. We also provide ready-to-use policies and templates aligned to the 2025 Standards for RTOs.
4. Do I really need an RTO consultant?
If you've never set up an RTO before, it can be difficult to know what you don't know, and the compliance requirements are complex. A consultant helps you avoid costly mistakes, saves time, provides coaching to help you operate you business and remain compliant, and reduces the risk of issues at audit. Whether you're establishing a new RTO, preparing for re-registration, or addressing rectifications, we can guide you through the process step by step and build your team's own compliance capability along the way.
5. Can you help with setting up a new RTO?
Yes. RTO setup is one of our core services. Having set up and sold an own RTO, and assisted many other organisations to do the same, we can guide you through the registration application, the evidence you need to provide, and what's required at each stage, so you can approach the process with confidence.
6. Can you help us prepare for an ASQA audit or respond to rectifications?
Yes. We offer audit preparation and coaching, and can conduct site, desk, or hotspot audits against any or all of the relevant standards based on your needs. If you've received an audit report, we can help you understand the findings and develop an action plan to address them. Additional our CEO Hot Seat service is designed specifically to prepare the CEO for an ASQA audit, against the 2025 Standards for RTOs for initial, monitoring and reregistration audits.
7. Do you help with course accreditation?
Yes. We can assist with the accreditation or re-accreditation of a course, guiding you through the process doing a lot of the leg work, advising on what is required and when, preparing the documentation and navigating the process and with the ASQA accreditation team.
8. Do you offer training and professional development for our staff?
Yes. We provide professional development through online courses, customised in-house sessions (in person or via webinars) designed around your team's needs, coaching, and conference speaking. Building your team's in-house compliance skills helps reduce stress, improve retention, and strengthen the compliance knowledge within your organisation over time.
9. Where are you based, and do you work with RTOs across Australia?
RTO Consulting supports RTOs and aspiring RTOs across Australia. Our head office is located in Brisbane but Angela loves to travel. Much of our work, including desk audits, coaching, online courses, and consultations, can be delivered remotely, and we also offer face-to-face and site-based services. You can reach us on 1800 RTO 101.
10. How do I get started?
The best first step is to book a discovery call through our website, where we can discuss your situation and how we can help. You can also call us on 1800 RTO 101 or use the contact form on our site. From there, we'll recommend the right mix of services to suit where you are on your RTO journey.