Effective partnerships between registered training organisations (RTOs) and employers are important in ensuring a robust vocational education and training (VET) sector. This project investigated the drivers for RTO—employer partnerships and the benefits and the challenges related to building and sustaining partnerships, along with strategies that foster the development of quality RTO—employer partnerships.

This guide outlines the underpinning elements that help to foster the building and sustaining of successful partnerships between registered training organisations (RTOs) and employers.

Numeracy skills are a key driver of economic growth and yet, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2008) nearly eight million Australian adults lack the numeracy skills to cope with everyday life and work. The vocational education and training (VET) sector is one part of the solution; however the VET workforce may be...