Blue Dog Training Pty Ltd RTO 31193
VETiS Enrolment Form
Version: 06 May 2021
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Privacy Notice & Applicant Declaration
Why we collect your personal information
As a registered training organisation (RTO), Blue Dog Training collects your personal information so we can process and manage your enrolment in a
vocational education and training (VET) course with us. If you do provide adequate information as requested, Blue Dog Training may not be able to
process your application.
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 Blue Dog Training trainer who will be able to
provide the requested information or access.
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.
Please refer to the additional State or Territory Authority Privacy Notice included in this application process should this be relevant to your application.
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 Blue Dog 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
For information about how Blue Dog Training collects, uses and discloses your personal information generally, including how you can make a complaint
about a breach of privacy, please refer to Blue Dog Training privacy policy which can be found within the Student Handbook and on the web at
www.bluedogtraining.com.au
.
Blue Dog Training retains a record of personal information about all individuals with whom we undertake any form of business activity. Blue Dog
Training must collect, hold, use and disclose information from our clients and stakeholders for a range of purposes.
Identification Evidence
As a government registered training organisation, regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority, Blue Dog Training is required to collect, hold, use
and disclose a wide range of personal and sensitive information on Students in nationally recognised training programs. This information requirement is
outlined in the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 and associated legislative instruments.