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Sydney RTO Julius Events College has launched action in the Administrative Decisions Tribunal against the NSW Vocational Education & Training Accreditation Board (VETAB).

The matter relates to VETAB denying the RTO an increase in scope to deliver two additional Certificate Three qualifications. The RTO already delivers Advanced Diploma training in associated fields, and has been registered since 2003.

The grounds for the action include -

1. Denial of fair process, reasons given in review for refusal to amend scope were not revealed previously. Reasons in Review not stated at meeting with VETAB on 09 December 2009.

2. Denial of fair process, time taken to reach refusal unreasonable and extreme. EG: Scope amendment applied for on 17 June 2008, refused 13 November 2009, reviewed 14 April 2010.

3. Conduct of auditors at initial site Audit on 21 May 2009 led to complaint by RTO that is not detailed in Relevant History to the Decision. Claims made that not all evidence was available at audit incorrect.

4. Application for Internal Review lodged 04 March 2010, decision provided 14 April 2010 almost double the 21 day time frame required.

The RTO has written to the Minister for Education in NSW.

"The Minister may wish to monitor proceedings, as we believe we can demonstrate that our VETAB Audit was defective; and that the audit process was compromised after we lodged a complaint about the practices of the Auditors on site at our college. Our complaint was not identified in VETABs Internal Review Determination, but it will surface at the Tribunal hearing", said RTO director Julius Grafton.

"We are a small and highly specialised RTO delivering entertainment technical training, located in Rydalmere."

"We are unhappy that valuable resources in VETAB have been applied against us on a trivial matter in a way we will demonstrate was unfair, at a time when the VET sector needs firm action by its regulator."