TAFE NSW NCVER Privacy Notice

As a student enrolling at TAFE NSW, You (the Student) understand and agree that:

Under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Data Provision Requirements) Instrument 2020, TAFE NSW is required to collect Personal Information (information or an opinion about me), collected from me, my parent or guardian, such as my name, Unique Student Identifier, date of birth, contact details, training outcomes and performance, sensitive Personal Information (including my ethnicity or health information) and other enrolment and training activity-related information (together Personal Information) and disclose that Personal Information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER).

My Personal Information (including the Personal Information contained on my enrolment form and my training activity data) may be used or disclosed by TAFE NSW for statistical, regulatory and research purposes. TAFE NSW may share my Personal Information with third parties for these reasons, including:

• my school, if I’m a secondary student doing VET or a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship
• my employer, if they are paying for my training
• Government departments and authorised agencies, including the NSW Department of Education
• NCVER
• organisations running student surveys, including the NSW Department of Education
• approved researchers.

NCVER may use or share my Personal Information for these purposes:

• Issuing VET Statements of Attainment or Qualifications, and updating Authenticated VET Transcripts.
• Supporting education research and statistics, including surveys.
• Helping understand how the VET market works, to guide policy and workforce planning.
• Managing VET programs, including regulation, monitoring and evaluation.

I may receive an NCVER student survey which may be administered by an NCVER employee, agent or third party contractor. I may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted. NCVER will collect, keep, use and share my Personal Information under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the VET Data Policy and its own policies and protocols, including those on the NCVER website.

The Department may disclose my Personal Information to other Australian government agencies, including those located in States and Territories outside New South Wales.

The above government agencies may use my Personal Information for any purpose relating to the exercise of their government functions, including but not limited to the evaluation and assessment of my training, the determination of my eligibility to receive subsidised training or for any Fee Exemptions or Concessions. My Personal Information may also be disclosed to other third parties if required by law.

I also acknowledge and agree that the Department may contact me by telephone, email or post, during or after I have ceased subsidised training with TAFE NSW for the purposes of evaluating and assessing my subsidised training.

I declare that the information I have provided to the best of my knowledge is true and correct.

I consent to the collection, use and disclosure of my Personal Information in the manner outlined above.

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