Providers must make sure that people with a disability can seek enrolment or admission to their programs.

When thinking about enrolment, you need to think about:

• Access to information – how do you provide information about your courses, how do you collect enrolment details

• How enrolment applications are lodged – for example, are enrolment counters accessible

• How are enquiries dealt with – do staff know about the Communication Relay Service, for example

• Entry requirements – what are the entry requirements

Although the standards don’t mention this, it is important to think about what the requirements are for students to successfully complete the course and gain the qualification.  These are part of the inherent requirements of the course. 

Also identify any non-negotiables required by industry.  If these requirements are not a part of the program you are offering, you cannot exclude someone if you think that they might not meet the industry requirements for employment.  You should, however, inform all students of industry requirements for employment following study.

If there are any entry requirements, or identified inherent requirements, these must be included in standard information about a program.

More information

See Considering the needs of students with a disability (CD) for more information in this area