Refund Policy

1. Purpose

ACG Global College is committed to providing quality training and assessment in accordance with the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015.  As such, ACG Global College is required to have and provide detail of a fair and reasonable refund process.

The purpose of this policy is to provide for the appropriate handling of student refunds.  

2. Policy Statement

ACG Global College is committed to ensuring fair and reasonable refund practices. 

ACG Global College will:

• Implement and maintain a process for fair and reasonable refund of fees paid; and
• Provide refunds for fees and charges paid by individuals / students, where training and assessment activities have not been delivered.

3. Policy Principles

The following principles underpin this policy.

1. Details of ACG Global College Refund Policy are to be publicly available.
2. Payment of all refunds is made within one (1)week of application for refund being approved by ACG Global College’s CEO.
3. With regard to all withdrawals, ACG Global College will firstly encourage a student to enrol on another course date, prior to processing refund applications.
4. Written notification of withdrawal from a training program must be provided by a student to apply for a refund for a course. This may be via letter, email or the completion of the refund form.
5. ACG Global College does not accept liability for loss or damage suffered in the event of withdrawal from a course by a student.
6. ACG Global College provides a full refund to all students, should there be a need for ACG Global College to cancel a course. In the first instance ACG Global College will (where possible) provide an opportunity for the student to attend another scheduled course.
7. If ACG Global College cancels a course, students do not have to apply for a refund, ACG Global College will process the refunds automatically.
8. There is no refund applicable where a student has commenced their course/unit.
9. There is no refund to participants who do not obtain their qualification after assessment.
10. There is no refund for recognition of prior learning assessments after enrolment, where Recognition resources and services have been supplied to the student.
11. Refunds for cancellation of enrolments are granted on a sliding scale (See Below2&0).

3.1  Qualifications

Refunds for enrolments on nationally recognised qualifications (workplace based/traineeships) and accredited courses are subject to the following refund formula.

3.2  Short Courses

Refunds for enrolments in short course & unit of competency enrolments will be calculated in accordance with the following sliding scale.

4.  ACG Global College Responsibilities

ACG Global College’s CEO is responsible for ensuring compliance with this policy. 

ACG Global College’s Administration Assistant will process refund requests within one (1) week from the day of the refund is approved by ACG Global College’s CEO.

5.  Access & Equity

The ACG Global College Access & Equity Policy applies. (See Access & Equity Policy) 

6. Records Management

All documentation from Refund processes are maintained in accordance with Records Management Policy.  (See Records Management Policy)

7. Monitoring and Improvement

All Refund practices are monitored by the ACG Global College’s CEO and areas for improvement identified and acted upon. (See Continuous Improvement Policy)

• REFUNDS POLICY

 Traineeships

Fees are only payable by your employer after the successful enrolment of the learner and registration of a Student Identifier Number.

Refunds will only be offered under exceptional circumstances as outlined in the traineeship contract.

Fee for Service/Individual Learning

Training Experts Australia will pay a refund to learners or intending learners in certain circumstances:

1. Refund may be applicable if:
   • The course offered does not start on the agreed default date
   • Pro-rata Refund:

1. The course stops being provided after it starts and before it is completed
2. The course is not provided fully to the learners because the Training Experts Australia has been sanctioned

• The learner cancels or withdraws in writing from the course before the agreed default date

1. Partial Refund may be applicable if:

• The course starts on the agreed start date but the learner does not start on the agreed starting date and has not previously withdrawn from the course or advised of reasons for suspending training
• The learner cancels or withdraws in writing from the course after the agreed default date

TEA will not refund fees paid in advance unless training cancellation INCLUDES more than 14 days’ notice in writing. The following percentage of refund will apply to all training cancellations:

• Where 20% or less of the course has been provided to the learner a 100% refund less $200.00 admin fee will apply.
• Where less than 50% of the course has been provided to the learner a 50% refund less $200.00 admin fee will apply.
• Where 50% or more of the course has been provided to the learner no refund will apply.

TEA will process the refund within 2 weeks of receiving an approved written claim. In all circumstances Training Experts Australia will provide a statement and an explanation of how the refund was calculated.