ABOUT
Sarah Carrie
VET‑sector consultant specialising in RTO operations, compliance, quality assurance, policy development, stakeholder consultation and product review.
20+
5
YEARS IN VET
ROLES ACROSS THE SECTOR
National
& STATE-BASED EXPERIENCE
Sarah Carrie is a VET‑sector consultant with more than 20 years of experience across RTO operations, compliance, quality assurance, policy development, stakeholder consultation and product review.
Her experience working as a trainer and assessor, compliance professional, RTO manager, general manager and consultant provides a broad understanding of how decisions made at governance level affect staff practice, student experience, assessment, data and regulatory evidence.
Her experience working as a trainer and assessor, compliance professional, RTO manager, general manager and consultant provides a broad understanding of how decisions made at governance level affect staff practice, student experience, assessment, data and regulatory evidence.
01
STRATEGIC THINKING
Seeing the bigger picture
One of Sarah’s principal strengths is her ability to step back from an immediate issue and see the broader system around it.
She identifies how policies, people, systems, evidence and organisational decisions interact—and where apparently separate problems may share the same underlying cause.
THE FOLLOWING PERSPECTIVE HELPS SARAH
Identify patterns and dependencies
Governance and accountability arrangements
Risk and continuous improvement processes
Understand how changes may affect different parts of an organisation
Connect operational activity with strategic objectives
Design solutions that support longer-term improvement
Student administration systems
Recognise where stakeholder perspectives are missing
Translate complex information into clear priorities
Anticipate implementation risks
Her approach is not limited to correcting the document or process directly in front of her. She considers why the issue developed, what else it may affect and what needs to change across the broader system.
02
POLICY & SYSTEMS
Policy, system and process experience
Sarah has extensive experience reviewing and developing:
Policies and procedures
Operational workflows
Quality assurance systems
Staff responsibilities and guidance
Data and reporting controls
Assessment processes
Supporting forms, registers and records
Her focus is on creating systems that are clear, connected and capable of being implemented in practice.
03
CONSULTATION & PRODUCT DESIGN
Sarah has designed, coordinated and analysed consultation involving industry representatives, employers, practitioners, trainers, assessors, professional bodies, government stakeholders and other VET‑sector participants.
Stakeholder consultation and product design
HER EXPERIENCE INCLUDES
Consultation planning
Survey and interview design
Qualitative and quantitative analysis
Training product and qualification review
Documentation of consultation findings
Workshop and focus-group facilitation
Identification of themes and completing perspectives
Translation of feedback into design decisions
Preparation of consultation evidence and stakeholder responses
Policy and resource consultation
Stakeholder identification
Sarah is particularly interested in ensuring consultation is purposeful and that stakeholder input can be traced to the decisions and products that follow.
04
RTO & QUALITY ASSURANCE
RTO and quality assurance experience
Sarah’s broader experience includes:
Internal and external audit preparation
Training and assessment strategy development
Validation and moderation
Continuous improvement and risk managment
Student support systems
Compliance and quality assurance reviews
Complex evidence and rectifcation projects
Assessment tool and pre-assessment review
Trainer and assessor capability systems
AVETMISS and data integrity
Governance and regulatory oversight
Her work has involved national regulatory requirements and a range of state-based funding and contractual environments.
05
APPROACH
How Sarah works
Sarah brings together detailed analysis, operational understanding and strategic thinking.
CLIENTS CAN EXPECT WORK THAT IS
Clearly structured
Evidence-based
Practical and realistic
Informed by stakeholder perspectives
Connected to the organisation’s broader objectives
Transparent about findings and recommendations
Focused on implementation rather than document production alone
Sarah holds qualifications in Quality Auditing, Project Management, Training and Assessing and continues to undertake professional development across regulation, governance, assessment, consultation, data and VET-sector practice.
WORK WITH SARAH
Let’s talk about your project
Sarah works with RTOs’ Job and Skills Councils, product-development bodies and other VET-sector organisations requiring specialist support with policy, systems, processes, stakeholder consultation, product design and quality assurance.