Qualifications certify the knowledge and skills that a person has achieved through study, training, work and life experience. They are a measure of Australia’s intellectual capital, which is increasingly important in a society where unskilled jobs have disappeared and continuous upskilling is required in all forms of work and in day-to-day life.
An AQF qualification is recognised all around Australia and by other countries.
The Framework links together all the qualifications and is a highly visible, quality-assured national system of educational recognition that promotes lifelong learning and a seamless and diverse education and training system.
School, work-based qualifications and academic qualifications are part of a single system of qualifications, allowing maximum flexibility in career planning and continuous learning.
The AQF groups the qualifications according to the educational sector responsible for their accreditation.
Guidelines for each qualification are provided in the 4th edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook. For more information about a particular qualification, click on the links in the table below.
The AQF comprises national qualifications issued in:
- the senior secondary schools sector
- the vocational education and training (VET) sector, and
- the higher education sector.