AQF Implementation Handbook

(Fourth Edition, 2007)

Please note the fourth Edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook 2007 replaces the 3rd Ed. 2002.

This fourth edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook (2007) incorporates:

• revised AQF guidelines for the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (2004);
• revised AQF guidelines for the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma (2005);
• AQF guidelines for three new qualifications: the Associate Degree (2004), the Vocational Graduate Certificate and the Vocational Graduate Diploma (2005);
• expanded national guidelines on cross-sector linkages to include the schools sector (2004);
• national principles and operational guidelines for recognition of prior learning (RPL) (2004);
• a new definition of a Statement of Attainment and protocols for certification (2007); and
• updated references to the AQTF 2007.

This Handbook provides a detailed guide for the implementation of the Australian Qualifications Framework. It should be read in conjunction with documents issued by accrediting bodies.

The AQF Handbook is free to download as a whole document or in specific parts. The reproduction and distribution of the handbook is permitted for educational use on condition that no charge is made and the source is acknowledged.

Revisions to the Handbook - Jan 16, 2009

Section: Issuing a qualification

4. Protocol defining the form of the qualifications (Page 75)

5. Suggested form: Qualifications (Page 76)

Changes have been made in these sections of the issuance policy to incorporate information regarding employability skills in Training Packages. The attached word file includes the new text for these sections. The relevant chapter below will be updated within the next two weeks.

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