Course accreditation
About course accreditation
In the vocational education and training sector, accreditation is the formal recognition of a course by a state or territory course accreditation body. The Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) 2007 Standards for Accredited Courses and the AQTF Standards for State and Territory Course Accrediting Bodies were endorsed by the National Quality Council on 5 July 2007.
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AQTF 2007 User's Guide to Standards for Accredited Courses [PDF 388kb]
This guide supports the understanding and application of the AQTF 2007 Standards for Accredited Courses
Developing an accredited course
Any organisation or individual responsible for the development of a course can apply to have that course accredited. Training organisations must be registered to deliver accredited courses. Registration to deliver recognised training is a separate process to course accreditation.
Renew an accredited course
Accreditation of a course may be reaccredited or extended (without amendment) at the discretion of the Training and Employment Recognition Council.
Amending an accredited course
Where training packages containing national competency standards relevant to an accredited course are revised, or endorsed, the course developer is obliged to amend the course to incorporate the new material from the relevant training packages/competency standards. This is a condition of accreditation. In addition, other circumstances may require the amendment of a course.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about course accreditation in Queensland.
Contacts
In Queensland, the course accreditation body is the Training and Employment Recognition Council, and all enquiries should be directed through the accreditation team.
Forms and templates
Forms required to apply for accreditation of a new course, as well as to renew or amend existing courses.
Resources
There are a number of documents that are essential as references when developing a course for accreditation.
Workshops
A number of workshops are facilitated by the Department of Education, Training and the Arts accreditation team to help course copyright owners or course developers through the process of applying for course accreditation.
Visit the events calendar to view a list of accreditation workshops and information sessions.
Alternatively download the calendar of Australian Quality Training Framework accreditation workshops and the application forms for 2008:
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2008 calendar [PDF 58kb]
- Workshop application form [PDF 46kb].
Workshops have been developed specifically to help registered training organisations to develop accredited courses at the new vocational education and training graduate level.
They will answer the following questions:
- Where do the vocational graduate certificate and vocational graduate diploma 'sit' in the Australian Qualifications Framework?
- What are the distinctive outcomes of the vocational graduate certificate and vocational graduate diploma?
- What do they add to the Australian Qualifications Framework?
- How are they different from other graduate qualifications?
- How do they articulate with other qualifications in the Australian Qualifications Framework?
- Who may undertake a vocational graduate certificate or vocational graduate diploma?
- Who may offer a vocational graduate certificate or vocational graduate diploma?
- Can the holder of a vocational graduate certificate or vocational graduate diploma be 'deemed' to have a bachelor degree?
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