For students who meet the eligibility requirements of the QCE on completion of their senior secondary schooling, the QCAA issues the QCE in December in their final year of schooling.
Students who do not meet the eligibility requirements of the QCE on completion of their senior schooling may continue to accrue credit to the QCE. For these students, the QCAA issues a QCE in the July or December after they meet the eligibility requirements.
For more information about the issue of a QCE, see Section 11.3.2: QCAA reporting to students and Section 13.2.4: Students and registration.