To issue students with a certificate for successfully completing a training product, your school RTO must ensure that:
- the student is enrolled in the training product
- the student holds a USI
- you have verified the student’s USI
- you have maintained data that complies with Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS) and that supports issuing qualifications, including enough detail to identify the
- student
- code and title of training product
- type of AQF certification
- date the training product was completed
- date the AQF certification was issued
- the AQF certification uses templates (available in the AQF Issuance and Replacement policy and procedure in the VET app in the QCAA Portal) that comply with National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR Registered Training Organisations Fit and Proper Person Requirement) Instrument 2025 as well as the AQF
- you have a publicly available AQF certification replacement policy and procedure
- you issue students with AQF certification within 30 business days of the student successfully completing the training product.
Note: If necessary, you may issue AQF certification after sighting and documenting confirmation that the USI registrar has granted a student an exemption.
- Last updated:
- 4 July 2025
