Qualifications

Qualifications certify the knowledge and skills a person has achieved through study, training, work and life experience. They are a measure of our intellectual capital and 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.

The AQF helps all learners, employers and education and training providers to participate and navigate the qualifications system. Under the AQF, you can start at the level that suits you and then build up as your needs and interests develop and change over time. The Framework assists learners to plan their career progression at whatever stage they are within their lives and when they are moving interstate and overseas.

In this way, the AQF supports national standards in education and training and encourages lifelong learning.