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ACCREDITED COURSE

What are Accredited Courses?

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Accredited courses refer to courses that lead to a national qualification or statement of attainment. An accredited course with ASQA meets an industry need not currently filled by an existing nationally recognised qualification.

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Accredited courses are developed to fill skills and knowledge gaps not covered by a training package. You cannot accredit your course because it addresses an outcome achievable through another learning material.

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Accredited courses are:

  • Designed specifically to meet the needs of a business or industry

  • Posted on training.gov.au, but the details of the qualification, course structure, and units contained within are not publicly available.

  • Only accredited if it can be shown that there is a need for the course to be accredited and there is no existing nationally recognised qualification

  • Made up of existing national units (wherever possible) and enterprise units

  • Only accredited if there is a vocational outcome

  • Aligned with Australian Qualification Framework levels

  • Accredited for five years and need to be reaccredited within the 5-year period of training in the qualification to continue

  • Are copyright owned by an individual or organisation, unlike nationally recognised qualifications which are owned by the Commonwealth government


What is the difference between accredited courses and a training package?

Training packages are designed to meet most of Australia’s training needs and are available for all RTOs. The development of training packages is funded by the government.

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The course owner pays a fee to accredit a course, and there are no restrictions on who can develop an accredited course; anyone can.


Accredited courses are specifically developed to fill knowledge & skills gaps that are not covered by existing training packages.

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It is not possible for a course to be accredited if an outcome can be achieved through an existing training package.

Accredited courses & training packages are both nationally accredited.

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What types of courses can be accredited?

All Qualification types can be accredited by ASQA, including:

Certificate I, II, III and IV
Diploma
Advanced Diploma
Graduate Certificate
Graduate Diploma
Courses that lead to a statement of attainment can also be accredited if the course owner applies for this.

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Why use RTO Intelligence?

We will:

  • Assist in establishing the need and if an existing course or qualification already exists

  • Guide you in the consultation process to ensure that sufficient evidence of industry support

  • Guide you through the process, telling you what is required and when

  • Take existing training material or work with you to write the accreditation document in the required language and format

  • Complete the application and accreditation documents

  • Guide you in the process and prepare course accreditation documents for reaccreditation

  • Assist in responding to non-compliance in unsuccessful accreditation applications

 

​For more information, call us on 1300 833 424 or 

 

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