Australian Qualifications Framework
The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training. It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training sector into a single comprehensive national qualifications framework.
The objectives of the AQF are to provide a contemporary and flexible
framework that:
• accommodates the diversity of purposes of Australian education
and training;
• contributes to national economic performance by supporting
contemporary, relevant and nationally consistent qualification
outcomes which build confidence in qualifications;
• supports the development and maintenance of pathways which
provide access to qualifications and assist people to move easily
and readily between different education and training sectors and
between those sectors and the labour market;
• supports individuals’ lifelong learning goals by providing the basis for
individuals to progress through education and training and gain
recognition for their prior learning and experiences;
• underpins national regulatory and quality assurance arrangements
for education and training;
• supports and enhances the national and international mobility of
graduates and workers through increased recognition of the value
and comparability of Australian qualifications;
• enables the alignment of the AQF with international qualifications
frameworks.