Types of Qualifications

Qualifications Australia provides you the opportunity to get globally recognised Australian qualifications in various industries. VDC worldwide in association with Qualifications Australia take pride in our ability to support clients from all over the world and being able to get our clients an accredited and internationally recognised Qualification at ease.

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australia. It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training sector into a single comprehensive national qualifications framework.

Qualifications Australia provides different levels of qualifications that suits you and enhance your career. The types of qualifications are:

Level 2 – Certificate II

Graduates at this level will have knowledge and skills for work in a defined context and/or further learning.

Graduates at this level will have basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of a defined area of work and learning.

Level 3 – Certificate III

Graduates at this level will have theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for work and/or further learning.

Graduates at this level will have factual, technical, procedural and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area of work and learning.

Level 4 – Certificate IV

Certificate holders at this level will have theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for specialised and/or skilled work and/or further learning.

Certificate holders at this level will have broad factual, technical and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.

Diploma IV

Diploma holders at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for skilled/paraprofessional work and/or further learning.

Diploma holders at this level will have technical and theoretical knowledge in a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.

Advanced Diploma

Advanced Diploma holders at this level will have broad knowledge and skills for paraprofessional/highly skilled work and/or further learning.

Advanced Diploma holders at this level will have broad theoretical and technical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.

Graduate Diploma

Graduate diploma holders at this level will have advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and/or further learning.

Graduate diploma holders at this level will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.