Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)
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.
The Department of Education and The AQF is management but the Australian Government, Department of Education and Department of Employment and workplace Relations, in consultance with all Australian states and territories. The Department of Education and department of Employment and workplace Relations Monitors and maintains the Framework, Support its users and promotes its role in Australina education System.
Level 1 – Certificate I
raduates at this level will have knowledge and skills for initial work, community involvement and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have foundational knowledge for everyday life, further learning and preparation for initial work.
Graduates at this level will have foundational cognitive, technical and communication skills to:
- undertake defined routine activities to
- identify and report simple issues and problem
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.
Graduates at this level will have basic cognitive, technical and communication skills to apply appropriate methods, tools, materials and readily available information to:
- undertake defined activities
- provide solutions to a limited range of predictable problems
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.
Graduates at this level will have a range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply a specialised range of methods, tools, materials and information to:
- complete routine activities
- provide and transmit solutions to predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems
Level 4 – Certificate IV
Graduates at this level will have theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for specialised and/or skilled work and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have broad factual, technical and some theoretical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply a range of methods, tools, materials and information to:
- complete routine and non-routine activities
- provide and transmit solutions to a variety of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems
Level 5 – Diploma
Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for skilled/paraprofessional work and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have technical and theoretical knowledge in a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
- analyse information to complete a range of activities
- provide and transmit solutions to sometimes complex problems
- transmit information and skills to others
Level 6 – Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree
Graduates at this level will have broad knowledge and skills for paraprofessional/highly skilled work and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have broad theoretical and technical knowledge of a specific area or a broad field of work and learning.
Graduates at this level will have a broad range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
- analyse information to complete a range of activities
- provide and transmit solutions to sometimes complex problems
- transmit information and skills to others
Level 7 – Bachelor Degree
Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge with depth in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have well-developed cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
- analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities
- analyse, generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems
- transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others
Level 8 – Bachelor Honours Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
Graduates at this level will have advanced knowledge and skills for professional or highly skilled work and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
- analyse critically, evaluate and transform information to complete a range of activities
- analyse, generate and transmit solutions to complex problems
- transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others
Level 9 – Masters Degree
Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for research, and/or professional practice and/or further learning.
Graduates at this level will have advanced and integrated understanding of a complex body of knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
Graduates at this level will have expert, specialised cognitive and technical skills in a body of knowledge or practice to independently:
- analyse critically, reflect on and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories
- research and apply established theories to a body of knowledge or practice
- interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Level 10 – Doctoral Degree
Graduates at this level will have systematic and critical understanding of a complex field of learning and specialised research skills for the advancement of learning and/or for professional practice.
Graduates at this level will have systemic and critical understanding of a substantial and complex body of knowledge at the frontier of a discipline or area of professional practice.
Graduates at this level will have expert, specialised cognitive, technical and research skills in a discipline area to independently and systematically:
- engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation
- develop, adapt and implement research methodologies to extend and redefine existing knowledge or professional practice
- disseminate and promote new insights to peers and the community
- generate original knowledge and understanding to make a substantial contribution to a discipline or area of professional practice
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