National recognition
National recognition is a feature of the Australian Quality Training Framework that allows a registered training organisation (RTO) registered in one State or Territory to operate in another without a further registration process; qualifications and statements of attainment issued by any registered training organisation to be accepted and recognised by all other registered training organisations; and training packages endorsed by the National Training Framework Committee to be delivered by all registered training organisations registered to do so.
Previously referred to as mutual recognition, national recognition is unique to the vocational education and training system.
The term national recognition is now being used as it is more clearly related to a nationally consistent training system where learners' qualifications and part qualifications are portable and can be recognised anywhere in the country.
The agreement states that all registered training organisations will recognise qualifications and statements of attainment issued by any other registered training organisations in Australia. This allows a person to automatically gain credit for units of competency that they have successfully completed with another registered training organisation. A statement of attainment from a registered training organisation that contributes to a qualification is reported as a form of credit transfer.
Visit Australian Quality Training Framework Standards for Registered Training Organisations for the latest information on legal requirements and compliance to national recognition standards.
This page was last updated 28 July 2005
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