SENIOR HANDBOOK for 2012

LEARNING PATHWAYS
Flexible Education and Training Pathways
AQF qualifications link with each other in a range of learning pathways between schools, vocational education
and training providers and universities your learning and career ambitions require.
The AQF makes a specific commitment to flexible transparent and systematic learning pathways and the removal
of boundaries between educational sectors. It therefore encourages cross sectoral linking programmes such as:
VET in Schools, which allows schools across the country to offer industry-based units of learning that can
contribute to both the Queensland Certificate of Education and Certificate I-IV qualifications.
Articulation and Credit Transfer Arrangements between registered vocational education and training
providers and universities involving efficient articulation programs and maximum credit transfer; and
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) by which credits are granted towards qualifications through assessment
of an individual’s knowledge and skills through education, training, work and life experience.
AQF Pathways Diagram
RPL
Doctorate
Masters
RPL
Graduate
Diploma
Graduate
Certificate
Bachelor
Degree
Advanced Diploma
Diploma
RPL
Queensland
Certificate of
Education
Certificates I-IV
The Pathway from university to vocational education and training qualifications is becoming increasingly popular
as a way of gaining industry experience needed to increase opportunities.
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