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What are Micro-credentials?<br />
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• A certification of assessed skills and knowledge that<br />
learners have demonstrated or acquired through a<br />
short course of study or training.<br />
• Indicate competency of a skill found in a particular<br />
industry area.<br />
• May stand alone or be additional, or complementary,<br />
to other certificated training. They may also be a<br />
component part of a formal qualification.<br />
National Framework Definition<br />
3.1.1 A micro-credential is a certification of assessed learning or<br />
competency, with a minimum volume of learning of one hour and<br />
less than an AQF award qualification, that is additional, alternate,<br />
complementary to or a component part of an AQF award<br />
qualification.<br />
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VET skill sets or units of competency.<br />
Modularized, assessed components of existing higher<br />
education curriculum or subjects.<br />
Industry learning that is assessed (such as vendor<br />
certifications, professional learning).<br />
Other forms of assessed learning or competencies (e.g.<br />
Vocational Education/ Higher Education /Industry courses not<br />
currently accredited by a regulatory authority, and those by<br />
other providers).<br />
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