What a qualification is
In Australian vocational education and training, a qualification is a nationally recognised credential made up of a defined set of units of competency. Each unit describes a specific skill or area of knowledge a learner must be able to demonstrate, and a qualification combines those units according to its packaging rules into a recognised outcome such as a certificate or diploma.
Qualifications sit within the national training framework, which means a qualification gained with one registered training organisation is recognised across Australia. A learner who completes the required units is awarded the qualification, and partial completion can be recognised through statements of attainment for the units finished.
Because qualifications are built from units, tracking a learner's progress means tracking which units they have been enrolled in, assessed against and found competent in.
Qualifications in the Cohiva platform
Cohiva Campus manages student records, enrolments and outcomes for Australian registered training organisations. It records the qualification a learner is enrolled in, the units of competency that make it up, and the outcomes against each unit. By keeping enrolments and outcomes in one student record, Campus gives an RTO a clear view of each learner's progress toward their qualification.