When accrediting Certificate I qualifications accrediting authorities must ensure that:
• Graduates of a Certificate I qualification will achieve learning outcomes at level 1.
• All the learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and the application of knowledge and skills) of the Certificate I qualification type are evident in each qualification accredited as this type. Some may have more emphasis than others in different Certificate I qualifications depending on their purpose.
• Generic learning outcomes are explicitly identified in the qualification and align with the level of the qualification type, the purpose of the qualification and the discipline. Generic learning outcomes fall into four broad categories: fundamental skills; people skills; thinking skills; and personal skills. In the vocational education and training sector they are expressed as foundation skills.
• The relationship between the learning outcomes in the level 1 criteria, the qualification type descriptor, and the discipline is clear.
• The design of the components of the qualification will provide coherent learning outcomes for the level and qualification type and will enable graduates to demonstrate them.
• The volume of learning is sufficient for graduates to achieve the learning outcomes for a qualification of this level and type.
Once a qualification is accredited it must be placed on the AQF Register in a form consistent with the AQF Qualifications Register Policy.