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The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) was introduced nationally at the beginning of 1995 and provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent and flexible framework for all qualifications in postcompulsory education and training. This third edition of the AQF implementation handbook provides updated information for 2002 and includes new national policy guidelines on cross sector linkages to replace the original section on articulation arrangement. It includes a new definition of a ‘statement of attainment’ and reflects the introduction of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) in the vocational sector. The handbook provides a detailed guide for the implementation of the AQF and is designed to complement documents issued by accrediting bodies. It consists of six sections: an overview of the AQF; qualification guidelines; national guidelines on cross-sectoral qualification linkages; issuing a qualification; monitoring the framework.

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) was introduced nationally at the beginning of 1995 and provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent and flexible framework for all 15 qualifications in postcompulsory education and training. This fourth edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook (2007) incorporates: revised AQF guidelines for the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (2004); revised AQF guidelines for the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma (2005); AQF guidelines for three new qualifications: the Associate Degree (2004), the Vocational Graduate Certificate and the Vocational Graduate Diploma (2005); expanded national guidelines on cross-sector linkages to include the schools sector (2004); national principles and operational guidelines for recognition of prior learning (RPL) (2004); a new definition of a Statement of Attainment and protocols for certification (2007); and updated references to the AQTF 2007.