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Standards for VET Accredited Courses and the Australian Qualifications Framework. The National VET Regulator must also consider the Standards for VET Accredited Courses when making a decision to cancel the accreditation of a course under section 52 of the Act, or to renew accreditation under section 50 of the Act.
The purpose of these Standards is to ensure that, when making decisions to accredit a course, or cancel or renew accreditation of a course, the National VET Regulator must consider whether the course:
       * meets industry, education, legislative, enterprise or community needs;
       * provides appropriate competency outcomes and a satisfactory basis for assessment;
       * meets national quality assurance requirements; and
       * is aligned to the appropriate level of the Australian Qualifications Framework where it leads to a VET qualification.

A national template for course accreditation is at Appendix 1 to these Standards. The template provides the basis for the development of strategies for training and assessment by each RTO and describes essential course information including the packaging rules, outcomes to be achieved, standards for assessment and required resources.

Part 3 Course standards

In deciding to grant an application for the accreditation of a course, the National VET Regulator must consider whether the course meets the following standards.
          Note: Under section 43 of the Act, an application for accreditation must be accompanied by any information or documents that the National VET Regulator requires.

The National VET Regulator may cancel the accreditation of a VET accredited course under section 52 of the Act if the course ceases to meet these standards.

9 Duplication

       A course must not duplicate, by title or coverage, the outcomes of an endorsed Training Package qualification or skill set or accredited course.

10 Course standards
(1)     A course must be based on an established industry, education, legislative, enterprise or community need.
(2)     A course must be based on nationally endorsed units of competency where these are available and where these are not available the course is based on:

           (a)   units of competency developed as part of the course in accordance with the unit of competency template; or

           (b)   where subsection 10(4) applies, modules.

          Note: Units of competency or modules are developed in consultation with, and validated by industry, enterprise, community and/or professional groups and documented in accordance with these standards.
(3)     A course must include skills and knowledge components, expressed as:

           (a)   units of competency; or

           (b)   where subsection 10(4) applies, modules.

(4)     A course may only include modules in exceptional circumstances where the applicant can demonstrate the need for the module and why it is not possible to develop a unit of competency prior to commencing course development.
(5)     A course either leads to a:

           (a)   VET