Micro Credentials
Micro Credentials

Micro Credentials

Micro-credentials are short courses.  Micro-credentials have the potential to upskill our changing workforce rapidly.  They have been available in the higher education sector for some time.

Micro-credentials are:

  • Outcome-based.
  • Responsive to industry-need.
  • Tailored to support lifelong learning.
  • Include assessment but it is not as onerous as in units of competency.
  • Range in time from one hour to the length of a qualification
  • Can align to credit-bearing qualifications.

Micro-credentials may be:

  • VET Skill Set or unit of competency.
  • Vendor qualifications
  • Professional learning

Available Micro-credentials are:

The Micro credentials offered by Skills Strategies International are online and self-paced.  You can enrol, pay and complete the course at your own pace.  All courses will give you are certificate outlining

 

Find out more about the National Micro-Credential Framework here

 

https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-publications/resources/national-microcredentials-framework