Student Entry Policy

Student Entry Policy

If a student wishes to apply for a Commonwealth VET Student Loan, the individual must be assessed for academic suitability to undertake a high level VET qualification.

This academic assessment is IN ADDITION to any entry requirements that may be required for the specific course a student wishes to undertake.

A student must:

1 .Provide a copy of the student’s senior secondary certificate of education that has been awarded by an Australian agency or authority of a state or territory for the completion of Year 12

OR

2. Undertake a reading and numeracy assessment using an approved assessment tool and display competence at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Cores Skills Framework (ACSF).

The assessment tool used will be LLN Robot testing. The student will be provided with log-in access to complete the test; the test is invigilated.

Frontier Education must be confident that the student has the required skills. If a student undertakes a reading and numeracy assessment, Skills Training Australia will inform the student of his/her results as soon as practicable after the assessment

OR

3. Provide a copy of diploma awarded for the student’s completion of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

OR

4. Provide evidence of successful completion of a qualification of a qualification that has been delivered in English and:

● was at Level 4 or above qualification in the Australian Qualifications Framework and the course for the qualification was delivered in English.

● assessed by a Federal, State or Territory government agency which assesses overseas qualifications (or an organisation contracted by such an agency to undertake such assessments), as equivalent or comparable to: a qualification in the AQF at level 4 or above, or a qualification at a level in a framework that preceded the AQF, equivalent to level 4 or above in the AQF.

If a student is not able to meet one of these requirements, the student will not be eligible to apply for a Commonwealth VSL.

Please refer to the VET Student Loans – Student Entry Policy for further information.

Note: If students wish to supply their senior secondary certificate of education, but have lost or mislaid it, they may be able to order a replacement for a fee. Please visit the relevant education site for further information:

State Site
Australian Capital Territory www.bsss.act.edu.au
New South Wales www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Northern Territory www.education.nt.gov.au
Queensland www.qcaa.qld.edu.au
South Australia www.sace.sa.edu.au
Tasmania www.tasc.tas.gov.au
Victoria www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
Western Australia www.tisc.edu.au