Being able to electronically verify learner information, such as educational qualifications, has the potential to help streamline employment applications, course admissions and RPL (recognition of prior learning) processes.

The ‘Verifying VET Learner Attainment Data‘ 2010 positioning paper is the latest release from the E-portfolios business activity to support the VET E-portfolio Roadmap key goal - “Verification - to enable verification of educational attainment data, memberships of professional associations or trade/occupational licensing information‘.

This paper discusses the different types of learner verification services available and their applicability to the VET sector.

The paper is also based on widespread consultation with employer groups, industry groups, occupational licencing organisations, unions, recruitment agencies, tertiary admission centres and professional associations, named as ‘information consumers’ in the paper.  It highlights the verification needs of these ‘information consumers’ of VET learner attainment data or student results.

The paper also contains use cases highlighting the benefits and issues of electronically verifying learner information.

Work into electronically accessing VET learner information by the E-portfolios business activity will continue in 2010 with an investigation of registered training organisations’ willingness and ability to offer electronic learner data as well as the attitude of learners to such services.

The paper forms part of the E-portfolios Resource Bank – a comprehensive and central online resource including reports, articles, news, blogs and events dedicated to e-portfolios and their application in VET.

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