Fulltime Study
This is study that is at least 75 per cent of a 100 per cent full-time study load in each semester which does not include online or distance education.
VET courses must involve at least 15 scheduled contact hours per week unless otherwise specified by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).
Course contact delivery may be small group tutorials as long as it meets the minimum hours required of the course.
Combined courses
Multiple courses of study can be combined to meet the 92-week requirement in the Tasmanian Skilled Graduate category only where those courses are combined in the one Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) or result in the award of one overall qualification.
- Enrolment in each course must have occurred at the same time,
- CoE’s must be issued on the same date,
- There must be no break in study during or between courses other than standard term breaks and,
- There must also be a genuine progression between all courses in the package.
Examples:
- A Certificate IV in Community Service and a Diploma of Community Support would meet the combined courses requirement if they appear on the same CoE.
- It would not meet the requirement where a student graduated from a Diploma of Leadership and Management, then separately enrolled in and completed an Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management, both of which appear on separate CoE’s.
Graduates who have lived in Tasmania for at least three years and have completed multiple courses of study that were not combined at commencement may be eligible for subclass 190 nomination in the Tasmanian Established Resident Pathway.
Online study or recognition of prior learning (RPL)
Online courses and qualifications are not accepted for any nomination pathways or priority attributes.
Qualifications awarded through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) are not accepted for any nomination pathways.
Online study completed during the COVID-19 emergency
Courses that were registered for on-campus delivery, but which moved to online delivery as result of COVID-19 health directions will be accepted.
However online study completed after 31 July 2022 will not be recognised unless it was due to a state government health direction or the need to isolate due to a positive COVID-19 test or close contact notification.