Benefits of collecting USIs on enrolment
USI reporting obligations
Collecting USIs on enrolment will:
- ensure you meet your reporting obligations
- remove risks arising from delaying or deferring USI collections
- allow verification of student records.
Missing or incorrect USIs should be followed up quickly.
Get instant access to your student’s USI VET transcript
To assist training providers to finalise enrolments, you can use student USIs to access copies of student's prior qualifications.
The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) recognises direct access to VET transcripts as an alternative checking procedure for credit transfers and prior qualifications. Find out more by reading the ASQA Standards - Clause 3.5 – Accept and provide credit to learners.
This can be achieved by asking students to set permission within their USI account for you to view their VET transcript online.
Find out more how students can give access to providers to view VET transcripts.
Avoid errors
On your enrolment documentation, ask the student to email their USI to you by using the 'Provide your USI' functionality within their USI account. Doing so will assist you to easily and quickly verify the student's USI and avoid errors which can occur with handwritten USIs.