• SMS: Student Management System

  • AVETMISS: AVETMISS stands for the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard. It is a national data standard that ensures consistent and accurate capture and reporting of Vocational Education and Training (VET) information about students. The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) is the custodian of the Standard.

  • NCVER: National Centre for Vocational Education Research

  • VET: Vocational Education and Training

  • RTO: Registered Training Organisation

  • NAT Files: The NAT or national data collection files are the AVETMISS text (.txt) files which contain your training activity data and are submitted to the National VET Provider Collection.

  • STA: State and Territory Training Authority

  • Non-state managed training: All other training including enterprise and other privately funded training, training paid for by the client and training funded and managed by the Commonwealth

  • State-managed training: training funded or administered by the state or territory