USI Number (Unique Student Identifier)

• A Unique Student Identifier (USI) is a reference number made up of numbers and letters that gives students access to their USI account.

• A USI will allow an individual’s USI account to be linked to the National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Data Collection, allowing an individual to see all of their training results from all providers including all completed training units and qualifications.

• From January 1 2015, if you are undertaking nationally recognised training delivered by a Registered Training Organisation you will need to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). This includes completing an apprenticeship or traineeship, certificate or diploma or advanced diploma course.

No – The USI will be is available online and at no cost to the student. This USI will stay with the student for life and be recorded with any nationally recognised VET course that is completed from when the USI comes into effect on 1 January 2015.

No – You will not be able to enrol into a course from January 2015 without a USI, so no qualifications or certifications will be able to be issued to you without a USI. Together with providing the USI number, as a further identification verification process, all RTO’s will have to have a photo identification of each student so that the appropriate qualifications are issued to the correct person. All students must provide a USI number upon enrolment.