VET Related Body (VRB)

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A VRB is a government agency:

  • responsible for Vocational Education and Training (VET) which handles or processes AVETMISS reports from training organisations and verifies USIs

  • responsible for VET programs which have a need to view, if authorised by the USI account holder, a USI account to check eligibility for a training entitlement. These agencies can also access the USI Registry System to audit RTOs that receive funding through these training entitlements.

  • responsible for regulating the VET sector, namely the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) and Western Australian Training Accreditation Council (WATAC).

Note: It is possible for a government agency that is responsible for VET to be granted access to the USI Registry System as both a VRB and a VET Admission Body (VAB) where they need to perform both roles.

VRBs can use the USI Registry System to:

  • verify USIs

  • view individual USI accounts and USI Transcripts, with the USI account holder’s permission

  • access standard reports developed by the USI Registrar

In order to access the USI Registry System, a VRB will need to provide the following information:

  • confirmation that they meet the definition of a VRB from the Student Identifiers Act 2014 as well as an explanation of why they require access to the USI Registry System, instead of requesting individuals to provide them with a USI Transcript

  • their Australian Business Number and the entity name associated with this number on https://abr.gov.au

  • their preferred display name in the USI Registry System, with which USI account holders will be able to search for the VRB to grant them access to their records

  • a specific email address for receiving updates from the Office of the Student Identifiers Registrar, recommended to be a group or general inbox to ensure that the organisation continues to receive updates even if there are internal staffing changes

  • an indication of which way they will access the USI Registry System:

    • through this website (from which their staff can logon to process one-on-one transactions for functions such as collecting, verifying or viewing USIs and USI Transcripts)

    • through a direct connection with their Student Management System using Web Services (to do multiple or batch USI transactions of collecting, verifying or viewing USIs)

Please refer to the Access to the USI Registry System page for more information on setting up access to the USI Registry System.

Note: All relevant staff members of VRBs are required to have a myGovID and the business will need to be linked in Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) for login to use the USI Registry System.

If you do not qualify as a VRB, you may qualify for access as a VAB.