Credentials
How to read an Alethris credential.
Every credential an academy issues on Alethris opens to a public record. It shows what was assessed, who judged it and how, and whether the credential still stands.
- Free to check
- No account needed
- We never record who looked
Six questions the record answers.
Each number on the record is one of them, in the order the record shows them.
- 1
Whether it still stands
Active, expired, revoked, withdrawn or replaced, read from the record each time it is opened. A replaced credential links to the one that replaced it.
- 2
Who issued it
A Verified academy mark means Alethris has checked the academy's registration against the Corporate Affairs Commission's register. An academy without one is not marked down.
- 3
What it certifies
Assessed skills, judged against the academy's standard in assessed work, or completion only, which says plainly that it certifies no skill.
- 4
Who checked whom
Whether a second assessor confirmed the evidence, or whether the assessor taught the cohort. Where the record cannot say, as for self-paced work, it says nothing.
- 5
How each skill was judged
Each skill names its assessor, the level they signed and the method: evidence review, live observation, oral interview or practical demonstration.
- 6
The work behind it
Up to five pieces of the assessed work, if the learner chooses, exactly as they were handed in. A link is marked as possibly changed since.
What a credential does not claim.
Knowing the limits of a record is part of reading it.
- A degree or a national qualification
- A title that claims one, from a degree or an HND to a national certificate or an NSQ, is refused. A credential is the academy's own award.
- A test set by Alethris
- Alethris sets no tests of its own. The academy's assessors judge the work, and the record names each of them.
- Accreditation
- Alethris does not accredit academies. The Verified academy mark confirms who issued a credential, not how well they teach.
- The certificate as the proof
- The PDF certificate presents the record. The record on Alethris, which its QR code opens, is what counts.
Issue credentials an employer can read.
Alethris opens to academies in waves, and we will invite you as places open.