Vocational education grades

Grading information for 2020

Not Yet Competent (NYC) and Did Not Submit (DNS) grades in 2020

If you receive an NYC or DNS grade for a course in 2020, this will not appear on your academic transcript. These grades will be progressively changed to ‘Withdrawn from course (WDR)’ after results release. Course fees will still apply if you receive an NYC or DNS grade and it's converted to WDR.

Result Not Finalised (RNF) grades

If you can’t complete the full learning requirements for your course in 2020 you will receive a grade of ‘Result Not Finalised (RNF)’.  

See FAQs - Exams and assessment to find out more.

Read more about VE results.

We’ve simplified the VE grading process

From 1 January 2020, we’ve simplified the way vocational education (VE) students are graded. This is to ensure that all VE students at RMIT are graded consistently.

What’s changed?

Formerly, RMIT had three VE grading schemes. From 1 January 2020, all VE courses will be assessed the same way: as Competent or Not Yet Competent. 

If you’ve previously been assessed as Competent or Not Yet Competent, you’ll experience no change.

If you’ve been graded for some courses (such as with Distinction DI or Competent with Distinction CDI), these will now be assessed as Competent CA or Not Yet Competent NYC.

From 1 January 2020, a GPA will no longer appear on official transcripts or in Enrolment Online.

VE pathways into higher education programs

RMIT VE students completing their program in Semester 1 2020 will no longer require a GPA for admission into the relevant RMIT higher education program.

If you’re transferring to another education provider after 1 January 2020, we recommend contacting the provider to discuss entry requirements.

 

Vocational education (VE) final grades

All VE courses are graded using the following competency based grading:

CA

Competency Achieved

NYC

Not Yet Competent

DNS

Did Not Submit for assessment
SEC Stopped engagement in course
WDR Withdrawn from course
RSC Remission (removal) of debt under special circumstances – applies where a student is granted a remission of debt in special circumstances after the census date.


Interim grades

The following range of interim grades also applies to VE courses.

CPE

Competency achieved, pending employer sign-off – denotes that RMIT has assessed the student as competent and the employer sign-off is pending (competency based courses only).

DEF

Deferred assessment – Denotes that a deferral has been granted to a formal examination or assessment via Special consideration.

EOT

Extension of Time – Denotes that an extension of time of greater than seven calendar days has been granted via Special consideration.

EQV

Equivalent assessment – denotes that an equivalent assessment has been granted via Special consideration.

RNF

Result not finalised:

  • academic delay in finalising the grade
  • an equitable assessment arrangement is in place
  • a project/thesis was not due for submission until the end of the teaching period
  • industry-based assessment
  • approved exchange, study abroad or cross-institutional study course.

RNY

Recognition of Prior Learning final result not yet available.

RWI

Result withheld industrial

SUP

Supplementary assessment granted by a course assessment committee or program assessment board.

 

Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning grading

EX

Exemption granted

RCG

Recognition of Current Competency – Granted

RCN

Recognition of Current Competency – Not granted

RLG

Recognition of Prior Learning – Granted (appears only for RPLs granted from 2007)

RLN

Recognition of Prior Learning – Not granted

 

Historic grades

From 1 January 2020 the following grades were removed from RMIT’s VE grading:

HD

High distinction (80-100)

DI

Distinction (70-79)

CR

Credit (60-69)

PA

Pass (50-59)

NN

Fail (0-49)

PX

Pass grade only – This grade will appear when no higher grading is available for

an assessment.

CHD

Competent with High Distinction

CDI

Competent with Distinction

CC

Competent with Credit

CAG

Competency Achieved – Graded

 

Other historic grades:

CP

Competency Passed – final result. Use was discontinued in 2010 and replaced with CAG ‘Competency Achieved – Graded’ as of late 2010.

N

Fail 0 – 74 – Plumbing apprentices. Use was discontinued at the end of 2011.

NC

Not Complete – An interim result up until the end of 2001 academic year. Not used since that date.

NEX

No assessment scheduled during the enrolment period - Final result where applied prior to 2002. From 2002 on this is an interim result and no longer used for VET.

P

Pass 75 – 100 – Plumbing apprentices. Use was discontinued at the end of 2011.

RW

Result Withheld – Interim result. Use was discontinued at the end of 2009 and replaced with RNF ‘Result Not Finalised’ as of 1 January 2010.

S

Supplementary exam granted – Interim result. Use was discontinued at the end of 2009.

W

Withdrawn with attendance – Final result. Use was discontinued at the end of 2001.

WI

Withdrawn without attendance – Final result. Use was discontinued at the end of 2001.


 

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