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The Unique Student Identifier (USI) – An Education Number With Benefits!

If you create a Unique Student Identifier (USI) on behalf of your student they need to activate their USI themselves to gain access to their account and receive the full benefits.  Once a USI is created, it can unlock a student’s training history, allow them to share their qualifications and help them on their education and work journey.

So, are you a Registered Training Organisation that supports students with language barriers to create their USI?

Activating their USI account is quick and simple. When a USI is created on their behalf, the student will receive a link to their mobile or email address asking them to activate their USI account. The student then needs to set up their password and check questions ensuring the security of their USI account.

Having access to their USI account allows the student to:

• control their account details
• access their USI VET transcript, and
• give permission to their training organisation, employers and other third parties to view their VET transcript.

Did you know that the USI team can connect students with the National Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS), providing them with instant phone interpreting as well as pre-booked phone interpreting?

TIS National is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year for the cost of a local call for a person or organisation in Australia that needs an interpreter. Just ask your student to contact the USI team on 1300 857 536 and ask for the interpreting service. Alternatively, the student can call the TIS National number – 131 450 – and request them to contact the USI team to assist them with their enquiry.

Read more from the Student Identifier's Registrar in Velg Training's latest eZine magazine here.

Date posted Jun 1, 2022