While LRN acknowledges that determining credit is no longer mandatory, it continues to apply credit to its qualifications. Each unit within a qualification has a credit value and a level. The credit value represents the number of credits awarded to a candidate who has achieved the learning outcomes of a unit. The level indicates relative demand, complexity, depth of achievement, and autonomy.

Learning time is a notional measure representing the average time a candidate at the unit’s level is expected to take to complete the learning outcomes to the standard determined by the assessment criteria. Learning time includes activities such as directed study, assessment, tutorials, mentoring, and individual private study. The unit’s credit value remains constant across all contexts, regardless of the assessment method or mode of delivery. Candidates will only receive credits for successfully completing whole units.

Each unit also includes information on guided learning hours (GLH). GLH provides guidance for centers on the amount of resources needed to deliver the program and support candidates, such as the time required for face-to-face delivery, tutorials, workshops, and associated assessments. GLH covers all the time when a tutor, trainer, or facilitator is present to offer specific guidance towards the learning aim being studied. This definition encompasses lectures, tutorials, and supervised study in settings such as open learning centers and learning workshops. It also covers time spent by staff assessing candidates’ achievements but excludes time spent by staff on day-to-day marking of assignments when the candidate is not present.