What NAT files are
NAT files are the set of standard data files that an Australian registered training organisation (RTO) submits to report its training activity. They are structured to the AVETMISS standard, the national data standard for vocational education and training, and together they describe the clients an RTO trained, their enrolments, the programs and units of competency involved, and the results achieved.
The files matter because they are the mechanism by which training activity reaches the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Each NAT file covers a part of the picture, and the files have to be internally consistent, so an enrolment in one file refers correctly to a client and a program described in others. Errors are easier to fix when data is validated as it is entered, rather than discovered when the files are assembled close to a deadline.
NAT files in the Cohiva platform
Cohiva Campus is a student management system and learning management system for Australian RTOs, built around a data-driven AVETMISS and NAT compliance engine. It helps RTOs record training activity correctly and produce AVETMISS-compliant NAT files for NCVER, and it supports CRICOS and government-funded providers.
Campus is designed to help your RTO meet its reporting obligations rather than leaving validation to the final step. To see how it works, explore Campus.