The Education Department has been formally established and today launches its official website at education.gov.vin, where training and certification guidance will be published.
Latest news
All news- First Examination Timetable Published for October 2026 to March 2027
Eighteen sittings of the foundation, operator, assessor and refresher papers have been timetabled between October 2026 and March 2027. Registration for the October sittings opens today.
- Transitional Arrangements Announced for Certification Issued Before 6 September 2026
Certificates issued by member organisations before the Department existed are recognised until 30 June 2027. Holders convert to Department certification by passing the refresher paper.
- Transitional Approval Granted to Training Units of Member Organisations
Training units that delivered foundation or operator training before 6 September 2026 may continue to do so under transitional approval while the Department inspects them.
About the Department
The Education Department of the Velocity Interoperability Network is responsible for training in Network standards and for the certification of individuals and organisations against those standards. It runs the training programmes, sets and marks the examinations, and keeps the registers of certified persons and organisations.
The Department was established on 6 September 2026. On the same day it published its syllabus, its first examination timetable and the arrangements under which certification issued by member organisations before that date is recognised until 30 June 2027.
Training and certification
Programmes
TrainingFoundation, operator and assessor programmes in Network standards, each ending in an examination.
Individuals and organisations
CertificationHow individuals are certified on examination and organisations on assessment.
October 2026 to March 2027
Examination timetableEvery sitting from October 2026 to March 2027, with closing dates for registration and dates by which results are issued.
In figures
- 3
- Training programmes: foundation, operator and assessor
- 18
- Examination sittings timetabled between October 2026 and March 2027
- 1,284
- Transitional entries on the register of certified persons
- 30 June 2027
- Date by which transitional certification must be converted
Guidance
- Syllabus
The modules of each programme, the hours given to each and how each is assessed.
- Examinations
How examinations are set, sat and marked, and what a result means.
- Approved providers
How a training provider is approved to deliver the Department's programmes.
- Transitional arrangements
How certification issued before the Department existed is recognised and converted.
- Registers
The registers of certified persons and certified organisations, and what they record.
- Appeals and complaints
Clerical checks, appeals against results, representations and complaints.
- Frequently asked questions
Short answers on eligibility, fees, renewal and the registers.