VET
Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are nationally registered training qualifications offered to senior secondary students and can give credit towards a VCE or VCAL certificate. There is a list of VCAA approved VET courses with some offering scored assessment, some can be done through the Block Credit Recognition and some through School Based Apprenticeships or Traineeships (SBATs).
VCE VET Programs
VCE VET programs are nationally recognised qualifications that offer credit towards a VCE or VCAL certificate.
Training.gov.au
The National Register on VET in Australia. This is the authoritative source of information on Training Packages, qualifications, Accredited Courses, units of competency, skill sets and Registered Training Organisations.
VCAA Block Credit Recognition
Nationally or state-accredited VET programs that fall outside the VCAA approved courses that students can receive credit for towards their VCE or VCAL program.
Get VET
Get VET is a suite of resources that explore the wide range of extra qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience available to secondary students to create employment opportunities and educational pathways.
VET Self-Assessment Tool
The self-assessment tool is designed to assist schools plan, implement and review vocational education and training (VET) programmes that offer nationally recognised qualifications from industry-developed training packages or accredited courses.
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) - manuals and forms
Structured workplace learning provides students with the opportunity to integrate on-the-job experience with secondary study.
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) Portal
The Portal helps school students find work placements and promotes opportunities for them to learn more about the world of work.
Victorian Training Packages Purchasing Guides
The Victorian Purchasing Guides provide information for use by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in the provision of Victorian government subsidised training.
School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships(SBAT) - VRQA
The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) is responsible for regulating the minimum hours per week for employment and training for SBATs.
Work Experience (WE) - manuals and forms
Work experience is the short term placement of secondary school students, generally from Years 9 and 10, with employers to provide insights into the industry and the workplace in which they are located. Arrangements must comply with Ministerial Order 382.
Unique Student Identifier (USI)
The Unique Student Identifier is an online record of training and qualifications attained in Australia. All students undertaking nationally recognised training need a USI.
School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBAT) - DET
A school-based apprenticeship or traineeship (SBAT) is an apprenticeship or traineeship undertaken by a student enrolled in a senior secondary program (VCE or VCAL).
Child Safe Standards & Workplace Learning
Ministerial Order 870 child safe standards are compulsory minimum standards for all Victorian schools to help ensure the safety of children.
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) Recognition - VCAA
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) recognition provides the formal framework and processes to enable students to integrate their on-the-job experience and learning in a workplace with nationally recognised VET undertaken as part of either the VCE or the VCAL.
Preparing Secondary Students for Work
This framework for schools, school systems, employers, RTOs, training package developers and VET regulators covers all aspects of vocational learning and VET delivered to secondary students.