What qualifications can I do?
No matter what your interests or career goals, there’s probably a qualification available to suit you. Vocational education and training qualifications are offered in more than 80% of occupations, ranging from traditional trades, engineering, mining and building through to media, electronics, tourism, telecommunications, retail and financial services.
Check out the apprenticeship qualifications you can do.
Find out the range of traineeship qualifications available now.
What is vocational education & training (VET)?
Vocational education and training (VET) provides skills and knowledge for work through a national training system. VET courses are provided by TAFE, private training organisations, community based organisations and employers.
Qualifications
Vocational education and training offers these qualifications:
- Certificate I
- Certificate II
- Certificate III
- Certificate IV
- Diploma
- Advanced Diploma
Certificates I – IV:
At each level of qualification from Certificate I to Certificate IV you will need to show that you have gained specific skills and knowledge across:
- literacy and numeracy
- communication skills
- working in teams
- workplace technology
- industry specific competencies
The complexity of the skills required increases at each level of qualification.
You can gain your qualifications through a wide range of pathways, including:
- completing an apprenticeships or traineeship
- work-based and/or school/institution-based training
- recognition of prior learning (which may include training programs or an accumulation of short courses).
Do I have to do a whole qualification?
No – it depends on you, the skills you need, and your employer’s business needs.
The training program can range from one ‘unit of competency’ to a whole qualification.
A unit of competency is a specific skill within a qualification.
Example: Let’s say you are working in contemporary furniture production & design, and you are interested in upgrading your skills in glass and glazing.
You enrol in one of the units ‘Apply film to glass’ in the Certificate III in Glass and Glazing
This unit ‘addresses the knowledge and skills required to prepare glass surfaces and cut and apply window film.’
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