vet Courses

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

What are Vocational Education courses?

Vocational HSC courses have the following characteristics. They are:
• designed to meet industry training needs
• supported by industry in curriculum design and course delivery
• derived from national training standards
• based on national training curriculum
• written and assessed in competency-based terms
• designed to provide clearly defined pathways through
• accredited by both the Board of Studies and VETAB (dual accreditation).

Further information, and details of VET Courses available at Newington can be found in the Academic Guide, on the Subjects Info page.

Further Information

For further information about VET courses:

• contact the staff at the Newington Careers Centre
• e-mail careers@newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au
• go to the Newington Careers Website and follow links to TAFE, Vocational Education and Australian Qualifications Framework

• check out the following websites:

www.govet.nsw.edu.au

www.studentnet.edu.au/vet

www.govet.nsw.edu.au

www.sit.nsw.edu.au/tvet