Vocational Education & Training

Vocational education and training (VET) is training, excluding higher education that gives people work-related knowledge and skills. VET covers preparatory entry-level and advanced-skill programs in technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, schools, private training organisations, and workplace and community settings.

VET has a practical emphasis and is linked directly to the needs of business and industry. Representatives from business and industry help design and update VET courses to ensure that they are relevant and related to the needs of specific jobs.

Maintaining the Advantage - Skilled Victorians: The Hon. Minister Lynne Kosky MP, released Maintaining the Advantage: Skilled Victorians on 7 March 2006. The Statement outlines the Victorian Government's strategy and action plan to produce a skilled Victorian workforce who will lead industry and the community into the future.

Find out more about VET in Victoria:

Students, learners and job seekers
Apprentices and trainees
Employers
Training organisations