Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) cont’d

Recognition of VET in the VCE and VCE-VM

Students who complete all or part of a nationally recognised VET qualification drawn from a course that is accredited by the VCAA receive credit towards satisfactory completion of the VCE and VCE-VM.

Credit for the VCE and VCE-VM is applied according to the following VET qualification levels:

Certificate I qualifications do not provide any credit into the VCE.

Certificate II qualifications provide credit at VCE units 1 and 2 level only. Each completed 90 nominal hours of training provides one VCE unit of credit. Credit accrues in the following sequence: Units 1, 2, 1 and 2 up to a maximum of six VCE units.

Certificate III qualifications provide credit at VCE Units 1 to 4 level. Each completed 90 nominal hours of training provides one VCE unit of credit. Credit accrues in the following sequence: Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 3 and 4 up to a maximum of six VCE units.

• Certificate IV and Diploma qualifications that are pre-approved by the VCAA provide credit at VCE Units 3 and 4 level. Each completed 90 nominal hours of training provides one VCE unit of credit. Credit accrues in the following sequence: Units 3, 4, 3 and 4 up to a maximum of four units.

In addition to the above, the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) may award VCE students, who receive a Units 3 and 4 sequence (equivalent of a VET study at Certificate III level and above) through block credit recognition, a fifth or sixth study increment (10 per cent of the lowest study in the primary four-scaled studies) towards their ATAR. The increment is awarded by VTAC when they calculate a VCE students ATAR.