Block Credit Recognition

Students who undertake Vocational Education and Training (VET) or Further Education (FE) qualifications that are not included in the suite of approved VCE VET and School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships programs may be eligible for credit towards their VCE. This is called Block Credit Recognition.

To be eligible for credit the student must be enrolled in the VCE. Students who have been enrolled in the VCE within the previous two years may also be eligible for credit.

Credit will be available for full or partial completion of a nationally recognised qualification, according to the guidelines below.

 

Determining credit toward the VCE

Under block credit recognition, credit toward the VCE is determined by the AQF level at which the units of competence/modules are recognised and the nominal hours of training completed. 

The following guidelines apply:

• Attainment of units of competence/modules at AQF level II provides credit at Units 1 and 2 level.
• Attainment of units of competence/modules at AQF level III or above provides credit at Units 3 and 4 level.
• At least 90 nominal hours of training is required for each VCE Unit.
• Where a student has completed two or more qualifications, or parts there of, within the same industry area, the highest AQF level of training achieved will be counted for credit.
• The award of credit will take into account issues of duplication with students' other VCE studies or VCE VET programs.

A Unit 3 and 4 sequence will be awarded on satisfactory completion of a minimum of 180 nominal hours at AQF level III, according to the guidelines above.

VTAC may award students who receive a Units 3 and 4 sequence through Block Credit Recognition an increment (10% of the average of the Primary Four scaled studies) towards their ATAR.

For students enrolled in a VET/FE program, the amount of credit they are eligible for will be calculated and recorded on VASS. It will specify the number and level of units and/or Unit 3 and 4 sequences.

Where students apply for credit for training completed prior to the current year, decisions on the amount of credit granted will be made and recorded by the VCAA.

Students with a current enrolment in VET/FE

Where students are completing training in a nationally recognised VET/FE qualification in the current year, they should be enrolled on Victorian Assessment Software System (VASS) in the certificate and all units of competence/modules expected to be completed in the current year only.

These students do not need to apply for credit as entry on VASS will calculate the level of credit students are entitled to, based on the rules above.

Students who have completed training in VET/FE prior to the current year

Where students have completed training in a nationally recognised VET/FE qualification prior to the current year, and have not previously had their details entered onto VASS, they must apply to the VCAA, through the Victorian school at which they are enrolled.

Further Information

• Applying for Credit