VCE VET (VE1) Programs in VASS
All VCE VET Programs are now available in VASS. Thank you for your patience as we have made these active. Providers are reminded to submit their assessment plans for scored programs as soon as available.
Assessing Groups for VET
Please ensure that the Assessing Group (delivery location) is identified on VASS when setting up VET classes.
Email the
VET Unit for more information
VASS deadlines for VET
Important administrative dates for VET are listed on the VASS homepage. The first critical date for VET is Monday 9 May, after when schools will not be able to enrol students into Unit 3–4 sequences for scored VCE VET programs. Enrolments and amendments to enrolments for all other qualifications will still be able to be made, noting that government, Catholic and independent school sectors determine funding for VET programs included on VASS on Monday 9 May.
As apprenticeships and traineeships are not funded in this manner there is no deadline for student enrolment into VE2 apprenticeships and traineeships.
Eligibility reports for VET students
It is important for schools to run VCE and VCAL eligibility reports following the completion of their VET enrolments. Students at risk of not meeting the requirements of the VCE or VCAL should be identified early while there is still the opportunity to plan for additional VET to be undertaken over the remainder of the year.
Please note that the VET eligibility report may be misleading and the Student Full Details Report from VASS should be used to identify the amount of credit students may receive from their VET enrolment.
School-based apprenticeships and traineeships access
For access to school-based apprenticeships and traineeships (VE2) in VASS, please email the
VET Unit a signed copy of the training plan provided by the RTO, including the contact details of the student, school, workplace and RTO.
Expressions of interest for VCE VET programs under major review in 2022
If you are an experienced teacher or trainer, consider becoming a member of our reference groups for the redevelopment of the following VCE VET programs:
- VCE VET Agriculture and Horticulture
- VCE VET Applied Fashion Design and Technology
- VCE VET Community Services
- VCE VET Furnishing
- VCE VET Hair and Beauty
- VCE VET Health
- VCE VET Hospitality (Hospitality and Kitchen Operations)
- VCE VET Laboratory Skills
- VCE VET Sport and Recreation.
These programs remain unchanged for 2022. Future VCE VET program redevelopments will be published in the Bulletin.
If you would like to be involved in this process, please
register online.
VCE VET Program Minor reviews
The following VCE VET programs are undergoing a minor review in 2022, for 2023 implementation:
- VCE VET Applied Language
- VCE VET Integrated Technologies.
More information will be provided in future Bulletin editions.
VCE VET Program reviews pending
The following VCE VET programs are scheduled for review during 2022, pending extensions to their current Victorian accredited qualifications:
- VCE VET Building and Construction
- VCE VET Engineering.
More information will be provided in future Bulletin editions.
Unit 3–4 sequences in transitioning qualifications (VE1, VE2, VE3)
VCE students who have transitioned into a new qualification for their second year of a program should ensure they have consolidated their enrolment into a single certificate on VASS, to ensure they are accruing a Unit 3–4 sequence. Transition advice can be found on the
VCE VET Programs page. Schools should ensure that, once enrolments are finalised, students are accruing the expected amount of credit towards their VCE.
This transition advice applies to school-based apprenticeships and traineeships, as well as approved VCE VET programs. For example, students who were enrolled in VE2 – SBAT UEE30811 Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician in 2021 can continue their enrolment on VASS in this qualification. All commencing students in 2022 should enrol in VE2 – SBAT UEE30820 Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician.
If the current release of the qualification is not yet available on VASS, please email the
VET Unit for more information.
VET cluster and provider handbooks
Due to a number of training package changes this year that affect VCE VET programs, it is advised that the following note be used in school and RTO promotional handbooks: ‘THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE FOR 2023’.
The VET Unit is able to check the handbook details, if required. Please email the
VET Unit for more information.
Units of competency transition requirements
As per the advice of the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), if a qualification or accredited course specifies a core or named elective unit that has been superseded, removed or deleted, you must continue to include the unit as named in the qualification or course being delivered (see
Clauses 1.26 to 1.27: Manage transition from superseded training products).
If you are choosing to import a unit into a qualification or course where it is not listed or named, you must deliver the current version of the unit of competency (look for the
TGA green ‘Current Status’, rather than the red ‘Superseded Status’).
Transition to new units when:
- delivering a full qualification, course, or skillset as published on TGA
- delivering a stand-alone unit
- importing a unit as an elective that is not listed or named in the qualification, course, or skillset, as published on TGA.
Do not transition to new units when:
- the superseded, removed or deleted unit is listed or named in the qualification, course, or skillset, as published on TGA
- ASQA advice is to continue with the unit published in the qualification.
VCE VET Integrated Technologies webinar
Schools and providers delivering 22586VIC Certificate II in Integrated Technologies are invited to attend an information webinar on Tuesday 3 May at 2–3.30pm. For further details, email the VET Unit.
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Victorian Training Awards
In 2022, the
Victorian Training Awards mark their 68th year of celebrating the outstanding achievements of apprentices, students, teachers, employers and training providers in the VET sector.
You may want to nominate yourself, your students, your organisation, or someone else you know.
Award winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in September and will receive $5,000 in prize money and a trophy. Winners in select categories represent Victoria at the Australian Training Awards in Adelaide in November.
Nominations are
now open and close at midnight on Saturday 28 May.
If assistance is required with preparing nominations, the awards team can put you in touch with professional support to review the nomination and make sure it is of the highest quality. This is a free service available to all nominators.
Categories available for VCE or VCAL students, teachers or training providers include:
- School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year
- Teacher/Trainer of the Year
- Training Provider of the Year (multiple categories).