Assessment in VET

Satisfactory course completion criteria apply to all VET Courses.

VET courses are competency based. A student’s performance is judged as being either competent or not yet competent against prescribed standards. Students will be given specific instructions about achieving each competency and will be provided with several opportunities to demonstrate this achievement.

A “Competency Record Book” is kept for each student and will form the basis of the AQF VET Certificate or Statement of Attainment issued as part of the HSC credentials.

All NSW Educational Standards Authority (NESA) Developed VET courses have a mandatory workplace component of 35 hours for a 2 unit (120 hour) Year 12 course.

Students who have completed 240 hours (4 units in either/or Preliminary/Higher School Certificate) of a VET subject MAY choose to sit an external exam in this subject if they want it to contribute to their ATAR. The University Admission Centre will only allow one VET Framework course as part of the

10 units which are used to calculate the ATAR.

Students who choose to sit for an external exam in a VET subject will also receive an individual course report as part of their HSC credentials.