External VET (EVET)

EXTERNAL EVET COURSES

TAFE – delivered vocational education and training (EVET) courses allow school students to gain workplace skills and experience to get a head start on their career.

All EVET courses are Category B.

EVET allows you to:

• Gain practical, work related skills to enhance your future employment opportunities

• Complete units that count towards your Higher School Certificate (HSC)

• Start or complete a nationally recognised TAFE NSW qualification while still at school

When you finish your EVET course you’ll receive a nationally accredited Certificate qualification or a Statement of Attainment.

Most EVET courses articulate into further TAFE or university studies. You can select an Industry Curriculum Framework (ICF) course developed by the NESA specifically for school students in a range of industry areas. These courses have an optional

HSC examination, which will allow them to count towards a student’s ATAR.

Current ICF courses are:

• Automotive

• Human Services

• Business Services

• Information Technology

• Construction

• Metal and Engineering

• Electro-technology

• Primary Industries

• Entertainment Retail

• Financial Services

• Tourism

• Hospitality

However, some EVET courses that can be studied at TAFE have no HSC examinations and are designed to allow students to gain national qualifications and still have them count towards HSC units. The below courses DO NOT count towards an ATAR.

• Animal Studies Fashion

• Beauty Hairdressing

• Fitness Media

• Children’s Services Plumbing

• Community Services Signage

• Real Estate and many more

Important things to consider when selecting EVET Courses:

• Block delivery of courses – 4 hours once a week (usually after school one day a week)

• Transport. Travel to TAFE may involve several buses home and significant travel time.

• Adult Learning Environment – students take responsibility for their own learning at tertiary level.

• Attendance is required for all lessons. One missed lesson equals one week of course content missed.

• Work placement requirements.

• Cost – Parents will need to meet a certain 25% of the course costs.

Students wishing to enrol in a EVET course must see the VET Coordinator. No application can be submitted to TAFE without the school signing off on the application.