Vocational Education & Training

VET stands for Vocational Education and Training.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is education and training that focuses on providing skills for work.

VET refers to education and training that provides the practical skills and knowledge student’s need to:

• Join the workforce for the first time
• Re-join the workforce after a break
• Enter tertiary study

A VET course is a great way to fast track students’ careers or education in fields like:

• Business
• Health services
• Mining services
• Manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Tourism
• Hospitality

VET is an excellent choice of study for many students. It includes practical, hands-on learning, and it can contribute to excellent career pathways in a variety of fields.

Studying VET whilst at school may provide students with a head start on a qualification, which is a great way to fast-track their progress towards a rewarding career whilst also developing their independence and time-management skills.

School students participating in a VET course while at school may:

• Provide credit towards student’s Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
• Contribute to the calculation of students’ tertiary selection rank
• Support student’s transition to employment, vocational and higher education.

The USI initiative commenced on 1 January 2015 and is a reference number made up of ten numbers and letters that is free and easy to create and stays with you for life.

If you are a new or continuing student undertaking nationally recognised training, you will need a USI in order to receive your qualification or statement of attainment. This includes nationally recognised training delivered by secondary schools.

The USI will give you access to an online record of your nationally recognised training in the form of a USI Transcript. This can be used when applying for a job, seeking a credit transfer or demonstrating pre-requisites when undertaking further training.

Under the Student Identifiers Act 2014 and Student Identifiers (Exemptions) Instrument 2014, training organisations are not allowed to issue a qualification or statement of attainment unless the student has a USI or the student or the training is exempt from the USI initiative.

Under the Student Identifiers Act 2014, training organisations are not allowed to include a USI on qualifications or statements of attainment to protect the privacy of the USI account holder.

Under the Student Identifiers Regulation 2014, training organisations are not allowed to use the USI as a student number.

The USI initiative is also valuable for government as it enables the collection of information about students’ training activity and their movements within the VET system. This information provides an important foundation for understanding and improving VET performance and better meeting the needs of students, training organisations and employers.

For further information about USI numbers please visit http://www.usi.gov.au/

Please follow the instructions in the USI quickguideto apply for a USI.

Please ensure that the school is advised once you have obtained your USI number. For further information relating to USI policy and procedure please download the USI policy and procedure document.

Pimpama State Secondary College is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO Number: 41352) offering a range of nationally accredited vocational education training (VET) certificates based on industry endorsed competency standards.

On our scope that we deliver

School Code	Qualification Code	Qualification	RTO	Delivery	Location	Fees
VRE	SIS20122	Certificate II Sport and Recreation	School	PSSC staff	PSSC	NIL
VCI	CUA20220	Certificate II Creative Industries	School	PSSC staff	PSSC	Materials fee
VBO	SIS30120	Certificate III Business	School	PSSC staff	PSSC	NIL
VSP	FSK20119	Certificate II Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways	School	PSSC staff	PSSC	NIL
VFN	FNS20120	Certificate II in Financial Services	School	PSSC staff	PSSC	NIL

Through external RTOs we access

School Code

School Code	Qualification Code	Qualification	RTO	Delivery	Location	Fees
VHP/ VHO	SIT20322/ SIT30622	Certificate II & III Hospitality Combination	Aurora Training Institute RTO: 32237	PSSC staff	PSSC	VETiS or Fee for service
VMI	CUA20620	Certificate II Music	The College of Sound and Music Production RTO: 41549	PSSC staff	PSSC	Fee for service
VMU	CUA30920	Certificate III Music	The College of Sound and Music Production RTO: 41549	PSSC staff	PSSC	Fee for service
VFI	SIS30321	Certificate III Fitness	Binnacle Training RTO: 31319	PSSC staff	PSSC	Fee for service
MEM	MEM20422	Certificate II in Engineering Pathways	Skills Generation RTO: 41008	PSSC Staff	PSSC	VETiS or Fee for Service
VAV	AVI30419	Certificate III Aviation (Remote Pilot)	Skills Generation RTO: 41008	PSSC staff	PSSC	VETiS or Fee for service
VJS	10971NAT	Certificate IV Justice Studies	Unity College RTO: 32123	PSSC staff	PSSC	Fee for service
	HLT23215	Certificate II in Health Support Services	Axiom College RTO: 40489	External	PSSC	VETiS or Fee for service
	HLT33115	Certificate III in Health Services Assistant	Axiom College RTO: 40489	External	PSSC	Fee for service
	AUR20720	Certificate II in Automotive Vocational Preparation	Tactile Learning RTO: 30922	External	PSSC	VETiS
	MSL20122	Certificate II Sampling and Measuring	Leichhardt Education and Training RTO: 32368	External	PSSC	VETiS
		TAFE VET Courses – Various qualifications	TAFE Queensland RTO: 0275	External	TAFE campus	VETiS or Fee for service
		Vocational Courses – Gold Coast Trades College	People Performance Solutions RTO: 31175	External	GCTC Campus	VETiS or Fee for service
		Diploma in Business	External	External	Various	Fee for service

For further information regarding VET qualifications at Pimpama State Secondary College, please contact Reid Bolus (RTO Manager) rbolu3@eq.edu.au

Students may also be eligible to complete a certificate qualification through a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship in Years 11 & 12.

See Mr Bolus (Head of Senior Schooling) or Ms Milne (Industry Liaison Officer) for more information.