VET Delivered to Secondary Students (VETDSS)

• Your SCSA (School Curriculum & Standards Authority) number. This can be found on your school report or you can speak with your VET Coordinator at school.
•  Your Unique Student Identifier (USI) number. If you do not already have a USI, please visit usi.gov.au.
• Parent/guardian details and an emergency contact.

Vocational Education and Training offers industry experience and skills that can be transferred into the workplace or articulated into further study. Parents and caregivers can help their child’s decision making by following these steps:

Step 1: Discuss with their child’s career aspirations for when they leave school, and help them to determine the subjects that will best help them achieve these aspirations. 
Step 2: Speak with the school's VET coordinator to identify the VET options available in their region and the requirements involved to help their child make an informed decision.

Should parents have any questions regarding the VET delivered to secondary students pathway, they should contact their child’s school VET coordinator, or contact NR TAFE to discuss the qualifications offered

NR TAFE is committed to helping students reach their career and study goals by providing a range of support services.

NR TAFE’s Disability Support Coordinator can provide information and advice and arrange individual study support with students.

Students under the VETDSS program will have the additional support of their School VET Coordinator and NR TAFE’s School Delivery Coordinators whilst studying.

It is vital for the success of a school based trainee or apprentice (SBA/T) to ensure that the student is well matched to the employment based training opportunity. Students need to consider what their interests, aspirations and abilities are, and to share these with their guardians and school. These should be then matched to the employer’s capacity to provide work based training that is complementary and appropriate to those interests, aspirations and ability, as well as to the requirements of the SBA/T qualification.

Students or the school may approach an employer to discuss the possibility of setting up a SBA/T, or alternatively a Group Training Organisation may be utilised to help find an employer. There are many stakeholders involved in a SBA/T, including the student, their guardians, the school, the employer and the RTO (TAFE). Please refer to the Department of Workforce Training and Development (DTWD) website(opens in a new tab) for more information on SBA/Ts.

Pre-Apprenticeships in School (PAIS) is made up of Certificate II programs that have been nominated by Western Australian training councils as valid pathways from school to related apprenticeships. Students attend school, train at TAFE and are linked to an employer for work placement or undertake simulated work placement. Students must complete a work placement as nominated in the preapprenticeship program.

Secondary school students enrolled in the VETDSS program are exempt from tuition, resource and enrolment fees. However, depending on the Qualification, students may be required to purchase personal protective equipment and/or textbooks.

Some courses may involve workplace experience to support the learning program. Students will be advised by their lecturer if this is the case, and in some instances, it is the responsibility of the student or the school to organise work experience.