Northern Territory VET Framework
Education is one of Northern Territory’s best strategies to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability. Vocational education and training (VET) provides skills and knowledge for work, enhances employability and assists learning throughout life.
In Australia, VET’s foundation was laid in the mid to late nineteenth century, when mechanics’ institutes, schools of mines and technical and working men’s colleges were established to develop the skills of Australia’s working population. For almost 100 years, training was largely for males working full time in traditional trade related industries.
Today, VET is offered not only in the public system, but also through private and community training providers and in secondary schools and is equally taken up by both males and females. It can link to university study options, and provides up to six levels of nationally recognised qualifications in most industries, including high growth, new economy industries.