VET Handbook 2012

Glossary

VET	Vocational Education and Training Programs that allow students to combine their VCE or VCAL studies with TAFE-based training and structured work placements in industry.
SWL	Structured Workplace Learning A work placement within a business related to the area of study for students who are completing a VET Program. Students will be required to complete an approved Work Placement.
TAFE	Technical and Further Education TAFE Institutes provide secondary and tertiary training and further education for a wide range of occupations and levels in all industries via a range of flexible delivery options.
VCAL	Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning A senior school certificate that sits alongside the VCE, with an emphasis on hands-on learning that recognises the successful completion of students’ secondary education.
VCE	Victorian Certificate of Education A senior school certificate that recognises the successful completion of students’ secondary education.

AAC	Australian Apprenticeship Centres
AQTF	Australian Qualifications Training Framework
BGKLLEN	Bayside Glen Eira Kingston Local Learning Employment Network
CALD	Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
DEECD	Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
DEEWR	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DIIRD	Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
DPCD	Department of Planning and Community Development
GTO	Group Training Organisation
RTO	Registered Training Organisation
VASS	Victorian Assessment Software System
VCAA	Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority
VETiS	Vocational Education and Training in Schools