{"id":7515,"date":"2017-08-15T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=7515"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:21:38","slug":"vet-schools-program-vetis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=7515","title":{"rendered":"VET in Schools Program (VETiS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14232 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skills-Assure_CMYK-with-tagline-square-e1756473423646.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skills-Assure_CMYK-with-tagline-square-e1756473423646.png 500w, https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Skills-Assure_CMYK-with-tagline-square-e1756473423646-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some students undertake nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET)\u00a0qualifications while they are still at school.<\/p>\n<p>VET is learning which is directly related to work. Nationally recognised qualifications are developed by industry to give people the knowledge and skills they need to work in a particular job.<\/p>\n<p>Students can undertake VET at school:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\n<li>\u2022 As part of their school studies &#8211; delivered and resourced by a school that is also a registered training organisation (RTO)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 By enrolling in a qualification with an external RTO &#8211; funded either by the Queensland Government or through fee-for-service arrangements (i.e. where the student or parent pays for the qualification)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 As a school-based apprentice or trainee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 20px;\">Regardless of how it is funded, participation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/education\/training\/funded\/vetis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VETiS<\/a> does not affect a student\u2019s access to subsidised training post-school through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/education\/training\/funded\/career-start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Start<\/a> \u2014 even if the student has completed a Certificate III level qualification at school.<\/p>\n<h4>To be eligible for VETiS funding,\u00a0\u00a0prospective students must:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\n<li>\u2022 Be enrolled at a Queensland school in year 10, 11 or 12 (excluding international secondary exchange students) &#8211; or attending a Queensland juvenile detention centre<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident, or hold an eligible <a href=\"https:\/\/desbt.qld.gov.au\/training\/providers\/inclusive\/visa-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Available VETiS programs<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\n<li>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=13256\">AHC20422 Certificate II in Horticulture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=3496\">CPC10120 Certificate I in Construction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=14496\">CPC20220 Certificate II in Construction Pathways<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=3814\">RII20120 Certificate II in Resources and Infrastructure Work Preparation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Fees<\/h4>\n<p>CSTC does <strong>not<\/strong> take\u00a0a co-contribution fee.<\/p>\n<h4>Find out more:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/cstc.app.axcelerate.com\/showDoc.cfm?DocID=443382\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u2022 Download and read the Student Handbook<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/?page_id=49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2022 Contact us to discuss funding eligibility or to apply for funding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some students undertake nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET)\u00a0qualifications while they are still at school. VET is learning which is directly related to work. Nationally recognised qualifications are developed by industry to give people the knowledge and skills they need to work in a particular job. Students can undertake VET at school: \u2022 As part of their school studies &#8211; delivered and resourced by a school that is also a registered training organisation (RTO) \u2022 By enrolling in a qualification with an external RTO &#8211; funded either by the Queensland Government or through fee-for-service arrangements (i.e. where the student or parent pays for the qualification) \u2022 As a school-based apprentice or trainee Regardless of how it is funded, participation in VETiS does not affect a student\u2019s access to subsidised training post-school through Career Start \u2014 even if the student has completed a Certificate III level qualification at school. To be eligible for VETiS funding,\u00a0\u00a0prospective students must: \u2022 Be enrolled at a Queensland school in year 10, 11 or 12 (excluding international secondary exchange students) &#8211; or attending a Queensland juvenile detention centre \u2022 Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident, or hold an eligible visa Available VETiS programs \u2022 AHC20422 Certificate II in Horticulture \u2022 CPC10120 Certificate I in Construction \u2022 CPC20220 Certificate II in Construction Pathways \u2022 RII20120 Certificate II in Resources and Infrastructure Work Preparation Fees CSTC does not take\u00a0a co-contribution fee. Find out more: \u2022 Download and read the Student Handbook \u2022 Contact us to discuss funding eligibility or to apply for funding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-funding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7515"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14510,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7515\/revisions\/14510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}