Vocational Education and Training (VET)

    Learn new skills needed to fill in-demand jobs and unlock new career pathways

    Our Purpose

    We offer a wide range of services to meet every type of need.

    Our purpose is to increase industry skills capacity and capability across the Northern Territory. We do this through:

    • Building relationships through extensive engagement with our Northern Territory stakeholders, including businesses in urban, regional and remote Northern Territory, Industry associations, schools, registered training organisations and government
    • Contributing to the development of national qualifications to maintain relevance to employers throughout the Northern Territory
    • Collaboration with national stakeholders, including Skill Service Organisations (SSO) and Industry Reference Committees (IRC)
    • Matching businesses to suitable Registered Training Organisations (RTO)
    • Provision of advice to the Northern Territory Government to link industry skills needs with government funding through Vocational Education and Training (VET) plans
    • Promoting occupational pathways through Vocational Education and Training (VET)
    • Articulating Industry needs to inform school Vocational Education and Training (VET) program planning
    • Relaying intelligence gathered from Industry on a range of issues in support of the Northern Territory Skilled Occupation Priority List (NTSOPL)
    • Promoting apprenticeship and traineeship to Northern Territory Employers
    • Identifying opportunities to develop Industry workforce strategies
    • Researching Industry workforce trends to inform future planning


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    Did you know the Vocational, Education and Training (VET) sector is more relevant than ever?

    Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research 2022

    94% of apprentices and trainees who completed their training in a trade occupation were employed after training

    For those in non-trade occupations, 88.4% were employed after training

    By 2025 it is predicted that there will be 2 Million new jobs due to the transformation of business in Australia.

    Vocational, Education and Training (VET) is one of the keys to the Northern Territory’s economic development and increase the local skilled workforce.  VET is an ideal platform to learn new skills needed to fill future jobs.

    What is VET?

    VET is study and training that enables students to gain high-quality, nationally recognised qualifications for employment. It is designed to help you get the skills you need to enter and succeed in the workplace.

    VET is not just for traditional trades, it encompasses hundreds of different occupations and industries including accounting, retail, hospitality, technology, and the arts.

    A VET course can help you learn a new skill, get a job, or earn money while you learn on the job - through an apprenticeship or traineeship.

    The flexibility of VET means that a qualification can be undertaken in schools, in the workplace, and in registered training organisations. VET courses are available full-time, part-time, online, distance education, apprenticeships, traineeships and through recognition of prior learning.

    Still at school?

    Why not talk to your teacher or career advisor about a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship and VET in Schools.

    Find out how we help businesses connect to a skilled workforce.

    Are you a school-leaver?

    Have you considered an apprenticeship or traineeship

    • On the job training, while being paid 
    • A variety of options to suit you, including electrical, engineering, plumbing, carpentry, hairdressing, business, nursing and much more
    • Competency-based in the Northern Territory
    • Nationally recognised qualifications
    • Pathways to further study

    Are you job ready?

    What does it take to be considered for employment?

    It starts with your employability skills.

    Whether you were aware of it or not, you likely already possess these skills.


    What are employability skills?

    These are non-technical skills needed to get a job. You may have heard of them as ‘soft skills’, they can include –


    • Communication
    • Teamwork
    • Problem Solving
    • Initiative
    • Planning and organising
    • Decision making
    • Self-management

    These skills are highly valued by employers and industry. Your ability to provide examples of how you developed these skills is valuable when you’re looking for work.

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