Want to get a head start on your future STEM career? Vocational education and training (VET) can help
Did you know that you can take VET courses while you’re still at school? This is a fantastic way to gain super valuable (and employable!) skills early on, building up to higher certificates or levels of study through VET, or giving you a great foundation before starting a related uni course. Below, we’ve picked out 43 STEM VET courses you can do at school.
Top tip: See one that interests you? Click through to find out deets on what year of school you can start in, if you need to be a certain age, where the course will be delivered, and how many hours it will take to complete. It’s also a good idea to research course requirements and recommendations, and to have a chat with your careers advisor about how you can incorporate VET courses into your subject selection.
VET courses you can do at school
New South Wales
1. Certificate II in Aeroskills
2. Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies
3. Certificate I in Engineering
4. Certificate II in Engineering
5. Certificate III in Engineering – Technical
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Queensland
6. Certificate II in Telecommunications Technology
7. Certificate II in Aircraft Line Maintenance
8. Certificate I in Engineering
9. Certificate II in Engineering Pathways
10. Certificate II in Manufacturing Technology
11. Certificate II in Sampling and Measurement
12. Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start)
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South Australia
13. Certificate II in Agriculture
14. Certificate II in Electrotechnology [career start]
15. Certificate III in Information Technology
16. Certificate II in Engineering Pathways
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Victoria
17. Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies
18. Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start)
19. Certificate II in Agriculture
20. Certificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management
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Western Australia
21. Certificate II in Aeroskills
22. Certificate II in Agriculture
23. Certificate II in Animal Care
24. Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies
25. Certificate II in Conservation and Ecosystem Management
26. Certificate II in Engineering
27. Certificate II in Process Manufacturing
28. Certificate II in Sampling and Measurement
29. Certificate III in Agricultural Mechanical Technology
30. Certificate III in Engineering – Composites Trade
31. Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking)
32. Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking/Welding)
33. Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade (Sheetmetal Working)
34. Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade (Surface Finishing)
35. Certificate III in Engineering – Fixed and Mobile Plant Mechanic (Fixed Plant Mechanic)
36. Certificate III in Engineering – Fixed and Mobile Plant Mechanic (Mobile Plant Mechanic)
37. Certificate III in Engineering – Mechanical Trade
38. Certificate III in Financial Services
39. Certificate III in Information Technology
40. Certificate III in Information Technology [Cyber Security]
41. Certificate III in Information Technology [Network Administration]
42. Certificate III in Information Technology [Web Development]
43. Certificate III in Surveying and Spatial Information Services
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