QCE Handbook - Queensland Studies Authority

3.4 VET — a clarification
VET approach Characteristics Important to know
Study Area
Specifications (SASs)
Approach C
For example:
• Business
• Hospitality
• Recreation
Authority subjects
with embedded VET
Authority subjects:
• Business,
Communication and
Technologies
• Hospitality Studies
• Information
Technology Studies
• Tourism
Nested VET
certificates
• Two semesters of an
Authority-registered subject
contribute up to 2 credits to
Core (but do not contribute
to completed Core courses).
• The VET Certificate I
(completed over 2
semesters) may contribute 2
or 3 credits in the
Preparatory learning
category.
• These courses can
contribute to the completed
Core requirement.
• Completed courses
contribute 4 credits towards
the award of a QCE.
• If these subjects are
partially completed, the
credit that contributes is the
higher earned by either the
VET component or the
Authority subject.
• Nested competencies in
certificates provide students
who need to leave the
course with a variety of exit
points without complete
penalty.
• The competencies for
Certificate I are included in
those required for Certificate
II, which are further included
in the competencies
required for Certificate III.
These subjects do not contribute to the
requirement of 12 credits from
completed Core courses.
For partially completed courses with
embedded VET, the credit associated
with each of the Authority subjects and
the VET component is calculated, and
the higher credit applies.
For example:
A subject exited after 3 semesters at a
Sound Level of Achievement or higher
contributes 3 credits towards a QCE.
If all of the competencies for the VET
Certificate II have been completed at the
end of the 3 semesters, the subject will
contribute 4 credits towards a QCE.
Should a student be enrolled
concurrently in both an Authority subject
with embedded VET, and the same
separate VET certificate, a maximum of
4 credits will apply for the combination.
For QCE purposes, the intent of nested
certificates is to allow a student who
withdraws from a Certificate III course to
attain one of the lower qualifications,
provided sufficient competencies have
been demonstrated.
The total amount of credit associated
with most Certificate III courses is 8
credits towards a QCE (5, 6 or 7 credits
for some courses). In the event of
withdrawal from the Certificate III the
lower Certificate II course would
contribute 4 credits and the Certificate I
course would contribute 2 credits
towards a QCE.
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