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Glossary: V
| VET | See Vocational Education and Training |
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| VET in Schools | allows school students to combine vocational studies with their general education curriculum. Students participating in VET in Schools continue to work towards their secondary school certificate. The VET component of their studies gives them credit towards a nationally recognised VET qualification. In this way, participants can keep their options open to pursue further full-time or part-time vocational training or to move into tertiary studies after school. |
| Vocational Education and Training | (VET) post-compulsory education and training, excluding degree and higher level programs delivered by higher education institutions, which provides people with occupational or work-related knowledge and skills. VET also includes programs which provide the basis for subsequent vocational programs. Alternative terms used internationally include technical and vocational education and training (TVET),vocational and technical education and training (VTET),technical and vocational education (TVE),vocational and technical education (VTE),and further education and training (FET). |
Glossary: W
| Work Experience | a period (usually one or two weeks) of unpaid work undertaken by secondary school students as part of their careers education, to provide some insight into the world of work. Compare work placement |
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| Work Placement | (also called field placement, vocational placement, structured work placement) a period of unpaid work with an employer undertaken by VET students in order to satisfy the requirements of a course or module, with supervision provided by the employer, the training provider or both. |
| Work-Based Learning | programs for both secondary and post- secondary students which provide opportunities to achieve employment- related competencies in the workplace. Work-based learning is often undertaken in conjunction with classroom or related learning, and may take the form of work placements, work experience, workplace mentoring, instruction in general workplace competencies, and broad instruction in all aspects of industry. |
| Work-Based Training | training provided by an organisation primarily for its own employees using the employer's own staff or consultants. Work- based training can be conducted either on- site or at an off-site location. |
| Workplace Assessment | the gathering and judging of evidence during normal work activities in order to determine whether a required standard has been achieved. Workplace assessment usually involves observation of work in progress, checking the product(s)of a work activity, and receiving oral responses to questions posed while work is in progress. |
| Workplace Learning | (also workplace training) learning or training undertaken in the workplace, usually on the job, including on-the-job training under normal operational conditions, and on-site training, which is conducted away from the work process (eg in a training room). |
