St. Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton Newcastle

VET

Vocational Education & Training

St Francis Xavier’s College will offer Vocational Education and Training (VET) Courses in a number of areas.

There are two types of Vocational Education and Training Courses:

1) Industry Curriculum Framework (ICF) courses An Industry Curriculum Framework course, studied as part of the HSC, enables students to acquire a range of technical, personal and organisational skills valued both within and beyond the workplace.

Students receive a nationally recognised Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) credential on successful completion of a course.

The examination mark from one VET course (Category B), Tourism or Electrotechnology may be included in the calculation of a student’s (ATAR).