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    TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

    Get a head start on your career and complete a TVET course, while you’re still at school. All TVET courses help you build practical skills and industry-specific knowledge and count toward your school outcome, with some courses contributing towards an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

    Your pathway to a career

    Are you about to start your final years of schooling but already know your perfect career? Or maybe you’ve got an idea of what life after school could look like, but want to try it out first?

    Either way, you’ll get a head start while still at school with a TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET) or School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SBAT) course. From Animal Care to Community Services to Music Industry courses, we’ve got just about all interests and industries covered.

    Download a copy of the TAFE NSW TVET & SBAT Guide and speak to your school careers adviser to find out more.

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    Where could studying at TAFE NSW lead you?

    Combining TAFE and school studies offers direct pathways to further education and employment options.

    These pathways may include:

    • Full-time and part-time TAFE NSW courses that give you job-ready skills in a broad range of careers.
    • Pre-apprenticeship courses that give you skills to help enter the workforce.
    • Apprenticeships and traineeships that combine formal studies with work and on-the-job training.
    • Recognition of prior learning gained through formal training, HSC studies and employment.
    • Accredited training may provide credit towards TAFE NSW VET courses and higher education degrees, along with university courses.
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    Careers advisers

    TAFE NSW TVET and SBAT Guide 2027 booklet displayed on a wooden surface, featuring a green cover with the title “TVET & SBAT Guide 2027” and a collage of students participating in hands‑on vocational training activities such as construction, childcare, hospitality, and technology.

    TVET and SBAT Guide

    Download your copy of the Guide and discover which of our TVET or SBAT pathways is right for your students.

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    2026 TVET Timetable

    Determine which TVET courses are offered at your local campus, online, via a teacher-led virtual classroom, with workshops, or as block delivery.

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    School Event Request

    Complete this form to request TAFE NSW participation at your next school event.

    School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBAT)

    With a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SBAT) at TAFE NSW, you can:

    • Earn while you learn.
    • Get hands-on industry experience and nationally recognised training that contributes to your HSC.
    • Could continue into the second year of your apprenticeship after finishing school (School-based Apprentices only).
    • Could gain at least four units of credit towards your HSC (with a potential four more units of HSC credit through the industry-based learning course).
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