Pathways Skills and Training

St Edmund’s College is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO No. 45969), and we are able to offer nationally recognised certificates to our students* as part of their everyday curriculum. Students are given opportunities in a large number of pathways to further study or gain employment in the Senior phase of learning. 

Below is a list of VET qualifications* currently undertaken by students in 2025. All courses are Nationally Recognised Training Courses. Upon satisfying completion requirements, students will receive their Certificate or Statement of Attainment via mail within thirty (30) days. 

Click here to view the full list of the Registered Training Organisations that issue Certificates/Statements of Attainment.

Applied subjects are suited to students who are primarily interested in pathways beyond senior secondary schooling that lead to vocational education and training or work. Applied subjects may contribute up to four (4) credits towards the QCE. Results in Applied subjects contribute to the award of a QCE and one (1) Applied subject result may contribute to an ATAR. 

The following Applied subjects are on offer at St Edmund’s College during Year 11 and 12:

• Essential English
• Essential Mathematics
• Media Arts In Practice
• Sport and Recreation
• Religion and Ethics
• Visual Art in Practice

For more information regarding these subjects, please refer to the relevant Senior Curriculum Handbook and/or the Pathways Skills and Training Handbook.

Structured Work Placement provides students with experience in the workplace. Those students completing a Vocational Education and Training (VET) certificate where it is a requirement to have some time in the industry, will complete a certain number of hours in the workplace.

The Structured Work Placement program is also compulsory for all students who study:

Year 11 & 12

• Three (3) or less General subjects
• Four (4) General subjects and two (2) Certificate II course
• Four (4) General subjects, one (1) Certificate II course and one (1) Certificate I course

Students will complete four-five (4-5) weeks in industry over Year 11 and 12 in areas aligned to SET Plans. The aim is to ensure that students are confident that the industry area they would like to pursue is the correct fit for them. It also gives students a head start with what to expect from future employers. Students are required to choose an industry area relevant to the subjects in which they undertake in the curriculum.

Under the Data Provision Requirements 2012, St Edmund’s College is required to collect personal information about students and disclose that personal information to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).

Students' personal information (including the personal information contained on forms and training activity data) may be used or disclosed by St Edmund’s College for statistical, regulatory and research purposes. St Edmund’s College may disclose personal information for these purposes to third parties, including:

• School — secondary school students undertaking VET, including a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship
• Employer — if students are enrolled in training paid for by an employer
• Commonwealth and State or Territory government departments and authorised agencies
• NCVER
• Organisations conducting student surveys
• Researchers

Personal information disclosed to NCVER may be used or disclosed for the following purposes:

• Issuing a VET statement of attainment or qualification, and populating authenticated VET transcripts
• Facilitating statistics and research relating to education, including surveys
• Understanding how the VET market operates, for policy, workforce planning and consumer information
• Administering VET, including program administration, regulation, monitoring and evaluation
• Students may receive an NCVER student survey which may be administered by an NCVER employee, agent or third-party contractor. Students may opt out of the survey at the time of being contacted

NCVER will collect, hold, use and disclose the students' personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the VET Data Policy and all NCVER policies and protocols (including those published on NCVER's website at www.ncver.edu.au).

A complaint can be made to the College RTO regarding the conduct of :

• The College RTO, its trainer/assessors or other College RTO staff
• Students of the RTO
• Any third parties providing services on behalf of the School RTO (if relevant)

An appeal can be made to the School RTO to request a review of a decision, including assessment decisions.

The College will ensure that the principles of natural justice and procedural fairness are adopted at every stage of the complaints and appeals process. All formal complaints and appeals will be heard and decided on within sixty (60) calendar days of receiving the written complaint or appeal. If the College considers more than sixty (60) calendar days are required to process and finalise the complaint or appeal, the complainant or appellant will be informed of the reasons in writing and will be regularly updated on the progress of the matter.

If the processes fail to resolve the complaint or appeal, a review by an independent party will be provided if requested.

The Director of Pathways will maintain a secure Complaints and Appeals Register, which documents all formal complaints, appeals and their outcomes.

Any substantiated complaints, as well as the complaints and appeals policy, will be reviewed as part of the continuous improvement processes and appropriate corrective action taken to eliminate or mitigate the likelihood of re-occurrence.

The Principal (as the chief executive officer) of the School RTO is ultimately responsible for compliance with the RTO Standards (2015) regulated by QCAA as the delegate of Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). This includes the complaints and appeals policy and procedures.

Complaints or appeals should be directed to the Principal as CEO of the School RTO at – secmail@sec.qld.edu.au.

Informal Complaint

The initial stage of any complaint shall be for the complainant to communicate directly with their trainer/assessor who will initiate the process described in the policy and procedure for complaints and appeals.

Learners dissatisfied with the outcome of the complaint to the trainer/assessor may then communicate the complaint to the Director of Pathways, who will make a decision in regard to proceeding with a formal complaint or appeal process.

Learners dissatisfied with the outcome of the informal complaint may initiate a ‘formal complaint or appeal’ with the Director of Pathways.

All VET students have access to a procedure that allows for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). RPL is an assessment process that assesses the competency(ies) of an individual that may have been acquired through formal, non-formal and informal learning to determine the extent to which that individual meets the requirements specified in the training package or VET accredited courses. To elaborate:

• Formal learning refers to learning that takes place through a structured program of instruction and is linked to the attainment of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualification or statement of attainment (for example, a certificate, diploma or university degree)
• Non-formal learning refers to learning that takes place through a structured program of instruction but does not lead to the attainment of an AQF qualification or statement of attainment (for example, in house professional development programs conducted by a business)
• Informal learning refers to learning that results through experience of work-related, social, family, hobby or leisure activities (for example the acquisition of interpersonal skills developed through several years as a sales representative)

Information regarding Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be provided to all students at the Student Induction. Students who join a VET qualification as a late enrolment will be taken through the induction process by the Director of Pathways.

In particular, students will be informed of:

• The College’s obligation to offer RPL to all students
• Application forms used in the RPL process
• Examples of evidence that may be submitted for RPL
• The RPL application process
• Appealing decisions for RPL

Students seeking RPL will be guided through the process with the support of their trainer/assessor and/or the Director of Pathways. All reasonable efforts will be made to assist students with completing application forms and collecting relevant evidence.

Once the required evidence has been submitted, the trainer/assessor will make an assessment judgement. If there are gaps in the evidence, the trainer/assessor will inform the student and the required training and assessment to address these gaps will be identified. The trainer/assessor will clearly document the assessment decision using the qualification specific documentation that is to be retained in accordance with the Retention of Student Records Procedure. Students may have access to reassessment on appeal.