VET, SWL and SBATs within VCE and VCAL - COVID-19 Updates (August 2020)

Sep 20, 2026

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Updates on VET, SWL, and SBAT arrangements within VCE and VCAL, issued in August 2020 by the VCAA. Guidance covers COVID-19 restrictions, including DET advice and VCAA administration dates, scored assessment adjustments, and revisions to practical learning requirements for VCE VET units 3 and 4. It also outlines how to determine derived scores for final scored tasks, options for VET provision and remote learning, and workplace learning recognition changes for 2020. Contact details for relevant VET program staff are included.

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COVID-19 restrictions and impacts on VCE, VCAL and VET

DET advice

VCAA advice on scored assessment

VCAA advice on VET provision

Structured Workplace Learning recognition (SWL)

Workplace time reduction and credit access (2020)

Reflection and Workplace Learning Record completion options

VET unit contact details

VET, SWL and SBATs within VCE and VCAL Daryl Sutton Manager, VET VCAA August 2020 Keep up to date with VET at the VCAA [https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vet/vce-vet-programs/Pages/automotive.aspx](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vet/vce-vet-programs/Pages/automotive.aspx) Covid 19 Restrictions and VCE, VCALand VET • DET advice picking up VET, SWL and SBATs • VCAA advice on VCE and VCAL including administrative dates • VCAA advice on VCE VET Scored assessment • VCAA advice on VET provision and SWL Recognition DET advice Training and work placements during coronavirus (COVID-19) • Continued operation of SBAT employment, work placements and training • Traineeships and apprenticeships suspended or cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19) • Priority support for other opportunities or employment • Finding new RTO providers if training delivery is cancelled • School flexibility to support VET • Online tools for collaboration and learning [https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/Pages/coronavirus_training_](https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/Pages/coronavirus_training_)[work_placements.aspx](work_placements.aspx) VCAA advice – regularly updated VCAA advice on scored assessment • Adjusted dates gives more time for practical assessment. • Scored unit 3 and 4 sequences have been reviewed to determine the amount of learning of a practical nature. • Advice on determining a derived score for the 3 rd or final scored task from. • All details are at [https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vet/vce-vet](https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vet/vce-vet)programs/Pages/Index.aspx VCAA advice on VET provision • Remote learning where possible • On site assessment for practical activities subject to CHO and DET advice may be possible • Change unit delivery sequencing • Change unit selection, import knowledge based unit/s more suited to remote learning • VCAA is exploring other options around award of VCE and VCAL where Sufficient VET can’t be completed. Structured Workplace Learning Recognition • The time spent in a workplace on SWL related to a VCE VET program can be reduced for 2020 in order to access credit towards the VCE or VCAL for Workplace Learning Recognition. • Students will still be required to reflect on the number of units of competency identified in either the VCE VET program specific or generic Apprenticeship or Traineeship Workplace Learning Record. • Schools are able to make a judgement as to what constitutes a reasonable exposure to a workplace. • It is also possible to defer completion of the Workplace Learning Record until later in the year. VET Unit contact details Daryl Sutton VET Manager [Daryl.Sutton@education.vic.gov.au](Daryl.Sutton@education.vic.gov.au)[ ](Daryl.Sutton@education.vic.gov.au)9032 1738 Danielle McAuliffe Program Manager [Danielle.Mcauliffe@education.vic.gov.au](Danielle.Mcauliffe@education.vic.gov.au)[ ](Danielle.Mcauliffe@education.vic.gov.au)9032 1733 Ben Fitzgerald Program Manager [Brendan.Fitzgerald@education.vic.gov.au](Brendan.Fitzgerald@education.vic.gov.au)[ ](Brendan.Fitzgerald@education.vic.gov.au)9032 1734 © Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 2020 The copyright in this PowerPoint presentation is owned by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority or in the case of some materials, by third parties. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 or with permission from the Copyright Officer at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Jo Brett Program Manager [Joanne.Brett@education.vic.gov.au](Joanne.Brett@education.vic.gov.au)[ ](Joanne.Brett@education.vic.gov.au)9032 1737 Matthew Braithwaite Senior Project Manager [Matthew.Braithwaite@education.vic.gov.au](Matthew.Braithwaite@education.vic.gov.au)[ ](Matthew.Braithwaite@education.vic.gov.au)9603 7952 Kim Hodson Senior Program Officer

FAQs

What guidance is provided for VET, SWL and SBATs during COVID-19 restrictions?

The document summarizes DET and VCAA advice on how training and work placements operate under coronavirus restrictions, and how VCE/VCAL administrative dates are affected.

How are VCE VET scored assessments adjusted for units 3 and 4?

It explains that adjusted dates provide more time for practical assessment and that reviewed unit sequences determine the practical learning amount, including advice on deriving scores for the final scored task.

What changes are made to Structured Workplace Learning recognition for 2020?

Students’ workplace time related to a VCE VET program can be reduced for 2020 to access credit, while students still reflect on identified competency units. Schools judge reasonable workplace exposure, and completion of the Workplace Learning Record can be deferred within the year.

Sep 20, 2026

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