The VQA is governed by the VQA Board.
Under the direction of the VQA Board, the Chief Executive Officer provides leadership to the VQA Executive and has overall responsibility for four divisions:
- Office of the Chief Executive Officer,
- Corporate Services, Research, Planning and Monitoring Division,
- Quality Assurance and Compliance Division, and
- Standards and Qualifications Division.
The Corporate Services, Research Planning and Monitoring Division is currently led by the CEO. He has strategic oversight over a broad range of functions, and is also responsible for finance, administration and information and communications technology. The latter serves the VQA operations with a particular emphasis on data and records management. A strong and continuing monitoring and evaluation focus informs policy and planning decisions. The VQA's communication strategies are supported by a discrete information and marketing function.
The Quality Assurance and Compliance Division is responsible for the administration of the Vanuatu Quality Assurance Framework (VQAF) and regulates and facilitates provider registration, course accreditation, approval to deliver, and quality audit for all PSET providers operating in Vanuatu.
The Standards and Qualifications Division works in close collaboration with industry and productive sector organisations and individuals. Industry representatives and Industry Skills Councils are involved in the development and maintenance of courses and of nationally recognized industry endorsed units of competency.
This division also has responsibility to maintain the Vanuatu Qualifications Framework (VQF), which covers all post-school qualifications. The VQF complements the VQA quality assurance processes by enabling consistent alignment of nationally recognized units of competency and courses to relevant qualification levels.
In the Vanuatu Qualifications Framework (VQF), a Qualification describes what skills you will have once you successfully complete study for this qualification. To get the skills, you will need to enrol in an Accredited Course at a Registered PSET (= Post School Education and Training) Provider that offers the course. If you successfully complete all the different Components (= parts) of the course, then you will gain the qualification.
Each VQF qualification has a level. The level defines the complexity of the skills you will gain when you complete a qualification at a certain level. The higher the level, the more complex the skills will be.
For example, with a level 1 qualification of Certificate I in Building and Construction (General Construction), you will be able to participate in building and construction projects. You will be able to perform basic tasks, like laying bricks for a wall. You will take instructions from your supervisor on what the wall should look like and how it should be structured.
But, when you have successfully completed the level 4 qualification of Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Supervisor), one of your employment options will be to be the supervisor on the construction site, who determines what work should be done, who should do it, and make sure that it is all done well and according to the plan. You will be the one responsible for the successful completion of the project.
To find out more about the levels of the VQF, continue reading here: The Levels of the VQF.
To download to full document with all the information on the VQF, download the Vanuatu Qualifications Framework document.
VQA is working closely with industry to ensure that units of competency and courses meet industry needs and contribute to the Vanuatu 2030 - the People's Plan.
VQA is always interested in employers or other business or community representatives to be involved in its work. The following list shows where VQA seeks industry participation in its activities.
If you are interested to be a part of the work of VQA in one of the roles below, please use our Contact Us form.
- Course Development Steering Committee
For the development of each new course and the review of existing courses a committee is established to advise the provider on the skills that learners need to acquire in the course. The committee consists of people with expertise in the relevant industry area as well as educational experts. - Quality Assurance Committee
This committee makes decisions on applications for provider registration, course accreditation and approval to deliver. The committee consists of experts in education and in the relevant industry areas. Members will be trained by VQA before they can be part of this committee. - External Moderation Panel
The external moderation panel assists in the quality assurance of assessments, to help ensure that providers assess learners in alignment with industry standards. The panel consists of trainers and industry representatives. Members will be trained by VQA before they can be part of an external moderation panel. - Audit Team Advisors
In its auditing activities, VQA seeks support from relevant industry representatives to advise how well a provider is meeting industry standards in its education and training activities. - Industry Skills Council
Refer to Industry Skills Councils for more information. - Request development of a course
If your industry has identified a need for a course that does not yet exist or has not yet been accredited in Vanuatu, please contact VQA. VQA can liaise with a registered provider to put the development of a new course in motion.
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Provider details
Registered Providers
This list is sorted alphabetically. You can click on any of the PSET Providers' name to see more details.
Course details
Accredited Courses
The list of courses is quite long, so we are showing only 25 on each page. If you have a good Internet connection, you can select to see more than the 25 courses per page. Or you can go to the bottom of this page and click to go to the next section of the list.
The list is sorted first by area (like Agriculture, Aquaculture, Building and Construction, Business, etc), then by level (Certificate I, Certificate II, ...) and finally by specialization. The Courses are listed in alphabetical order.