If you want your staff to upskill, make sure that they enrol in a VQA accredited course with a registered Post-School Education and Training (PSET) provider who has approval to deliver the course.
Similarly, if you employ new staff, make sure that they have achieved their qualifications by studying one or more accredited courses with a registered PSET providers. This guarantees that the qualifications of your staff members have been developed with and for industry, are quality assured, and meet national and regional standards.
All Accredited Courses and Registered Providers are listed on this website.
The Vanuatu Qualifications Framework (VQF) is a nationally approved structure for all post-school qualifications in Vanuatu, including TVET and higher education. It is important for employers and other industry representatives to understand this framework, so you can employ the right people for your business.
In the VQF, a Qualification defines what skills a person will have once s/he has successfully completed a particular course. To get the skills, a person will need to enrol in an Accredited Course at a Registered PSET Provider that offers the course.
Each VQF qualification has a level. The level defines the complexity of the skills a graduate will have once s/he has completed a qualification at a certain level. The higher the level, the more complex the skills will be.
For example, the graduate of a level 1 qualification of Certificate I in Building and Construction (General Construction) will be able to participate in building and construction projects. S/he will be able to perform basic tasks, like laying bricks for a wall. S/he will take instructions from a supervisor on what the wall should look like and how it should be structured.
However, a graduate of a level 4 qualification of Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Supervisor), will be able 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.
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.
If you want to study a course, you will find that there are many providers who offer many different courses. So how do you choose what is right for you?
First of all, you must make sure that you only enrol with a provider that is registered with VQA. This means that the provider must meet minimum standards and that it is regularly checked by VQA to make sure that it is doing a good job.
Secondly, you must make sure that you enrol in an accredited course. Such a course has been developed with and for the industry or the community and meets their needs.
Thirdly, you must make sure that the provider has approval to deliver the accredited course. This ensures that the provider has all the resources and the skilled teachers to deliver the course, and that the qualification you will receive at the end has the VQA seal on it and is nationally and regionally recognised.
So, how do you know which course and which level is right for you? To make a decision the following questions may help:
- In what kind of industry would you like to work? What kind of job would you like?
- Which qualifications do you already have? Which education have you done? Which skills do you currently have?
Each course has entry requirements that you must meet before you can enrol. These questions help you decide if you meet the entry requirements of the course you are thinking of. - Which registered providers offer courses that you are interested in and that are at the level you are looking for? Are these providers at a location that you can go to?
- Is the course accredited? Does the provider have approval to deliver?
- How much does the course cost, and can you afford it? Could you get a scholarship perhaps?
If you are not sure what a "level" of a qualification is, or how qualifications work in Vanuatu in general, and you have not yet read the article "Understanding the Vanuatu Qualifications Framework" on this website, then this would be a good time to do that.
Deciding on a qualification that is right for you is not easy. But it is important for your future, so it is worth taking some time to answer these questions.
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This list is sorted alphabetically. You can click on any of the PSET Providers' name to see more details.
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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.