IVET Group

Free online session for VIC teachers | Thursday, 27 August

We're excited to present our Term 3 webinar, built to help you get ahead on 2027 before the end-of-year rush.

We'll walk through completing your 2027 course and print orders, cover how to tailor courses so your program fits your school and your students, step through your trainers' vocational competency matrices with real examples, and answer your questions live.

Practical from start to finish, so nothing is left to the last minute and every takeaway is something you can action straight away.

Places are limited, and we'd love to see you there. Register here: https://hubs.li/Q04tYbYJ0

We’re grateful to have attending the 2026 ACHPER QLD State Conference last week.

Big thanks to everyone who stopped by the stand over the two days to chat with our State Manager, Andrew Tazelaar and our Business Development Manager Andrew Gercken, with many great conversation’s around how we can partner with your school to offer Health, Sport Coaching, Outdoor Recreation, and Sport & Recreation pathways.

We're back! The IVET Excellence Awards return for 2026, and nominations are officially open. 🎉
Another year of VETDSS students going above and beyond, and another chance to make sure they get the recognition they deserve. Teachers and VET coordinators, you know who your standouts are. Put their name forward.
Eight winners. $500 Visa prepaid card, an IVET certificate, and the applause of their classmates. That's a moment they won't forget. Nominate now: https://hubs.ly/Q04rBV_D0

Free online session for WA teachers | Monday, 10 August

Get more from the IVET portal and strengthen your assessment practice in one focused session.

We'll walk through the portal features that streamline your weekly workflow, cover what strong assessment practice looks like in delivery, and answer your questions live.

Practical from start to finish, where every takeaway is something you can apply the same week.

Places are limited. Register: https://hubs.li/Q04rhRDj0

What a fantastic couple of days at the 2026 BEAQ Inc State Conference!

A huge thank you to everyone who dropped by the IVET stall to say hello, ask questions, and share what’s happening in your schools. Conferences like this are a fabulous opportunity to reconnect with our current school partners and have real conversations about how we can keep supporting VET delivery across Queensland.

Great to have the team on deck for it — Andrew Tazelaar, Lee Fudge, Andrew Gercken and Josie Tutton were all there chatting with attendees and catching up with familiar faces.

If we didn’t get a chance to connect, or you’d like to keep the conversation going about VET in Schools programs for 2027, reach out., we’d love to hear from you.

We’re excited to be continuing our partnership with Kawana Waters State College and are hosting an information evening for student, parents and guardians and educators who are looking to enter the health industry.

Year 9 Students 2026 – Are you interested in the KWSC Health Education Unit course in Year 10 2027?

We are pleased to advise that the KWSC Health Heroes Symposium is being held on Thursday 13th August at 5pm. This is the Health Education Unit (HEU) annual showcase evening for 2027 prospective students and their parents/caregivers.

For students interested in a career in Health (nursing, medicine, paramedicine, occupational therapy, sonography, physiotherapy, to name a few), this is an evening not to be missed!

Past HEU students, UniSC staff and paramedic students, College Executive and of course the amazing Health Education Unit staff members will be in attendance.
This evening brings a huge amount of excitement and enthusiasm for what the HEU has to offer, with past symposiums having over 250 people in attendance!

Please RSVP via QR code. For more information contact [email protected].

Get your school Future Ready for 2027 VET Delivery

Term 3 is underway, and that makes now the perfect time to start planning your school's VET offering for 2027. You're invited to attend our upcoming webinar series.

We're running six free live webinars across Weeks 3–4 of Term 3, covering every major program stream IVET offers in Queensland. Each session runs from 3:15–4:15 pm for 45 minutes with live Q&A, and is designed for VET Leaders, HODs, Trainers, and Careers staff.

Future Ready: 2027 VET Delivery Series

🔹 Creative Industries — Tue 28 July
🔹 Information Technology — Wed 29 July
🔹 Health, Comm Services & Active Volunteering — Thurs 30 July
🔹 Business, Workplace Skills, FNS & General Pathways — Tue 4 August
🔹 Hospitality & Cookery — Wed 5 August
🔹 Sport & Outdoor Recreation — Thurs 6 August

Click the link below to register:
https://lnkd.in/gM5HCdqG

Each session covers program structure & pricing, a Head of Learning deep-dive, trainer currency requirements, a QLD school case study, and live Q&A.

✅ Free to attend
✅ Counts toward PD requirements — certificate of attendance provided
✅ Register for as many sessions as suit your school

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Term 2 Career Expo Wrap-Up 🎓

A huge thank you to the schools across Queensland that welcomed the IVET team to their Term 2 School Career Expos!

It's always a privilege to connect with students as they start exploring their future pathways, and to share how vocational education and training can open doors to real careers.

Thank you to:
Miami State High School, Maleny State High School, Mountain Creek State High School, Foxwell State Secondary School, Palmview State Secondary College, Glasshouse Christian College, St Laurences College, Mackay Christian College, Pacific Lutheran Colleg and Everton Park State High School

To every Principal, VET Leader, Head of Department and teacher who helped coordinate our attendance — thank you for the warm welcome and for the opportunity to engage with your students. Conversations like these are what help young Queenslanders see the range of career pathways available to them.

Thanks also to our QLD team, who represented IVET on the ground at these expos — Andrew Tazelaar, Jaki Pianta, Lee Fudge, and Andrew Gercken for the great conversations and energy they brought to each event.

We're looking forward to the upcoming Term 3 School Career Expos!

Excited to be at the VETDSS Summit tomorrow as a Bronze Sponsor! 🙌 Our SROs will be at Crown Conference Centre on June 19th. Come say hi and hear about our new FNS20120 Certificate II in Financial Services. We'd love to connect and have a chat. See you on the floor!

Taking teachers behind the scenes at RSPCA Queensland 🐾

Earlier last week, we took a group of Queensland teachers on a visit they won’t forget in a hurry.

As part of our Ipswich ICONNECT event, our State Manager Andrew Tazelaar facilitated a behind-the-scenes tour of the RSPCA Queensland Animal Welfare Centre at Wacol — made possible through the generous support of Chloe Wienk, Volunteering Services Manager at RSPCA QLD, who opened the doors and walked educators through the facility firsthand.

But this visit was about more than inspiration. It marks an exciting step in our structured volunteering program we’ve been building. One that creates genuine pathways for students to engage with their community through their VET studies.

For students completing qualifications in Active Volunteering and Community Services, this kind of partnership means real placements, real contribution, and real connection to the sector they’re training for. RSPCA Queensland is exactly the kind of community organisation that makes that possible, and we’re grateful to be on this journey with them.

Thanks to Chloe and the wider RSPCA Queensland team for their time and enthusiasm. This is what student-centred vocational education looks like in practice.

Over the next short while we’ll be reflecting on our Queensland ICONNECT Series, and there’s been plenty of great moments and opportunities captured.