If you are 15 or 16 years old and do not have a Record of School Achievement (RoSA), you may still be able to enrol at TAFE NSW, and may be eligible for subsidised training.
Options for you include:
speaking with your school Careers Adviser to find out about options to stay at school and enrol in a TAFE NSW program offered jointly with your high school (e.g. TVET, SBAT or YES program)
leaving school to take up a formal apprenticeship or traineeship with TAFE NSW as your RTO
seeking the approval of your school’s principal, to leave school and complete the Year 10 equivalent via a Certificate II qualification2 at TAFE NSW.
If you would like to stay at school and enrol in a qualification other than TVET or SBAT, you may be able to do so. Your principal will need to confirm that this will not interfere with your school studies. This will require full fee payment, and no concessions or subsidies are available.
Please call 131 601 and ask to speak to your local TAFE NSW school relationship coordinator.
2 It is essential that your Year 10 equivalent application form is approved by your school’s principal and by TAFE NSW, so that your Year 10 equivalent course can be approved for Smart and Skilled subsidised training.