Western Australian Current Acts

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1996 - SECT 5

5 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        account , of a college, means the college’s account established under section 50;

        approved VET course means a VET course that —

            (a)         is accredited by the Council under Part 7A; or

            (b)         is accredited under a corresponding law; or

            (c)         is prescribed by the regulations;

        approved VET qualification means a document, other than a prescribed VET qualification, that certifies that a person has successfully completed an approved VET course or a part of an approved VET course;

        Board means the State Training Board established by section 18;

        chief executive means the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister to administer the provision in which the term chief executive is used;

        college means a college established under section 35;

        corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory that relates to vocational education and training and that is prescribed to be a corresponding law;

        Council means the Training Accreditation Council established by section 25(1);

        educational institution means an institution providing education of any kind and includes a training provider;

        governing council means a governing council provided for by section 39(1);

        industry training advisory body means an association, whether incorporated or not, which is conversant with, and capable of giving advice in relation to, the vocational education and training requirements of a particular industry;

        interim governing council means an interim governing council appointed under section 41(3);

        member means a member of the Board, the Council, a governing council or an interim governing council as the context requires and includes, where appropriate, the chairperson or deputy chairperson of any of those bodies;

        other vocational education and training institution means a vocational education and training institution established under section 57(2);

        prescribed VET qualification means a document that certifies that a person has a qualification of a prescribed type;

        private training provider means a training provider who or which is not a public training provider;

        public training provider means —

            (a)         a college or other vocational education and training institution; or

            (b)         a school or university that provides a VET course under an approval given under section 6;

        registered training provider means a training provider registered —

            (a)         by the Council under Part 7A; or

            (b)         under a corresponding law;

        school has the meaning given to that term in the School Education Act 1999 section 4;

        State Training Plan means a plan, approved by the Minister, that sets out for a period —

            (a)         the training needs of the State’s various industries in the period; and

            (b)         how those needs should be met in the period by registered training providers, using funds provided under this Act; and

            (c)         any other matters required in the plan by any direction given under section 11;

        State training system means the vocational education and training system operating under this Act;

        training provider means a person who or which provides vocational education and training;

        university means a university established under a written law;

        VET course means a course of study or training or both study and training in which vocational education and training is provided;

        VET inspector means a person appointed under section 61A(2);

        vocational education and training means education, instruction, training or experience that encompasses the development of skills, knowledge and attitudes in any vocation, or in any academic or practical discipline relevant to a particular occupation, business, employment or trade, but, subject to section 6, does not include education, instruction, training or experience provided by a school or a university.

        (2)         A reference in this Act to the training market is a reference to the market in which the vocational education and training required by a State Training Plan may be purchased by the State from either public or private training providers.

        [Section 5 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 6.]