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VET Pathway Planner for High School Students

Thousands of Year 10-12 students miss out on vocational education pathways due to lack of visibility. A tool mapping TAFE courses, apprenticeships, and school-based traineeships to local job demand would fill a clear gap.


Market Size

1.7M VET students in Australia annually — significant underutilisation in secondary schools

Tech Approach

NCVER data integration, LMIP API, TAFE course scraping, school counsellor dashboard

Deep Dive

Vocational Education and Training (VET) pathways are chronically underutilised in Australian high schools despite strong employment outcomes. The barrier is discovery and navigation — students and parents lack visibility of what is available locally, what it leads to, and how it compares to university. A platform that maps local TAFE offerings, apprenticeship vacancies, and school-based traineeships to regional labour market demand data from the LMIP could help students make informed decisions.


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