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Skill upgrading

Vocational training to provide supplementary and generally higher-grade qualifications and knowledge within the same trade or profession to enable the trainee to better his/her work situation and eventually to make themselves eligible for promotion.

Source:
NCVER (Australia), VOCEDplus: Glossary of VET, (accessed 05/2026)
NCVER (Australia), VOCEDplus: Glossary of VET, (accessed 05/2026)
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This glossary is a compilation of Australian vocational education and training (VET) terms and acronyms. It includes both current and historical terms, concepts, acronyms and other abbreviations found in Australian VET research, policy and data.

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