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Assessment Certification Examination (ACE)

NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)

Stage 6 VET courses: entry for VET Industry Curriculum Framework (ICF) HSC examinations

ACE 9007

Last Updated: 25 November 2011

Students undertaking a 240-hour Vocational Education and Training (VET) Industry Curriculum Framework (ICF) course and wishing to sit for the corresponding HSC examination must enter separately for the examination in addition to the Framework course(s). The student's home school is responsible for submitting the entry for the examination at the same time as the student's other course entries.