What is a VET Student Loan?

The vet student loans program is an income contingent loan offered by the Australian government that assist eligible students pay the tuition fees for Approved Diploma or Advanced Diploma courses with Envirotech.

A VET student loan gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid.

Am I eligible for a vet student loan?

To be an eligible to access a VET Student Loan you must provide evidence that you meet the following criteria:

1. You are an Australian citizen, or

   • a qualifying New Zealand citizen, or
   • a permanent humanitarian visa holder, who is usually resident in Australia.

2. Your fee-help balance is more than $0 and is sufficient to cover the amount you wish to access.

3. You are enrolled with Envirotech in an approved course and have enrolled in accordance with the application requirements.

4. You are assessed by Envirotech as academically suited to undertake the approved course based on either:

   • providing your Australian year 12 certificate; or
   • providing evidence of successful completion of an Australian qualifications framework certificate IV or higher qualification (where the language of instruction is English); or
   • displaying competence at exit level 3 in the Australian core skills framework in both reading and numeracy through an approved language, literacy and numeracy test

5. You are studying the approved course primarily at a campus in Australia.