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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a description of how the system works in Australia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_and_further_education. Anyway, her certs are III-level, so not bachelors-level university course work... but each one takes 1-2 years and is considered a real post-HS credential in the relevant industry. [/quote]

Sounds like a vocational degree without the technical expertise like a welder would have. Or a paralegal certificate but paralegals usually have a college degree attached. [/quote]

Basically, but it's a pretty normal route to go in Australia. (Hers is literally from *the* government-sponsored vocational education provider in her state, so it's not like a random for profit rip off like we might imagine in the US.) A welder degree would do a Cert IV, which relates to specialised/technical skills, but which would not otherwise be more involved. More general certs like business, etc are in the III category and this is the immediate pre-diploma category, so it is sort of like a real paralegal degree in some ways. (In the US we would definitely call this an associates, degrees are just more regulated in Australia.) Anyway, for someone in her position with an established business/occupation, Cert IIIs in business and tourism are a very normal choice for someone not interested in pursuing a more theoretical/academic university degree. All of this is just to say that she wouldn't be considered to be specifically lacking in education in Australia; only about 25% of Australians have university degrees.[/quote]

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