Partner with Victoria’s leading dance education specialists for a stress-free, fully supported pathway to accredited VET Dance.
Why Partner With DTO?
If your school is ready to offer VCE VET Dance — or looking for a better way to deliver it — we’re here to help.
At DTO, we specialise in accredited dance education that’s built for today’s schools and students. We’ve been delivering VET Dance in Victoria for over 15 years, and we know what schools need:
✔ Reliable support
✔ Compliant, up-to-date materials
✔ Simple systems
✔ Fast, friendly communication
✔ Confidence that your students are in good hands
“DTO impressed me with their response speed and their thorough resources. The course is so practical because it’s built by teachers who are teaching it and refining it from classroom level.”
Justine Morris
Ballarat Clarendon College
What Makes DTO Different?
Unlike generic RTOs, we are dance education specialists. Our team is made up of dance teachers, curriculum experts, and VET professionals who understand both the creative and compliance sides of delivery.
We take care of the complexity, so you can focus on your students.
“Their up-to-date knowledge of current trends, safe dance practices, and professional standards is thoughtfully embedded into both their resources and the support they provide. This means our students are developing relevant, industry-informed skills that genuinely prepare them for further training or a future in the dance sector.”
Alison Fernandes
Saint Monica’s
“DTO is just what the dance industry needs – providing industry-based education and up-skilling which will allow our industry to grow.”
Brendan Daynes
Swinburne Senior Secondary College
What We Provide
We’ll support your school to deliver the full VCE VET Dance program through your own qualified teacher, with complete resources, guidance, and ongoing assistance.
You’ll receive:
“Very organised, quick to respond and helpful.”
Kahlia Sulendra
Academy of Dance
“It’s great to have an RTO run by dance teachers who understand both dance studios and the dance industry.”
Cathay-Lea Smith
Cathy-Lea
Enjoy a free CLI Studios membership as part of your package, designed to provide extra support for trainers and students during our initial year.
The DTO Difference
Whether your school has been delivering VET Dance for years or you’re just getting started, we’ll make it easy, effective, and aligned with the standards your students deserve.
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Partnerships with Secondary Colleges
This option requires your school to have a staff member who is suitably qualified to run the VCE VET Dance program at your school. We are happy to help you find a trainer if needed or link you up with another school to form a cluster group.
VET Dance is a niche subject and often overlooked by schools as a Certificate offered due to low numbers of student enrolments. Dance Training Organisation is pleased to be able to offer partnerships with schools, with any number of students, to enable them to easily include Dance in their subject offerings.
CUA20120 Certificate II in Dance
CUA30120 Certificate III in Dance.
Dance Training Organisation (DTO) (RTO: 45789) has been created to specifically serve dance education. We are committed to delivering a high quality. Vocational Education and Training (VET) Dance program to students, helping support them to transition into the performing arts industry.
The Senior Secondary Pathways reform recommends that ‘students have access to a ‘core offering’ of VET Delivery to Secondary Schools (VDSS) Certificates’ and DTO is contacting schools to offer support in developing local solutions to provide students with access to these core VDSS offering, as VET Dance (Certificate III in Dance) is suggested as an acceptable certificate from the further pathways list.
DTO can help support schools in several ways:
- Implement the VET Dance program on site, providing resources and ongoing support to one of the schools suitably qualified teachers throughout the process or by providing an experienced VET dance teacher to deliver the program.
- Enroll students with an experienced non-school senior secondary provider (e.g. dance studio) in after-hours classes. Enrolment counting towards the students VCE credits.
- Connect schools with one of our current partner secondary schools who run VET subjects through a cluster arrangement.
- A blended learning in person/online program for rural schools.
DTO prides itself on delivering high-quality programs and quality student outcomes. We supply all learning materials and assessment resources to support the delivery of the VCE-VET Dance program, including scored assessment for VCE-VET unit 3 and 4 sequence. We provide students with industry and employer exposure; through training, workshops and lectures with current industry professionals.
The VCE VET Dance program is drawn from a national training package and offers a portable qualification which is recognised throughout Australia.
This qualification provides students with a broad range of skills and knowledge to pursue a career or further training in the live performance industry.
https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vet/vce-vet-programs/Pages/dance.aspx
Inclusions
- DTO will supply your school with all Resources, assessment tasks and teaching material so you can run your VET Dance Program and tailor it to your particular cohort.
- To participate in this option you will need to have a trainer with dance experience who holds the required qualifications (TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment). We can help you find a trainer if needed.
- Teachers will feel supported with our network of trainers who work together to share their ideas and knowledge through our private facebook group.
- Schools can feel secure in the knowledge that not only are our DTO staff experts at running the RTO compliance side of the course but have worked in secondary school settings and understand the need to adapt for each year’s cohort of students.
- DTO listen and take the needs of our trainers into consideration and work with them to make sure your program has the best support possible.
- We also offer a BONUS membership to CLI studios online platform as we understand that sometimes in the school setting you need access to outside teaching and choreographic styles as well as local industry experts.
- Our famous “Audition Workshop” is included for students to work with current industry choreographers and talent agents.
- Access to our shared google drive and promotional and advertising material.
What does the course involve?
Course Structure
VCE VET Dance CUA20120 Certificate II in Dance and CUA30120 Certificate III in Dance. VCE VET Dance course is delivered over two years part-time, an option for a 3rd year is also available. Students should preferably complete Units 1 & 2 (year 1) before enrolling in Units 3 & 4 (year 2).
Year 1
- CUADAN211 Develop basic dance techniques
- CUAPRF211 Prepare for live performances
- CUAWHS111 Follow safe dance practices
- CUAWHS211 Develop a basic level of physical fitness for dance performance
- BSBTWK201 Work effectively with others
- CUADAN213 Perform basic jazz dance techniques
- CUADAN215 Perform basic contemporary dance techniques
- CUADAN216 Perform basic ballet techniques
- CUADAN217 Perform basic tap techniques
- CUADAN218 Perform basic street dance techniques
- CUADAN219 Perform basic cultural dance techniques
- CUADAN220 Perform basic lyrical dance techniques
Year 2
- CUAPRF317 Develop performance techniques
- CUADAN212 Incorporate artistic expression into basic dance performances
- CUAIND211 Develop and apply creative arts industry knowledge
- CUAPRF314 Develop
audition techniques
- CUADAN315 Increase depth of jazz dance techniques
- CUADAN316 Increase depth of ballet dance techniques
- CUADAN317 Increase depth of cultural dance techniques
- CUADAN318 Increase depth of contemporary dance techniques
- CUADAN319 Increase depth of street dance techniques
- CUADAN320 Increase depth of social dance techniques
- CUADAN321 Increase depth of tap dance techniques
- CUADAN322 Increase depth of lyrical dance techniques
VCE VET Dance study hours
The nominal hours for VCE VET Dance depend on which elective units/dance styles you choose, and range from 320 to 400 hours over the two years of the course.
Year 3
- CUAMWB401 Develop and implement own self-care plan in the creative industries
- CUAIND311 Work effectively in the creative arts industry
- CUADTM311 Assist with dance teaching
- CUADAN331 Integrate rhythm into movement activities
- CUACHR311 Develop basic dance composition skills
Total approx 90 hours
Where an additional non-scored Unit 3–4 sequence is used as an increment, the increment will be calculated using 10% of the fourth study score of the primary four.
Further information can be found on the VTAC website.
Our Partner Schools and Studios
Secondary Schools:
| Ballarat Clarendon College |
| Catholic Regional College Sydenham |
| Geelong High School |
| Gisborne Secondary College |
| Mount Lilydale Mercy College |
| Nazareth College |
| Ringwood Secondary College |
| Rowville Secondary College |
| St Monica’s College, Epping |
| Sandringham College |
| Swinburne Senior Secondary College |
Private Dance Studio:
Why VET Dance
VCE VET Dance is a pre-vocational course, and will prepare you to audition for further training as dancer, dance teacher or choreographer. The course allows you to gain knowledge on the dance industry, how it works, what is expected of you and possible pathways within dance.
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VET Dance Handbook
The VCE VET Dance program is drawn from a national training package and offers a portable qualification which is recognised throughout Australia. This qualification provides students with a broad range of skills and knowledge to pursue a career or further training in the live performance industry.
Note: Information is safe with us. We prioritize your privacy and will never share it without your consent.
DTO Fee Structure 2025
If you are in Years 10, 11 or 12 at School and love to dance, this Program is the answer for you.
CUA20120 Certificate II in Dance with selected units of competency from the CUA30130 Certificate III in Dance:
A preparatory qualification that allows learners to develop basic technical skills and knowledge to prepare for work in the live performance industry.
Note: Information is safe with us. We prioritize your privacy and will never share it without your consent.
Enjoy a free CLI Studios membership as part of your package, designed to provide extra support for trainers and students during our initial year.