Vocation test gives students the edge NO LIMITS: Benowa State High student Keikilani Mataoa, left, and All Saints Anglican student Maddy Ring. AT BENOWA State High School students are told there are "many pathways - no limits." The school is one of many which has seen a boom in the number of students undertaking a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SAT) as part of a statewide increase in vocational education qualifications. Mr Rickard said Vocational Education and Training (VET) and SAT qualifications were a win-win for students who gained credits for university or were able to gain employment more easily, with those choosing trades already having completed TAFE qualifications. He said students also gained confidence and maturity as a result of "real world experience" in the workforce and TAFE, with business administration, childcare and hospitality the most popular qualifications. Benowa Year 11 student Keikilani Mataoa, who is undertaking a Certificate III in Business Administration while also studying for an OP, said the extra qualification would give her an edge over fellow future job applicants. "I guess I want to get far in life and I don't want to finish high school without a certificate," she said. In 2012, 7256 Queensland Year 12 students completed an SAT, up from 6508 in 2011. The number of Benowa State High School students who completed an SAT more than doubled. Statewide the number of Year 12 students attaining a VET qualification also increased from 28,870 in 2011 to 30,536 in 2012 - almost two-thirds of last year's senior class.