The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Unit was established in 2000 within the then Ministry of Education, HRD, Youth and Sports. At that time, the staff of the Unit comprised an Education Officer and a Clerk typist. This small Unit undertook the huge task of supervising TVET in schools as well as establishing links to ensure the emergence of a modern and relevant national TVET system.

It was agreed at that time by the then Minister, that although it was imperative for the system to be established, given the recommendations of the World Bank and other international agencies, the limited national resources were severely constrained. It was therefore agreed that all national TVET functions would be subsumed within the Unit. Since the staff was limited, the Unit sought support by establishing an organized body to represent TVET teachers, the Saint Lucia Technical and Vocational Educators Association.

It was also agreed that the Unit would form the working arm for the Saint Lucia Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, the establishment of which was enshrined in the Education Act of 1999.

As the mandate expanded quickly, an assessment Officer was added to the Examinations Unit to assist with the establishment of a system for certification of TVET programmes but with a direct assignment to work with TVET. As the functions of the Unit increased and as Ministry configurations changed, the name of the Unit was changed, and the TVET and Accreditation Unit was approved by Cabinet Conclusion of 2007 in order to allow the Unit to take on the additional portfolio of accreditation.

Also in that year, by Cabinet Conclusion, the Government approved the establishment of the Saint Lucia Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training SLCTVET).

The TVET and Accreditation Unit is the quality Manager for the TVET system in Saint Lucia. The Unit acts as the implementation arm for the SLCTVET.