| 1970 | Government Engineering Trade School (GETS) |
| 1971 | 1st Intake of students at GETS |
| 1971 | Sekolah Bangunan Sultan Saiful Rijal (SBSSR) established (Building Trade School) |
| 1977 | Pusat Latehan Teknikal Brunei (PLTB) established (Brunei Technical Training Center) |
| 1985 | Maktab Teknik Sultan Saiful Rijal (MTSSR) formed (Merger of SBSSR and PLTB) |
| 1986 | (24th Feb) Pusat Latihan Mekanik (PLM) was established |
| 1987 | (1st April) GETS upgraded to a college, renamed Maktab Kejuruteraan Jefri Bolkiah (MKJB) |
| 1987 | Continuing Education Divison became under DTE jurisdiction |
| 1991 | Brunei Darussalam Technical and Vocational Council (BDTVEC) was established for awarding TVET qualifications. Previously were from Business Technician Education Council (BTEC) and City & Guilds London |
| 1992 | (16th Dec) Sekolah Vokasional Nakhoda Ragam (SVNR) was built and handed over to MOE |
| 1993 | Department of Technical Education (DTE) was established |
| 1993 | (8th Feb) First intake at SVNR |
| 1996 | Sekolah Vokasional Sultan Bolkiah (SVSB) started operations with 16 students in Welding & Fabrication |
| 1997 | PLM was put under DTE jurisdiction |
| 1999 | (4th Jan) Apprenticeship and Trade Testing (ATT) was set up in DTE |
| 2000 | PLM recruited its first female students |
| 2004 | (10th May) Brunei Darussalam’s membership in World Skills Organization |
| 2005 | (1st Feb) Sekolah Perdagangan (SP) was established |
| 2005 | (Aug) Sekolah Vokasional Wasan (SVW) was established |
| 2006 | (Sept) Brunei Darussalam hosted the 6th ASEAN Skills Competition |
| 2009 | ATT upgraded to Industrial Training Development, Memorandum of Agreement with 36 industrial partners for the programmes |
| 2012 | Transition to SPN21 |
| 2012 | SVW was selected to be a Model School |
| 2013 | Start of the transformation of DTE to new Brunei Technical Education (BTE) |
| 2013 | (18th July) Energy Industry Competency Framework – Higher National Technical Education Certificate (EICF – HNTec) programmes launched |
| 2014 | (27th May) DTE officially changed name to Institut Pendidikan Teknikal Brunei (IBTE) |
| 2014 | Brunei Maritime Academy (BMA) was established and took in their first batch of students |