Why study VET?

• Advanced standing for TAFE entry
• Knowledge of competency based training
  
• A stepping stone for employment
• WPL Compulsory: taster careers
• TAFE Entry points
• Career and Enterprise Compulsory: practical Course that examines the world of work
  
• Mandatory Certificate 1 Business, Certificate I IT & Certificate 1 Work Preparation
• Senior First Aid Certificate

PATHWAY 1 IN 2009

• TAFE Certificates and units of competency from nationally recognised Training Packages built into some Courses
  
• Workplace Learning (WPL)
  
• School Apprenticeship Link Programs (SAL)
  
• School Based Traineeships & Aboriginal School Based Traineeships-SBT/ASBT
• School Based Apprenticeships
• Curriculum Council Endorsed Units

COURSE AND TAFE CERTIFICATES

• CAREER and ENTERPRISE
  Years 11 & 12 - Certificate I Business, Information Technology, Work Preparation
• MATERIALS DESIGN & TECHOLOGY- METALS
  Years 11 & 12 - Certificate 1 Engineering
• MATERIALS DESIGN & TECHOLOGY- WOOD
  Years 10, 11 & 12 - Certificate 1 Furnishing
• PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDIES
  Years 11 & 12 - Certificate 11 Sport & Recreation
• FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  Years 11 & 12 - Certificate 1 Hospitality
• EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES
  Years 11 & 12 - Certificate 1 Work Preparation
• CERTIFICATE 11 IT
  as stand alone in VET IT
• INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
  Year 10 - Certificate 1 Creative Industries

WORKPLACE LEARNING (WPL)

• Curriculum Council Course. A different subject to Career and Enterprise.
• Students keep evidence of completed 100 hours and their daily tasks in the workplace.
• Students complete written tasks to determine their grade
  
• Can be completed as endorsed units by Pathway 2 & 3 students using part time employment hours.

SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK (SAL)

• 2 year program coordinated by Department of Education & Training (DET)
  
• Students apply by application and may be interviewed
  
• 7 Programs on offer
•  Students complete 2 days at TAFE in Term 1
  
• Students complete 1 day at TAFE and 1 day at Workplace Learning (WPL) Terms 2, 3 & 4
  
• Students finish Year 12 with Secondary Graduation, TAFE certificates, credit toward an apprenticeship & workplace experiences

Programs

• Building & Construction- Challenger, Rockingham
  
• Furniture- Swan, Thornlie
• Food- Challenger, Beaconsfield & Peel
• Metals- Challenger, Rockingham
  
• Horticulture- Challenger, Murdoch
• Automotive- Challenger, Kwinana
• Hairdressing- Challenger, Beaconsfield

SCHOOL BASED TRAINEESHIP (SBT) AND APPRENTICESHIPS (SBA)

• Students are paid by an employer to work in the workplace
• Students study units of competency from a Certificate II Training Package, either at workplace or at TAFE
  
• Students at workplace I day a week starting in Year 11 and remaining at same workplace until completion of 804 hours (Yr 11 & 12)
  
• There is no cost to employers who sign up indigenous students

ENDORSED PROGRAMS

Up to 10 endorsed units (half) of a student’s study program can be made up of endorsed units.
Opportunities in

• Workplace Learning (WPL)
  
• VET stand-alone (IT, SAL, SBT & SBA)
• University studies
• Community organisations eg. Kolbe Bush Rangers
• Personal development programs eg. Kolbe College Trips

MORE INFORMATION

Kolbe VET Office
Phone: 9591 4236
Email: Mrs Maryanne Hughes