Head of Career Education/Careers Counsellor Year 11 2018 VET in Schools Mr Lynton Smith Head of Career Education/Careers Counsellor
Different pathways Different opportunities ATAR GENERAL EXAMS NO EXAMS Externally Set Tasks (EST) HIGHER ORDER THINKING TAFE, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY MUST INCLUDE VET QUALIFICATION MINIMUM CERTIFICATE II Pathway to university options
What are VET Courses? Vocational Education and Training courses Competency based course C or N Nationally recognised qualification. Cert I, Cert II, Cert III or Cert IV Cert IV + ATAR English* = 70 ATAR equivalent * A in General English
Year 11 2018 Where to study VET courses LJBC: Humanities, Music and Technology Departments General and ATAR CareerLink: General pathway only VET in Schools (TAFEs) - Recommend General pathway
Sample of LJBC VET offerings 2018 LJBC & CareerLink Program – Certificates in: Automotive Cert II (2 years) Beauty Therapy Cert III (1 year) Business Cert II - embedded in Economics General Course (1 or 2 years) Business Cert IV (1 year) Community Services Cert III & Cert IV (1- 2 years) Construction (trades) Cert II (2 years) Data/Voice Communications Cert II (2 years) Education Support Cert III & IV (1 – 2 years) Electrotechnology Cert II (2 years) Health Services Assistant Cert III (2 years) Hospitality Cert II (2 years) Music Cert II (1 year) Music Cert III (1 year) Plumbing Cert II (2 years) Teacher Assistant Cert III (1 year) Work Skills Cert III (Stand-alone) New 2018 (1 year) Further information in the College Course Handbook and from the CareerLink stand in the Technology Building tonight. ** If a course does not attract a viable class size, it will not go ahead.
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Any Questions? Please talk to me after this session in the Technology Building at the Careers Display Thank you!