Careers & VET News

Berwick College Careers Expo

The annual Berwick College Careers Expo will be held on Tuesday 19 May for students from Years 9 to 12. A wide range of tertiary providers and industry representatives will be present to support our students during their dedicated year level session. This event is conducted during Term 2 to support the Careers Sessions currently being held to ensure students have the most information possible to support them moving forward for course counselling early Term 3.

Year 12

Year 12 students are currently organising one on one meetings with Mrs Crawley to begin researching 2027 pathways and their pre-requisites, including preparation requirements for the 2026 application process that commences in August this year. Please ensure you arrange a meeting with Mrs Crawley if you haven’t done so yet. More information will follow about how the school provides pathway application support for Year 12 students.

Access Monash Mentoring Program – 2026

Congratulations to the Year 12 students listed below, who have successfully gained a place as an Access Monash University mentee for 2026. The Access Monash program leads a participation strategy to improve opportunities and foster success for students from under-represented schools. The aim is to engage students with higher education by showing them the possibilities that university offers and guiding them as they plan their futures. Our successful students are Yaksha Balaji, Austin Borutta, Hossain Mohammad Farshad, Emily Harradine, Muhammad Muaaz Khan, Natalia Milanovic, Manaal Nur, Ishan Rathi and Ella Zeunert.

In addition, a special congratulations should be given to Hossain Mohammad Farshad, who was selected to take on a leadership role within the Access Monash Mentoring Program. Hossain’s responsibilities include supporting the above mentees, helping promote engagement, feedback to Monash to strengthen the program and acting as a representative for our school at exclusive Mentee Ambassador Events.

Year 11

Year 11 students are encouraged to arrange a one-on-one meeting with Mrs Crawley in Term 4 to begin researching pathways for 2027/2028 and beyond.

Years 10 to 7 – Careers sessions – Terms 2 and 3

All students in years 7 to 10 have been participating in Careers sessions this term.

These sessions have included Year 10 presentations related to senior school pathways VCE, VCE VM and VET, work experience program understanding and expectations, completing a Career Action Plan (investigating subjects, jobs and looking at post-secondary courses/training).

Year 9 students viewed a presentation about Morrisby Profiling and what to expect, prior to the event held yesterday. These students also completed a Career Action Plan, with an emphasis on how to use careers resources to investigate jobs they may be interested in pursuing in the future.

Year 8 students will participate in Careers sessions during the latter part of Term 2, early term 3.

Year 7 students completed their Career Action Plan, recognizing their interests, skills, things that make learning easier, goals and plans for the year and who can help them achieve these. They will complete a “Jobs of the Future Quiz” during this time.

Year 9 Morrisby Profiling

On Thursday 14 May, Year 9 students participated in the Morrisby, My Career Insights Program. My Careers Insights is an in-depth personalised careers program for all year 9 students in Victorian government secondary schools. My Career Insights helps students discover, develop and drive their career planning. It is a unique opportunity for students to learn more about their strengths and abilities, while exploring potential career options, giving students the confidence to start taking control of their future. At the conclusion of the profiling exercise, students receive an extensive report detailing their personalised findings and will then participate in group sessions to unpack the results.

This profiling program is compulsory. The group unpacking of personalised findings will be occurring over three days from Wednesday 10 June to Friday 12 June. More information will follow in the next newsletter and by correspondence to parents and students.

Year 11 and 12 VCE VM Structured Workplace Learning

All students participating in the VCE Vocational Major program are required to participate in the compulsory Structured Workplace Learning as part of their vocational studies. Students will complete a block of Structured Work Experience between Tuesday 9 June – Friday 19 June 2026 excluding:

Monday 8 June 2026 Public Holiday
Tuesday 16 June for the GAT (General Achievement Test) – All year 12 students must attend and any year 11 student undertaking a year 12 subject must attend – regardless of having a scheduled VET class this day.

VET Course Arrangements for this period:

The following onsite VET Courses will be cancelled during this period:

VET Sport and Recreation
VET Business
VET Health Support Services.

ALL other VET Courses will continue as normal, and students are encouraged to arrange their work experience around their course times, prioritising their VET attendance and the GAT.

Year 12 VCE VM students will complete the hard copy paperwork, as normal, including:

Structured Workplace Learning Form (to be signed by the parent/carer, student and employer)
Work Experience Travel Form (to be signed by the parent/carer, student and employer, if applicable)

Year 11 VCE VM students are moving across to the new digital arrangement forms on the new Work Based Learning App. This new platform replaces the paper forms we have used previously and simplifies the process for everyone. Students, parents/carers and employers now can complete the form process and digitally sign the arrangements from any device. Students have been provided with instructions on how to use the new platform.

ALL VCE VM signed arrangement forms are due to be returned to, Madeleine McKeon, in the library office, no later than Friday 22 May 2026. Year 11 students will no longer have access to the online platform after this date.

A reminder that when completing your paperwork and digital arrangements all students are required to submit these with the mandatory two Safe@Work Certificates (General and Industry Specific), a copy of their White Card, if required and Working with Animals or Travel Form if applicable. Details on these additional requirements has been explained to students, and support or questions can be referred to Madeleine McKeon.

For any other information, questions or enquiries regarding the upcoming VCE VM Structured Workplace Learning Program please do not hesitate to contact Madeleine McKeon on 8768 1015.

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

VET and achieving your VCE VM Certificate

Did you know that VET is a compulsory requirement of VCE VM to gain your Certificate? If you are a year 12 student, you should check with your VET teacher to be sure you are on track for success.

Attendance

Attendance at your VET course matters. It supports your learning and contributes to your overall school attendance rate. If you are unable to attend your VET course, you must advise your teacher as well as the VET office at school on 8768 1073 or 8768 1058.

USI (Unique Student Identifier)

All students require a USI number if they are undertaking any short course or tertiary course (TAFE, university). Therefore, if your child is undertaking a TAFE/VET course this year for the first time, please ensure you contact the VET office to ensure you have passed along their USI or find out how to obtain one.

Please contact the Careers & VET Team in C3s with any questions.

Karen Crawley – Careers/VET Team Leader – ext. 1058
Amy Crawley – VASS/VET – ext. 1073
Maddie McKeon – Careers/Work Experience – ext.1015