Students, Parents/Carers Handbook

Student Enrolling in VCE with previous VCAL Enrolment

Recognition for VCAL Completion 

Students who have successfully completed a Foundation VCAL and who enrol in the VCE  in a subsequent year will be required to meet the normal VCE satisfactory completion rules.  VCE units and VET/FE Certificate II or above, completed as part of a Foundation VCAL,  will contribute to the VCE in the subsequent year. 

 

Students who have successfully completed the VCAL at Intermediate or Senior level and  who enrol in the VCE in a subsequent year will be eligible to complete the VCE if they  satisfactorily complete: 

  • a Unit 3–4 sequence from the English group that has not been undertaken in the previous VCAL qualification 
  • three sequences of VCE Units 3 and 4 in studies other than English that have not been undertaken in the previous VCAL qualification. 

 

Credit for VCAL Units when a student transfers to VCE 

If a VCAL student who has not yet completed a VCAL Intermediate or VCAL Senior certificate transfers to the VCE, they must meet the minimum VCE requirements of 16 units, which must include: 

• three units from the English group, including a Unit 3–4 sequence • at least three sequences of Units 3 and 4 in studies other than English. They may count VCAL and VCE units successfully completed.

 

Studies completed as part of a VCAL learning program will contribute towards the VCE as  follows: 

  • Intermediate VCAL units contribute towards satisfactory completion of the VCE at Unit 1  and 2 level 
  • Senior VCAL units contribute towards the VCE at Unit 3 and 4 level. 

 

Senior VCAL units can be accumulated towards a VCE Unit 3–4 sequence in the following  ways: 

  • two Senior VCAL units from the Personal Development Skills strand and Literacy and Numeracy Skills strand 
  • a combination of any Senior VCAL Personal Development Skills/Literacy and Numeracy Skills unit and 90 nominal hours of appropriate FE training at AQF Level III and above that meet the Literacy and Numeracy Skills strand requirements 
  • two Senior VCAL units from the Work Related Skills strand 
  • a combination of any Senior VCAL Work Related Skills unit and 90 nominal hours of appropriate VET training at AQF Level III or above.