VET

Certificate II in Community Service: Our 2042 Scorecard

As the 2024 school year draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on and perhaps permitting us to celebrate the first full year of PRC’s in-house VET program in Community Service. As the principal has stated on more than one occasion, the decision to apply to become an RTO and the accreditation to deliver this course was borne out of inevitable necessity. The outcome has allowed us to continue to address the two issues of prudent resource management, whilst still meeting the unique needs of our students to fulfil the VET curriculum requirements in an environment that is familiar and responsive to them.

The choice of Community Service as our preferred VET course was equally a product of clear-headed and deliberate thinking. At the very least, and irrespective of the profession or occupation pathway students pursue, a foundational course in community service will help equip our students with the knowledge, understanding, and skills relevant to them as they navigate the social service sector as employees, consumers, or decision makers.

This year, 35 students have enrolled and participated in our Certificate II in Community Services. For some, it is part of their drive to fulfil the curriculum requirements for the awards of either VPC or VCE/VM. For others, it is their preferred gateway to undertaking a career in the social/community services sector. Amongst the graduating students in 2024, 4 students satisfactorily completed the minimum 180 Unit hours to secure their VCE/VM qualification. Additional 5 students also satisfactorily completed a minimum of 90 Unit hours to secure their VPC qualification. The rest of the non-graduating students have made commendable progress in all the units studied so far and are reasonably expected to be “VET secured” by the end of 2025.

I would like to use this opportunity to acknowledge the collective effort by the entire PRC team towards our achievements this year. Pride of place goes to the ES/WS team for providing the 1:1 support without which some of our students would have struggled to engage. I commend the quality of the learning and assessment resources that Veronica developed, and ably assisted by Vanessa, specifically to meet the needs of our cohort of learners.

The challenge for all of us, both staff and students, is to continue to build on our current success whilst striving to learn from our shortcomings and improve our practices.

Best wishes to all in the coming years.

-Paul Adigun