North Central Trade Training Centre

Try a VET Day

Last Thursday, the NCTTC ran its annual ‘Try a VET Day’. The purpose of this day is to give students the opportunity to learn about the VET studies on offer at the NCTTC, so they can make informed choices regarding their future pathways.

Around 140 students from Boort, Charlton, Donald, East Loddon, Pyramid Hill, St. Arnaud, Wedderburn and Wycheproof attended.

This year we had a slight point of difference, as our current cohort of VET students were also in attendance. This made for a busy day, however it allowed our visiting staff and students to see VET ‘in action’, which was very beneficial.

Initially, the students learnt about different industries from a number of guest speakers. We thank the NCLLEN for organising Lily Campbell, Kirsty McKenzie, Patrick Sait, Jasper Walsh, Tasha Roberts and Emily Rollinson to speak about their respective industries and pathways and share what they have learnt along the way about school and life in general!

Students then had the opportunity to participate in 3 different VET sessions, which gave them some insight into the requirements and content for the 11 studies we have on offer.

Lunch was left in the capable hands of the Charlton Lions Club who cooked our BBQ, which was very well received by staff and students alike! 

The overall feedback from supervising staff from our cluster schools, as well as the students, was very positive.

We would like to thank the NCLLEN for their continued support of this important day and the TTC staff who ran a range of interesting and engaging sessions for the students in attendance.

Our next step is to give the students time to consider their choices for 2025 before making important subject selections.