Careers News 

VET is up and Running

Vocational Education and Training (VET) are TAFE courses that run at a variety of TAFES and also at other schools that auspice through Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). This is compulsory for our VCAL and VCE VM students at Year 11 and 12, and for our LEAP students at Year 10. VCE students can choose a VET course as one of their subjects and this goes towards their ATAR. 

Our students are undertaking a range of courses such as Plumbing, Engineering, Hairdressing, Digital Media and Technology, Fashion Design, Building and Construction and Electrical - just to name a few. 

These courses are registered Certificates and provides students with a qualification. Our students are attending these courses weekly, on various days at Swinburne University, Chisholm Institute, Holmesglen TAFE, Box Hill Institute and more. 

All VET classes have now commenced and have been embraced enthusiastically. Students must maintain a 90% plus attendance record at VET to be eligible to pass the subject. For those who are ill and unable to attend VET on any given day, they need to notify the College and also the TAFE. 

Each VET provider has a portal or site for students to log in and retrieve materials and messages, and to upload their assessments. It is a student's responsibility to keep up at VET and notify Ms Mackay or myself should issues arise. 

Ms Naomi Pernar, our Joseph Center Learning Support Officer, attends a range of VET courses each week to ensure our students are coping with the demands of a VET.  Ms Pernar is a marvelous part of our team and we suspect she could be a trained Carpenter, Engineer and Beautician by now.

Work Experience

Year 10 students are required to secure a Work Experience placement before the end of this term in order to be ready to go out to work by the end of next term. To say I am worried at this stage is an understatement as I have not had one single arrangement form handed in. 

There is a lot of paperwork and processing involved and students need to undertake their Occupational Health and Safety before they can head out. This all takes time – thus placement needs to be organised now. 

Students can ask their relatives, coaches, family friends or anyone in their family network for a placement. The only restriction is that they are unable to work with their parents or at their part time job. It is possible to work in a parent’s workplace under the supervision of someone else, however, a family business is not suitable. Working with a friend's parent is certainly an option. 

Let’s get cracking, Year 10s!

Stay positive – Cheers

Ms Elena Flodstrom

Careers and Pathways Coordinator