A variety of VET opportunities are made available to students enrolling at Swan View Senior High School. The VET opportunities can either be in discrete VET Programs or as qualifications delivered to mainstream students.
VET Qualifications
Students may elect not to be involved in discrete VET Programs and choose subjects that do not have a specific focus. They still have the opportunity to obtain a vocational qualification through a number of certificates that are delivered on the school site and are accredited by outside agencies. These certificates include:
•Certificate I Information Technology
•Certificate II Information Technology
•Certificate I Business
•Certificate II Business
•Certificate I Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Photography)
•Certificate I Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Technical Drawing)
•Certificate II Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Jewellery)
•Certificate II Creative Industries (Media)
•Certificate II Live Production
•Certificate I Engineering
•Certificate I Furnishing
VET Programs
Swan View SHS offers a range of vocationally orientated, discrete programs to students. These currently include:
•Industrial Studies
•Business and Hospitality
•Performing Arts & Media
•ACCESS
The cost of VET programs can vary, with some being free and some having a cost for consumables. Although the costs are a little more than a combination of mainstream studies, as a rule, the cost is considerably less than if the program was to be studies outside the school sector.
Entry to VET programs is completed through a selection process. Students need to demonstrate a focus towards learning in the area and have attributes that show they are ready to take on the rigour of a workplacement and a possible TAFE course. They will need to exhibit qualities that enable them to be successful in a workplacement and cope with the different teaching style that TAFE and the training sector provide.
The VET Programs are structured to allow students a minimum of 4 days at school with the opportunity to have at least 1 day at TAFE. There is a core of standard subjects that each VET program will cover with a focus on the context of specific industry areas. These are:
•English
•Mathematics
•Career & Enterprise
•Workplace Learning
The remaining subjects include full certificates (TAFE and/or school delivery).
Workplace Learning provides students with a platform to develop industry skills, knowledge, networks and employability skills both in a workplace, and through related assessment tasks at the school. Students complete assessment tasks that require them to reflect on and learn from their workplace experiences. Students will be required to keep an evidence journal to document their workplace achievement and participation.
VET and WACE
It is a condition of students who participate to keep up with all aspects of their program, particularly if they have been successful in obtaining a TAFE placement. The deliveries of certificate level qualifications at school and through TAFE are an integral part of VET programs. These do count as a subject/unit equivalent towards Secondary Graduations (WACE).
VET Programs have proven to be an effective vehicle for students over mainstream upper-school programs as they are:
•Nationally recognised Units of Competence that combine to give students the opportunity to obtain full qualifications
•Link to available School Based Traineeships/Apprenticeships or full-time traineeships or apprenticeships
•Able to provide students with the experience to use skills being covered in their VET studies at school and/or TAFE in a real industry context through workplacement.
TAFE Courses
As part of their studies in a VET Program, students can put in an Expression of Interest for TAFE courses. If they are successful in their application, students complete these additional certificates as part of their discrete VET Program. These courses are generally cost free to students except for some consumables that the student will keep. The TAFE courses are completed through either Polytechnic West or Central Institute in most instances, but there is also the opportunity to work with private organisations, West Coast Institute, and Challenger TAFE.
The programs are one of two options:
•Schools Apprenticeship Link (SAL) Schools Apprenticeship Link.doc
•Profile funded courses (through the TAFE sector) these will vary each year according to what is available across a number of campus.
Public Sector School Based Traineeships (PSSBT)
Year 10 students can apply for a School Based Traineeship through the Public Sector. They operate in a similar fashion to other school based traineeships but link with Public Sector agencies for students for a Certificate II Business or Certificate II Information Technology. Swan View students can obtain traineeships with agencies such as the Transport Authority, Industrial Relations, and the Department of Treasury.
There is a thorough interview process in Year 10 for students who are successful in submitting their Application.
School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships
If students do exceptionally well in their workplacements, it is possible that they can be signed up for a school based traineeship or apprenticeship. In most industry areas employers are able to contract a student as a trainee through the Apprenticentre. The Department of Training and Workforce Development - ApprentiCentre. Students will be able to complete two days per week in the workplace while completing a Certificate II qualification and be paid at a trainee level.
What is a School Based Traineeship?
A school based traineeship allows senior secondary students to start a traineeship while also completing the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). Under these arrangements the student is both a full-time student and a part-time employee with the same employment and training responsibilities as other trainees.
School Based Apprenticeships
School Based Apprenticeships allow students to start an apprenticeship while still at school. This is on a part-time basis while at school and continues full or part-time after the student leaves school.
Students are an employee so are paid for the time they are in the workplace. Every week students are usually 3 days at school, one day in the workplace and one day at training.
Please contact Teresa Stoncius (VET Coordinator) at Swan View Senior High School on (08) 9294 0134 for more detailed information or email at teresa.stoncius3@det.wa.edu.au about the programs and the qualifications on offer.
VET QualificationsStudents may elect not to be involved in discrete VET Programs and choose subjects that do not have a specific focus. They still have the opportunity to obtain a vocational qualification through a number of certificates that are delivered on the school site and are accredited by outside agencies. These certificates include:
•Certificate I Information Technology
•Certificate II Information Technology
•Certificate I Business
•Certificate II Business
•Certificate I Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Photography)
•Certificate I Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Technical Drawing)
•Certificate II Visual Arts & Contemporary Craft (Jewellery)
•Certificate II Creative Industries (Media)
•Certificate II Live Production
•Certificate I Engineering
•Certificate I Furnishing
VET Programs
Swan View SHS offers a range of vocationally orientated, discrete programs to students. These currently include:
•Industrial Studies
•Business and Hospitality
•Performing Arts & Media
•ACCESS
The cost of VET programs can vary, with some being free and some having a cost for consumables. Although the costs are a little more than a combination of mainstream studies, as a rule, the cost is considerably less than if the program was to be studies outside the school sector.Entry to VET programs is completed through a selection process. Students need to demonstrate a focus towards learning in the area and have attributes that show they are ready to take on the rigour of a workplacement and a possible TAFE course. They will need to exhibit qualities that enable them to be successful in a workplacement and cope with the different teaching style that TAFE and the training sector provide.
The VET Programs are structured to allow students a minimum of 4 days at school with the opportunity to have at least 1 day at TAFE. There is a core of standard subjects that each VET program will cover with a focus on the context of specific industry areas. These are:
•English
•Mathematics
•Career & Enterprise
•Workplace Learning
The remaining subjects include full certificates (TAFE and/or school delivery).
Workplace Learning provides students with a platform to develop industry skills, knowledge, networks and employability skills both in a workplace, and through related assessment tasks at the school. Students complete assessment tasks that require them to reflect on and learn from their workplace experiences. Students will be required to keep an evidence journal to document their workplace achievement and participation.
VET and WACE
It is a condition of students who participate to keep up with all aspects of their program, particularly if they have been successful in obtaining a TAFE placement. The deliveries of certificate level qualifications at school and through TAFE are an integral part of VET programs. These do count as a subject/unit equivalent towards Secondary Graduations (WACE).
VET Programs have proven to be an effective vehicle for students over mainstream upper-school programs as they are:
•Nationally recognised Units of Competence that combine to give students the opportunity to obtain full qualifications
•Link to available School Based Traineeships/Apprenticeships or full-time traineeships or apprenticeships
•Able to provide students with the experience to use skills being covered in their VET studies at school and/or TAFE in a real industry context through workplacement.
TAFE CoursesAs part of their studies in a VET Program, students can put in an Expression of Interest for TAFE courses. If they are successful in their application, students complete these additional certificates as part of their discrete VET Program. These courses are generally cost free to students except for some consumables that the student will keep. The TAFE courses are completed through either Polytechnic West or Central Institute in most instances, but there is also the opportunity to work with private organisations, West Coast Institute, and Challenger TAFE.
The programs are one of two options:
•Schools Apprenticeship Link (SAL) Schools Apprenticeship Link.doc
•Profile funded courses (through the TAFE sector) these will vary each year according to what is available across a number of campus.
Public Sector School Based Traineeships (PSSBT)
Year 10 students can apply for a School Based Traineeship through the Public Sector. They operate in a similar fashion to other school based traineeships but link with Public Sector agencies for students for a Certificate II Business or Certificate II Information Technology. Swan View students can obtain traineeships with agencies such as the Transport Authority, Industrial Relations, and the Department of Treasury.
There is a thorough interview process in Year 10 for students who are successful in submitting their Application.
School Based Traineeships and Apprenticeships
If students do exceptionally well in their workplacements, it is possible that they can be signed up for a school based traineeship or apprenticeship. In most industry areas employers are able to contract a student as a trainee through the Apprenticentre. The Department of Training and Workforce Development - ApprentiCentre. Students will be able to complete two days per week in the workplace while completing a Certificate II qualification and be paid at a trainee level.
What is a School Based Traineeship?
A school based traineeship allows senior secondary students to start a traineeship while also completing the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE). Under these arrangements the student is both a full-time student and a part-time employee with the same employment and training responsibilities as other trainees.
School Based Apprenticeships
School Based Apprenticeships allow students to start an apprenticeship while still at school. This is on a part-time basis while at school and continues full or part-time after the student leaves school.
Students are an employee so are paid for the time they are in the workplace. Every week students are usually 3 days at school, one day in the workplace and one day at training.
Please contact Teresa Stoncius (VET Coordinator) at Swan View Senior High School on (08) 9294 0134 for more detailed information or email at teresa.stoncius3@det.wa.edu.au about the programs and the qualifications on offer.
