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School Based New Apprenticeships in VCE/VCAL

School Based New Apprenticeships in VCE/VCAL. VCAA VET Unit Lisa Burgess June 2006. 1998–2001. 13 VCAA/ITB approved industry areas:

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School Based New Apprenticeships in VCE/VCAL

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  1. School Based New Apprenticeshipsin VCE/VCAL VCAA VET Unit Lisa Burgess June 2006

  2. 1998–2001 • 13 VCAA/ITB approved industry areas: • Agriculture, Automotive, Business, Community Services, Food Processing (Wine), Food Processing (General Foods), Engineering, Horticulture, Hospitality, IT, Retail, Seafood, Sport & Recreation

  3. Principles of approval for VCE recognition • Industry support and promotion • Identified training needs • Industrial arrangements in place • Appropriate nationally recognised qualification available at suitable AQF level • To be available also through VCE VET pathway

  4. Program development • Identification of OH&S issues • Identification of inappropriate sectors and inappropriate units of competence • Determination of licensing and/or regulatory requirements • Arrangements for recognition in the VCE • Sample programs

  5. VCESBNA qualifications unitised • School Based New Apprenticeships with VCE VET units • Credit arrangements that exist for corresponding certificate in VCE VET program apply • 13 industry areas that are formally promoted through central management • Access to scored assessment as for VCE VET for specific programs

  6. Growth in participation rates

  7. From 2002New flexible arrangements • Block Credit Recognition • formula used • many more SBNA opportunities outside the 13 profiled industry areas • eligible for credit towards VCE • VCAL • pilot 2002 • full implementation 2003

  8. ….to 2005 • approx 4500 enrolments • 72% in Retail & Hosp (CII &III) • 4% in Engineering • 6% in Automotive • 6% in Ag & Hort

  9. Contribution to satisfactory completion of the VCE • Of the minimum 16 units (including at least 3 units of English) required for satisfactory completion, up to 13 may come from VET (includes VCE VET, SBNAs and block credit) • Student must have three unit 3-4 sequences other than English, all of which may come from VET, notwithstanding duplication • Additional VCE VET units will appear on the student’s Statement of Results, as with VCE units over and above the minimum 16

  10. ENTER contribution VTAC: • Where SBNA training program provides a Unit 3–4 sequence • one ENTER increment • increment is 10% of the average of scaled scores of primary four • Study Score for the SBNA (where available/optional) may be one of the primary four

  11. VCEBlock Credit Recognition Student must be enrolled in the VCE or have been enrolled in the VCE/VCAL in previous two years • Formula applied to determine credit based on hours of training completed and AQF level of units of competence • Nationally recognised VET at Certificate II and above that is not available through the suite of VCE VET and corresponding SBNA programs • Judgments on duplication VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook 2006 (p.46–47)

  12. VCAL • Credit towards Industry Specific Skills and Work Related Skills strands • Structure of VCAL encourages SBNA • VET credit is carried with the student should she/he transfer into VCE or vice versa

  13. School Based New Apprenticeships • DEST National Guidelines • Under Victorian VET Act (1990) student must be 15 years or over • 200 days duration employment/training • NAC rep. must meet in person with employer and apprentice • OH&S training early in the training program • RTOs responsible for forwarding results to schools

  14. VASSEnrolment and results • Home school is responsible for all data entry for VET • Schools enrol students in individual units of competence • Training Plan must be accurate • If Training Plan changes school needs to be informed • RTO has to be selected– mandatory information • School will need results by mid November (very important for Year 12 students)

  15. VCAA Publications • A Guide to School Based New Apprenticeships for Victorian Secondary Students (pub. Nov 2003) • VCAA Bulletin No.34 February 2006 Supplement 1 (both publications are available from www.vcaa.vic.edu.au)

  16. Contact details - VCAA • VET Unit – 9651 4458 • VCAL Team – 9651 4435

  17. Useful websites • Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vet • Department of Education, Employment & Training - Vocational Education in Schools (state) www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/voced • Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre www.vtac.edu.au • National Training Information Service www.ntis.gov.au • Department of Education, Science and Training (C’wealth) www.dest.gov.au • Office of Training and Tertiary Education www.otte.vic.gov.au • Victorian Learning and Employment Skills Commission www.vlesc.vic.gov.au • New Apprenticeships www.newapprenticeships.gov.au

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