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Understanding Pathways

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• To explore the VE&T Pathways available beyond the compulsory years with the focus on Apprenticeships and Traineeships


You may wish to pre-teach these words before the lesson or refer to them during the lesson. The

checklist is not exhaustive and a list displaying these words and their meanings should be available to all

students during the lesson.

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By the end of Year 10, students face a myriad of choices regarding future education and training. This lesson aims to explore the VE&T training options associated with Apprenticeships and Traineeships. While still at school students need to spend sometime investigating their options before making a decision about a preferred Pathway.

1 Hour

Classroom activities

Apprenticeships - offer a job pathway that combines training for a nationally recognised qualification with employment. This job pathway can begin at school with School Based Apprenticeships (SBAs) Apprenticeships are available to people over 15 years of age and can even be used by employers to increase the skills of existing employees. Apprenticeships are available in every major Australian industry

Traineeship - normally last one to two years and are most often specific to non-trade areas such as hospitality, retail, information technology and business administration. A traineeship position may be full-time or part-time, with the training conducted by an approved TAFE or private training provider either on or off the job, or a combination of both methods. On successful completion of a traineeship, the trainee earns a nationally recognised qualification

Australian Apprenticeships - the general term covering both Apprenticeships and Traineeships

School Based Apprenticeship (SBA) – an apprenticeship qualification undertaken by a student while still at school

VE&T in Schools – Vocational Education and Training certificates offered as part of a VCE or VCAL program. VE&T allows students to combine a vocational certificate while completing either VCE or VCAL

LESSON ONE

YEAR LEVEL

PURPOSE

TIMEFRAME

DELIVERY MODE

TERMINOLOGY CHECKLIST

RATIONALE

Year 9, Lesson 1: Page 1 of 5


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CONCEPT QUESTIONS 10 MINUTES

Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) – hands-on option for students in Years 11 and 12. VCAL is a recognised senior qualification leading to employment, further training at TAFE or Apprenticeships

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) - senior school certificate offering pathways to university, TAFE, further study or employment. VCE can provide an ENTER score for selection to higher education courses Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) - ranking system used to determine a candidate’s suitability for mainly higher education courses

• What pathways are available to me after Year 10?

• Where do l go to get this information?

• What pathways are available at my school?

• How do l trial a career?

Ask students to define the term ‘Pathway’. List their responses for this term.

Develop a list of Pathways that students would like to explore further, include Apprenticeships and Traineeships as the key focus of this list.Develop a list of suitable resources that will help them in finding the selected information.

By completion of this lesson students should be able to answer the following:• What are the key features of an apprenticeship? • What are the key features of a traineeship? • What are the key features of a School Based Apprenticeship?• How do you access a School Based Apprenticeship? • How do you secure an apprenticeship or traineeship? • Who can help you to gain an Apprenticeship or Traineeship? • What is a Pre-apprenticeship? Are they valuable? • What certificates can you achieve with an Apprenticeship or Traineeship? • What do you study at TAFE? • What are the benefits of a TAFE Pathway? • How do you get into TAFE? • What certificates are available at TAFE? • What industries have Apprenticeships or Traineeships? • What are the job prospects for Apprentices and Trainees?• What other study options does TAFE offer besides

Apprenticeships or Traineeships?• What are the most popular TAFE courses?• What types of careers do these courses lead to?

Organise the class into groups. Students allocate the following websites for this activity to group members

BRAINSTORM ACTIVITY

5-10 MINUTES

CONCEPTS TO COVER

TERMINOLOGY CHECKLIST CONTINUED



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This activity aims to allow students to work in teams, pairs or groups. Students elect to locate one site and try to complete the answers to all the concept questions in the allocated timeframe

Note: Students may need to visit more than one site to complete all questions.Allow time for debriefing of findings:

1. http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au take the link to Study and Training to answer questions on Handout 1

2. http://www.aajobpathways.com take the What’s Available Here link to answer the questions on Handout 1

3. http://www.education.vic.gov.au take the Apprenticeship and Traineeship link and answer the questions on Handout 1

4. http://www.myfuture.edu.au take the Occupations link and answer the questions on Handout 1

5. http://jobguide.dest.gov.au take the Text version link and answer the questions on Handout 1

Students are to select up to three occupations that have a TAFE Pathway and prepare a study and training plan for these occupations

They should include:

1. School subjects at Years 10, 11 and 12

2. TAFE courses and locations

3. Occupational Profile – outlining the type of person that would be best suited to the selected occupation

4. Industry Profile – outlining the type of work that is undertaken in that industry and the job prospects for the future

Students will need access to the Internet for this lesson

ACTIVITY 1

40-50 MINUTES

FOLLOW UP TASK

RESOURCES FOR THIS LESSON



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VELS APPLICATION Level 6 STRAND DOMAIN DIMENSION

P hysical, personal & social learning

Interpersonal development

Personal learning

Building social relationshipsWorking in teams

The individual learnerManaging personal learning

Discipline-based learning The humanities - economics E conomics knowledge & understanding

E conomic reasoning & interpretation

Interdisciplinary learning Communication

D esign, creativity & technology

In formation & communications technology

Thinking processes

Li stening, viewing & responding

Presenting

Investigating & designingProducingAnalysing & evaluating

ICT for visualising thinking ICT for creating

R easoning processing & inquiry



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Handout 1: VE&T – Way To Go

Working in groups or pairs and using any of the four websites below, answer the following VE&T questions. Record your responses on your worksheet VE&T websites

1. http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au take the link to Study and Training to answer questions on Handout 1

2. http://www.aajobpathways.com take the What’s available here? link to answer the questions on Handout 1

3. http://www.education.vic.gov.au take the Apprenticeship and Traineeship link and answer the questions on Handout 1

4. http://www.myfuture.edu.au take the Occupations link and answer the questions on Handout 1

5. http://jobguide.dest.gov.au take the Text Version link to answer the questions on Handout 1

VE&T questions – you may consider allocating questions to all group members

• What are the key features of an Apprenticeship?

• What are the key features of a Traineeship?

• What are the key features of a School-based New Apprenticeship?

• How do you access a School-based New Apprenticeship?

• How do you secure an Apprenticeship or Traineeship?

• Who can help you to gain an Apprenticeship or Traineeship?

• What is a Pre-apprenticeship? Are they valuable?

• What certificates can you achieve with an Apprenticeship or Traineeship?

• What do you study at TAFE?

• What are the benefits or shortcomings of a TAFE Pathway?

• How do you get into TAFE?

• What certificates are available at TAFE?

• What industries have Apprenticeships or Traineeships?

• What are job prospects for Apprentices and Trainees?

• Choose an Apprenticeship or Traineeship that might interest you in the future and outline the career Pathway for this occupation


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