Vocational Education and Training (VET)

LEARNING AREA

Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are one of the fastest growing areas of education in secondary school.

VET in Schools [VETiS] programs provide the opportunity for students to gain a nationally recognised qualification along with workplace experience and skills, while at school.

Merredin College offers several national qualifications for students throughout Years 10, 11 and 12.

  • Upon satisfactory completion of all units of these courses, a student may attain a national qualification
  • Where a student satisfactorily meets all requirements of the course, a Certificate may be awarded
  • Where a student meets the requirements of Units, a Statement of Attainment may be awarded

VET qualifications completed in combination with school WACE courses also count towards a student’s Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).

VET Courses Delivered Onsite

Merredin College engages in ‘Auspicing Contracts’ with the following Registered Training Organisations [RTO] so that they can deliver the qualifications noted:

Ripponlea, RTO Code:21230

ICT20120 – Certificate II in Applied Digital Technologies

ICT30120 – Certificate III in Information Technology

School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE), RTO Code: 52601

BSB20120 – Certificate II in Workplace Skills

Central Regional TAFE, RTO Code: 21230

A ‘Memorandum of Agreement’ with Central Regional TAFE (RTO Code: 21230) provides Merredin College Year 11 & 12 students with the opportunity to enrol in the following VET programs:

 

At the Rutherford Trade Training Centre:

MEM20413 – Certificate II Engineering Pathways

CPC20220 – Certificate II in Construction Pathways

Online at Merredin College:

52895WA – Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies

External Training Opportunities

External Training Opportunities

School-based Apprenticeships (SBAs) and School-based Traineeships (SBTs), when available, allow students to commence a traineeship or apprenticeship at the same time as completing secondary schooling. After signing a formal training contract students undertake a course in partnership with an RTO and an employer. Students are paid for their work and continue the apprenticeship once they have finished school.

Workplace Learning is an Authority-developed endorsed program managed by the College that enables students to develop a set of transferable vocational skills through working in one or more workplaces. Students record their hours and tasks in a logbook and provide evidence of knowledge and understanding of skills in a Skills Journal.

A minimum of 55 hours in the workplace is required to complete one (1) unit of this program. Students may use up to a maximum of four (4) units of Workplace Learning, accrued over Year 10 – 12, towards their WACE.

Scholarships

Merredin College has built up an excellent partnership with Collgar Wind Farm through the Collgar Community Fund and, as a result of their generosity, we are able to offer two $500 scholarships each year to students participating in VET programs.

School Curriculum and Standards Authority

For more information visit the website:

 

Year 11 & Year 12

VET
Vocation Education and Training