Apprentices, Trainees and TAFE Students
Years 10 to 12 options
- VCAL - Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning - Undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship as part of VCAL.
- VCE - Victorian Certificate of Education - Undertake an apprenticeship or traineeship as part of VCE.
- Where to Now? (http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/publications/wheretonow/wheretonowfrontpage.htm) - Guide to the VCE, VCAL and apprenticeships and traineeships.
- Leaving School Before End of Year 12 - Help available to get school leavers into further study or work.
Become an apprentice or trainee
- Careers & Planning for the Future - Find out about learning skills and career opportunities for apprentices and trainees.
- Apprenticeships & Traineeships - overview - Learn skills in a particular industry by working and training on the job.
- Apprentices & Trainees (http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/apprentices_and_trainees) - Covers providers, wages and contract, tips and ideas, complaints & grievances, apprenticeship field officers, contacts.
- Apprenticeship Field Officers (http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/apprentices_and_trainees/contact_AFO) - Contact details for Victorian apprenticeship field officers in metropolitan and regional areas.
- Costs & Financial Assistance - Costs for further education and training, financial assistance available through Centrelink, and schemes including Youth Allowance Scheme and ABSTUDY.
- Apprentice Trade Bonus - Find out about the $500 Apprentice Trade Bonus for Victorian apprentices who began their apprenticeship after January 1, 2006.
Become a TAFE student
- Careers & Planning for the Future - Find out about career opportunities offered in TAFE institutes.
- Top 5 Reasons for Studying at TAFE - Find out why people choose to study at TAFE.
- TAFE - Options for everything from training for your first job and updating your skills for a new job or promotion, to starting study as a mature-age student.
- Frequently Asked Questions - Find answers to the most commonly asked questions about studying at TAFE.
- Costs & Financial Assistance - Costs for further education and training, financial assistance available through Centrelink, and schemes including Youth Allowance Scheme and ABSTUDY.
- Find a Subject or Course - Information about subjects and courses offered by TAFE institutes, training providers, adult community education centres and universities.