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/vcaa/vce/publications/wheretonow/atindex.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) - Covers providers, wages and contract, tips and ideas, complaints & grievances, apprenticeship field officers, contacts.
• Apprenticeship Field Officers (http://www.skills.vic.gov.au/apprentices/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.