Victorian Certificate of Education (Vocational Major)

Have you thought about where you want your future to go and are ready to take the leap? Do you need a higher level of education to help get you there? Then the Victorian Certificate of Education may your pathway to achieving your dreams.

For Senior Secondary students (aged 16-18) and adult students who wish to return to study, the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education recognised within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

The VCE opens pathways to university, higher-level TAFE or VET certificate courses, apprenticeships, traineeships and the workforce. TAFE Gippsland offers both a scored and non-scored VCE pathway and the VCE Vocational Major.

Our VCE programs include:

• Adult VCE (online - one-year full-time program - but does not need to be taken in a single year, can be completed part-time)
• Student VCE (online - two-year full-time program for Year 11 and Year 12)
• VCE Vocational Major (face-to-face, two-year full-time program for Year 11 and Year 12)
• VCE VET Studies (online/face-to-face, two-year full-time course offered as part of VCE programs).

Throughout your study, you will be supported by our expert teachers, interacting with them and other students regularly in order to discuss your learning and helping to increase your confidence.

Designed to be completed over a minimum of two years, the VCE VM (Vocational Major)  is a vocational and applied learning program that allows you to apply knowledge and skills in practical settings such as workplaces – doing community-based activities and projects that involve working in a team. You can also receive credit for on-the-job learning.

Our VCE Vocational Major program is delivered face to face at our Bairnsdale or Morwell campus.

To get your VCE Vocational Major, you must successfully finish at least 16 units. These will include units in:

• VCE VM Literacy or VCE English
• VCE VM Numeracy or VCE Mathematics
• VCE VM Work Related Skills
• VCE VM Personal Development Skills
• VET at a Certificate II level or above (180 nominal hours)

Many VCE Vocational Major students also add other VCE studies to their program.

You will apply knowledge and skills in practical settings such as workplaces. You’ll do community-based activities and projects that involve working in a team. You can also receive credit for on-the-job learning.

You won’t receive a study score for the VCE Vocational Major subjects, which means these subjects won’t count towards an ATAR. This is because there are no exams or other external assessments, apart from the General Achievement Test and in some scored VCE VET programs.

VCE VM students at TAFE Gippsland will be dual enrolled in the VCE VM and a Certificate II or III of their choice so they can ‘jump start’ their careers, setting them up for a productive and promising future.

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Further TAFE courses
Apprenticeships/Traineeships
Entry into workforce ,
Attain an ATAR ranking for entry to university (scored VCE program)

VCE study is designed to provide a two-year program (Adult VCE may be studied in a single year). Studies are nationally and internationally benchmarked at Unit 1 and Unit 2 level to a Year 11 standard, and studies at Unit 3 and Unit 4 level are benchmarked to a Year 12 standard. Units 1 and 2 can be completed as single units and Units 3 and 4 in each study are designed to be undertaken as a sequence.

Are there specified requirements for entry into the course/qualification?: Yes

Mandatory entry requirements:

Adult entry is available only to students who are 18 as of the 1st of January of the year commencing and have not studied VCE in the 12 months prior.
Students under 17 must seek 'Exemption from School' letter prior to enrolment.

Recommended entry Requirements:

Completed Year 10
For online VCE only, students must have a computer, reliable internet or access to for a min. 20-25 hrs per week. They need access to a webcam or camera, a headset and, preferably, a printer regularly to be able complete course.
Students are required to purchase textbooks before commencing course (materials list will be distributed at time of interview)

Limitations to course Entry:

Must reside in Victorian or have a Victorian home address

Not applicable.

Will this course/qualification or a constituent unit provide a pathway to an industry licence or regulated outcome: No