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Course not available to international students
Duration: 
2 years full time or longer for part time
Location: 
Footscray Nicholson
Delivery mode: 
Face to Face
Application due dates:
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Overview

Gain academic, practical knowledge and employability skills with the Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major (VCE VM) at Victoria University (VU) Polytechnic.

The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Vocational Major (VM) is a two-year program that offers you a pathway into apprenticeships, traineeships or further study. You will gain interpersonal skills and build confidence through learning activities and completing tasks that require you to apply your problem-solving, leadership and decision making capabilities.

You will develop:

  • literacy and numeracy skills
  • work-related skills
  • industry-specific skills
  • personal and employability skills
  • skills for further education.

The VCE VM is a senior secondary school qualification (Year 11 and Year 12) issued by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and is delivered under the authority of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). If you successfully complete the course, you’ll receive your Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major.

The VCE VM program applies the STRIPES model, which focuses on strengths-based, trauma-informed practice such as restorative justice and positive education strategies.

VU Polytechnic’s student-centred focus recognises that each student is unique and supports them to become STRONG: strengths-focused, teachable, resilient, optimistic, nurturing and grateful.

This focus is embedded into the timetable through workshops or presentations run by VU Wellbeing, VU Polytechnic support staff, VU Careers and industry guest speakers.

In addition to your VCE VM enrolment, you will need to enrol into a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification and complete the necessary VET units to meet the VET credits requirements of the VCE-VM program.

City Tower

  • Beauty

Footscray Nicholson

  • Applied Digital Technologies

Sunshine

  • Carpentry
  • Bricklaying
  • Plumbing
  • Civil Construction
  • Engineering
  • Electrotechnology

Skills First (subsidised) indicative fees

The Skills First government contribution in 2023 is $14,240. If eligible, you will pay:

  • Tuition: $5,162*
  • Materials: $0
  • Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF): maximum per year $163.

*A concession rate of 20% of the standard Skills First subsidised tuition fee is available if you are eligible for a concession. Learn more about concessions.

Full-fee place total indicative fees

  • 2023 full-fee place: $22,250.

Careers

For adults returning to study, VCE can provide pathways into:

  • vocational higher education
  • courses and 
  • a broad range of careers.

The course also prepares you to directly enter the job market.

Determination is key to success

When I graduated from my diploma I had a job straight away because they know VU students have done work experience and are job-ready.

Fatma Abdulhussein (Iraq) — Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHC50113, Bachelor of Criminal Justice
Fatma's story

Course contents

Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Vocational Major (VM)
To be eligible to receive the VCE VM, students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 16 units, including:

  • 3 VCE VM Literacy or VCE English units (including a Unit 3–4 sequence)
  • 2 VCE VM Numeracy or VCE Mathematics units
  • 2 VCE VM Work Related Skills units
  • 2 VCE VM Personal Development Skills units, and
  • 2 VET credits at Certificate II level or above (180 nominal hours)

Students must complete a minimum of three other Unit 3–4 sequences as part of their program

VCE Vocational Major (VM)

Core units, then elective order

Year 12

Students select units (minimum 180 hours) from the VET units available

Intermediate VCAL units Teach out only

VCALSEN001 - Senior units 2023 Teach out

Senior VCALSEN001 -Senior units 2023

CORE UNITS:

Teach out 2022 Delivery only

Units 3 and 4

ELECTIVE UNITS

UNITS IN TRANSITION:

The following unit/s will not be offered to prospective students in 2022. These units are only available for current/continuing students.

Year 11 Maths and Sciences or equivalent are the pre-requisites for Maths and Science subjects at Year 12.

Gain academic, practical knowledge and employability skills with the Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major (VCE VM) at Victoria University Polytechnic.
The VCE VM is a two-year program that offers you a pathway into apprenticeships, traineeships or further study. You will gain interpersonal skills and build confidence through learning activities and completing tasks that require you to apply your problem-solving, leadership and decision-making capabilities. You will develop:
• literacy and numeracy skills
• work-related skills
• industry-specific skills
• personal and employability skills
• skills for further education.
The VCE VM is a senior secondary school qualification (Year 11 and Year 12) issued by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and is delivered under the authority of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). Find out about our registration and compliance with VRQA standards for the provision of secondary education. If you successfully complete your course you'll receive your Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major.

The VCE VM program will apply the STRIPES model, which focuses on strengths-based, trauma-informed practices such as restorative justice and positive education strategies.
VU Polytechnic's student-centred focus (is the) recognises that each student is unique and supports (our students) to become STRONG: Strengths-focused, Teachable, Resilient, Optimistic, Nurturing and Grateful (while recognising that they are all unique). This focus has been embedded into the timetable through workshops or presentations run by VU Well-being, VU Polytechnic support staff, VU Careers as well as industry guest speakers.
Please note:
In addition to their VCE VM enrolment, students will be required to enrol into a VET qualification and complete the necessary VET units to meet the VET credits requirements of the VCE-VM program. The locations for delivery of the VET programs are as follows: Carpentry, Bricklaying, Plumbing, Civil Construction, Engineering and Electrotechnology will be delivered at the Sunshine campus. The Beauty program will be delivered at the City campus. The Applied Digital Technologies program will be delivered at the Footscray Nicholson campus.

Admission & pathways

Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee you entry into this course. Some courses receive more applications than the number of places available. In this situation we will also assess your education, work and other relevant experience.

Find out more about how to apply for our courses, and our commitment to admissions transparency.

As part of the application process, applicants must complete a Pre-training Review (PTR) and undertake a literacy and numeracy (LN) assessment to determine suitability for admission.

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