The Victorian Certificate of Education - Vocational Major (VCE-VM) is a senior school certificate designed to sit within the VCE. It provides additional pathways for Year 11 and 12 students seeking vocationally oriented career options such as apprenticeships, traineeships, further education and training or employment.
The VCE VM consolidates the need for increased connection between education and training, industry and employment. Through applied learning, the VCE VM provides students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about education and employment pathways and develop the skills and capabilities needed to succeed in further education, work and life.
Those considering VCE-VM are:
VCE-VM provides students with a more flexible approach to their education and training. It aims to provide the skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable students to make informed choices regarding work and further education. Personal development and the use of individual student interests are important components of the VCE-VM.
For further information regarding VCE-VM – please contact the Dean of VCE-VM.
The VCE VM is a two-year program offered at Parade College.
The Edmund Rice Pathways Program is a pathway beginning at Year 10 Preston Campus to VCE-VM only. Students will not be able to choose a regular VCE program after Pathways. It is an alternative, vocationally orientated program for Year 10 students. Students are able to openly apply for this program. In addition, House Leaders in consultation with a range of interested parties will identify potential students and invite them to apply for a place. The program is limited in its intake.
The Edmund Rice Pathways Program and VCE-VM program at Year 11 and 12 take advantage of the excellent facilities both within and nearby the Parade College Preston Campus. Students are also able to access training through the Edmund Rice Trade and Training Centre located at the Bundoora campus.
House Leaders in consultation with a range of interested parties including Tutor teachers, classroom teachers, Director Pathways Education and Student Support Services will identify potential students and invite them to apply for a place. In addition, an information night will be held in June each year, during which parents can also enquire about applying.
The program has a limited number of places for students at Year 10.
For further information regarding Edmund Rice Pathways program, please contact our Dean of VCE-VM
VET is an integral part of ERPP and students undertake the following VET courses:
VCE VM has four core subjects – Literacy, Numeracy, Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills. Students must also undertake 180 hours of VET at Certificate II level or above.
VCE VET Certificates offered at Parade College in: Furniture Making Pathways, Hospitality (Kitchen Operations), Music Industry (Sound Production), Sport and Recreation, Building and Construction (Carpentry), Electrotechnology (Career Start), Plumbing, Building and Construction (Bricklaying), Floor and Wall Tiling, Information and Digital Technology, Business and Media. VCE-VM requires a minimum 90 nominal hours of VET training. Parade students do considerably more than the minimum.
External programs other than those listed can be accessed through the Northern Melbourne VET Cluster including Visual Arts, Automotive, Engineering, Community Services, and Allied Health. Details can be obtained from the Dean of VCE-VM.
All students in VCE-VM undertake a VET Certificate II Small Business as a compulsory part of their program.
* There will be strictly limited places in this certificate. Any student who has any inclination towards university entrance beyond school should not apply for the VCE-VM. An application process, selection criteria, student interview, parent interview and availability will determine whether you can enrol in the VCE-VM.
The Edmund Rice Trade and Training centre at the Bundoora campus offers training in a variety of building-related Vocational and Educational Training (VET) programs. There will be limited availability for Year 10 students - both mainstream and ERPP - to apply for up to two of the following VET courses:
- Certificate II Building and Construction (Bricklaying)
- Certificate II Building and Construction (Floor and Wall Tiling)
- Certificate II Building and Construction (Carpentry)
- Certificate II Plumbing (Pre-vocational)
- Certificate II in Furniture Making Pathways
- Electrotechnology (Career Start)
Students can also access VET training from the Bundoora campus in Cert lll in Sport and Recreation, Cert lIl in Kitchen Operations, Cert lll in Music Industry (Sound Production) and Cert lll in Screen and Media as a part of their VCE-VM program. Certificate ll in Electrotechnology can be accessed at both Bundoora and the Preston campus. VET training in Certificate ll in Plumbing is accessed at the Preston campus
Please note that students accessing VET offerings are required to pay a VET levy Currently the levy is $445. The one levy is applied irrespective of the number of VET programs accessed.
All VET courses for Bundoora students at the ERTTC will run from 7.30am - 11am or 1.30pm - 5.30pm or 3.30pm - 5.50pm.
Preston students in VCE-VM or the Year 10 Edmund Rice Pathways Program will access the ERTTC from 7.30am-1.00pm, 7.30am-3.15pm or the times allocated to Bundoora students above.
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