VET in Schools Parent Presentation

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VET in SchoolsParent Presentation
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Background

• VET in schools began in early 1990s
• Increasing participation in education and
  training by young people
• Significant decline in young peoples full time
  labour participation
• School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships
  (SATs) have been available for over 10 years

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Compulsory Participation (1)

• Compulsory participation refers to the period of
  time in which young people must participate in
  'earning or learning'
• for two years after the young person completes
  compulsory schooling (i.e. after they complete
  Year 10 or turn 16 years of age whichever comes
  first) or
• until they turn 17 years of age or
• until they complete a Queensland Certificate of
  Education or a Certificate III (or higher level)
  vocational qualification

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Compulsory Participation (2)

• Parents will be obliged to ensure their child
  participates as required. This obligation
  doesn't apply if the young person has a paid job
  for at least 25 hours per week or is under an
  employment exemption under the Vocational
  Education, Training and Employment Act 2000

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Australian Qualifications Framework
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Main Destinations - Government Schools
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VET Options and Pathways

• Programs undertaken at school
• Vocational education and training at TAFE or with
  another registered training organisation
• Apprenticeship or traineeship (including
  school-based apprenticeships and traineeships)
• Employment skills development programs

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Benefits for Students

• Receiving an education and a job - SATs
• Being paid while learning - SATs
• Being ahead of the competition for jobs
• Learning the latest knowledge and skills
• Achieving a nationally recognised qualification
  
• Gaining experience in a real job
• Taking a proven pathway from school to work
  and/or further study
• Experiencing a sense of achievement
• Gaining job readiness skills

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VET and the QCE (1)
See QCE Guidelines for full details
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VET and the QCE (2)
See QCE Guidelines for full details
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Major Partners

• Education Queensland
• Queensland Studies Authority
• Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre
• Training Queensland
• TAFE Queensland

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Role of Students

• Talking to the school after discussing options
  with the parents/guardian
• Investigating options through the SET planning
  process
• Exploring options through Work Experience
• Meeting with the Career Counsellor/ Guidance
  Officer for further information about options and
  career development

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Role of Parents

• Listening to your student and show interest in
  their career aspirations and planning
• Supporting them in their SET Planning (in Year
  10) and senior subject/course selection processes
• Attending Course and Career Information Evenings/
  Events with your student
• Sharing your own work experiences with them
• Encouraging your student to talk with relatives,
  friends and/ or colleagues working in jobs or
  industries of interest to them

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Role of Schools

• Providing career development linked to SET
  Planning (Year 10)
• Coordinating students participation in VET in
  schools programs
• Ensuring VET in schools forms an appropriate
  component of an overall school program,
  contributing to achievement of the QCE
• Assisting students to undertake a SAT
• Helping eligible SATs students with travel and
  accommodation support funding 
• Assisting SATs students with special needs to
  access support  
• Exercising a duty of care to students in the
  workplace
• Ongoing monitoring and support to help students
  meet their school and VET in schools commitments
• Recording results for all education and training

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Case Study 1 School-based Apprentice of the Year

• Rhys Morley
• Qualification Certificate III in Marine
  EngineeringTraining Provider Brisbane North
  Institute of TAFESchool Kirwan State High
  School, Townsville
• Employer B M Outboard Repairs

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Case Study 2 Prime Minister's Award for Skills
Excellence
Megan Storey Qualification Certificate III in
Food Processing (Retail Baking)School
Centenary Heights SHS, Toowoomba Employer
Homestyle Bake
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Case Study 3 UCSC Stratco
Upper Coomera State College (UCSC) and Stratco
won a Manufacturing Starters Initiative Grant to
retool the Colleges Industrial Design Workshop
for producing commercial standard metal
products Products manufactured by students are
sold in Stratcos Home Improvement Stores with
profits returning to UCSC to be used in student
incentive schemes
Before
After
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More Information

• SATs brochures
• Apprenticeships Info
• Skilling Solutions Queensland
• Career Information Service
• myfuture
• National Training Information Service
• Qld Training Information Service

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Useful Websites

• Education Queensland Senior Phase of Learning
• http//education.qld.gov.au/students/senior/index
  .html
• Training Queensland Training at School
• http//www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/client/train
  ing_at_school/index.html
• Training Queensland Facts for employers
• http//www.apprenticeshipsinfo.qld.gov.au/school-
  based_apprenticeships_and_traineeships/facts_emplo
  yers/index.html
• Training Queensland School-based
  apprenticeships and traineeships
  http//www.trainandemploy.qld.gov.au/client/for_bu
  siness_and_employers/appship_tship_info/school_bas
  ed.html
• Apprenticeships Information
• http//www.apprenticeshipsinfo.qld.gov.au or
  1800 210 210
• Skilling Solutions Queensland Info for
  business and employers
• http//www.skillingsolutions.qld.gov.au/business_
  employers/index.htm

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Questions and Comments

• School Contact
• Phone No
• Email
• Thank you for your participation!