Active Volunteering (VET)

Active Volunteering develops pathways to an industry including community service, sport and recreation, emergency services and human services sectors through being involved in community service and social justice activities. 

Units studied include:

• Apply knowledge & understanding of WHS requirements,

• Develop communication skills and the ability to work with diverse people,

• Develop knowledge and understanding of the needs and welfare of Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander and young people,

• Assist with the implementation of activities and strategies that contribute to lifelong learning and well-being,

• Learn skills to enable effective volunteering.

See VET at St Peter's for more details.

Active Volunteering is a competency-based course and requires students to develop the competencies, skills and knowledge described by each unit under the training package.

A student must demonstrate to a qualified assessor/ the teacher, they can effectively carry out the various skills and tasks to the standard required in the appropriate industry in order to be assessed as competent. There is no mark awarded in competency-based assessment. Students are assessed as either ‘competent’ or ‘not yet competent’ through observation, demonstration, written and verbal communication.   

Successful completion of this course provides a Certificate II in Active Volunteering.

There is no HSC examination for this course.  Active Volunteering counts towards your HSC but not an ATAR.

This course is only available in Year 11.

Active Volunteering is a Vocational Education and Training course that provides real world experience in the world of work through NESA mandated work placement of 20 hours work placement for the 120-hour course in Year 11.  Students experience work placement with St Vincent De Paul Society (Vinnies), Coast Shelter, Mary Macs and volunteering environments locally and beyond such as nursing homes, care environments, animal shelters and sporting clubs. In the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC), mandatory work placement is a requirement for VET (Vocational Education and Training) courses, and non-completion of this placement can lead to the course being withheld from the HSC.  

In Year 10 St Peter's students achieved a Senior First Aid Certificate which is used as credit transfer for Active Volunteering.

Gaining an industry qualification that gives credit towards future study is a benefit of school studied VET courses.

Active Volunteering can be studied with a School-Based Traineeship (SBT), where you 'earn and learn' while at school. For more information on SBATs click here or see the Careers Advisor.