VCE VM Subject Information

Subjects at year 11 and year 12 levels, students will study:

• Literacy Skills

• Numeracy Skills

• Personal Development Skills

• Work Related Skills

• VET- Unique to a students chosen pathway

Qualification requirements:

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. Units 3 and 4 of the VM studies may be undertaken together over the duration of the academic year to enable these to be integrated.

The school subjects are timetabled for three days per week enabling the students to spend one day per week at TAFE and one day per week in the workforce.

1 day per week at TAFE 

Course costs are associated with VET programs. The government and the school provide a subsidy towards these costs. Parents of VCE VM students please note, there may be some additional fees required depending on the course selected.  

1 day per week at WORK- 

work placements run for 20 weeks maximum. Students must then arrange a second work placement for Semester 2. 

Students are required to have organised their Work and VET Placements by the final day of the Orientation Program:

NB: Students must finalise their own placement by the end of term 1.