VET Course Descriptions 

The general purpose of this course is to provide the skills, knowledge and attitudes for training in acting for film and television. 

Units may include preparing for performances, preparing and presenting self for auditions, developing script knowledge and performance skills and developing acting techniques. 

2025 study options: 

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Allied Health Assistants increasingly play an important role in the rehabilitation of clients and patients both in hospital and community settings. During this course, students will gain industry specific training in basic medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, infection control and communication in the health industry. 

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Health Support Services covers a wide range of areas within the health industry and is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to work in an entry-level role within a range of fields including how to recognise healthy body systems, how to comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures and how to perform general cleaning tasks in a clinical setting. 

It is a requirement that students have Year 10 English & Maths to apply for this course. 

These courses are VCE VET courses and can be taken as scored assessment. 

This program provides you with the basic skills and knowledge to become an animal carer. 

You will learn how to care for a variety of animals and provide information on companion animals, products and services. 

If you love fashion, working with fabric and design and would like to progress to a career in the fashion industry, this course will introduce you to all facets of the fashion design and production process. 

These can include fashion design, pattern making and drafting, production, marketing or styling. 

This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of automotive maintenance and repair in a hands-on learning environment, and focuses on providing students with simulated practical work experiences, employability skills and career pathways into the automotive industry. 

This course focuses on the paint and panel side of the Automotive industry. 

It provides general knowledge and practical workshop skills in spray painting, panel beating and body building.

Gain basic skills to begin a career in beauty services by undertaking studies in waxing, manicure and pedicure, make-up, and business communications, retail, spray tanning and nail art. 

You must be in VCE or VM whilst completing this course and 80 per cent attendance is required for successful completion of the program. 

This program provides students the knowledge and skills in the building and construction industry and may include units such as applying basic bricklaying techniques, identifying and handling bricklaying tools and equipment, applying brick veneer construction techniques. 

During this course students will gain experience in using hand and power tools, and learn a wide range of carpentry skills, including how to install windows and doors, wall framing, interior fixing and roofing.

The first and second year program is a partial completion of Certificate II in Building and Construction (Carpentry). 

Students will have the option of completing the remaining units over the summer holidays to obtain the qualification.  

This course gives participants the opportunity to develop skills for employment in an office environment and provides a pathway into higher level business and business administration qualifications. 

Units of study may include producing simple word processed documents, using business technology and organising and completing daily work activities.

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

Designed to introduce students to the theories and practices necessary to enhance their future studies and employment prospects in the community services or community services related industries. 

Students will learn about how to work with diverse people, how to communicate and work in health or community services and how to work within a community development framework. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This course is designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of selecting components and assembling computers to customer specification and carrying out routine hardware repairs. 

It also includes units on how to assemble, set-up and test computing devices, how to install and configure a client computer operating system and software and how to set up and configure basic local area network (LAN). 

This course will provide students with skills and knowledge across a range of trade occupations, such as carpentry and bricklaying and tiling. Undertaking this course will give you a chance to sample a variety of trade skills including how to correctly use tools and learn about the materials you will be working with. 

This course will help you gain a better insight if you are undecided about which pathway in the Building and Construction industry you want a future career in.

This course has a media focus and is designed to develop skills and knowledge in media design, production and promotion. 

During the course, students will develop their storytelling, planning, and communication skills to create a dynamic media product in a collaborative setting.

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This course allows the learner to develop their knowledge and skills to participate in a variety of dance routine roles. 

It provides the fundamental skills in a number of specialised dance disciplines. It also aims to provide young people with the technical and performance skills, knowledge and attitude to begin the process of establishing a career in the entertainment industry.

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment. 

This course provides students with an introduction to foundation skills in art, design, media and graphic design. 

This program includes colour theory, drawing, design, typography, digital image creation, production and preparation of photo images. 

It is a requirement that students have Year 10 English & Maths to apply for this course. 

This course provides students with an introduction to foundation skills in photography, video art and creative design. 

This program includes photography, creative design process, drawing, digital image creation, production and preparation of photo images. Students use the latest Adobe Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop and Illustrator. 

This course offers the minimum qualification required to work in early childhood education and care settings with babies and children up to six years of age. 

It prepares students for centre-based, out-of-school hours, family day care and nanny roles and covers child development and how to foster and support children’s emotional and educational wellbeing.  

All students must be 16 years old on 1 February of the commencing year and also need to have Year 10 English and Maths to be enrolled in this course. 

Students are required to attend a compulsory information session before their applications are to be accepted dates and times will be advised.

Students will also need to have a current Volunteer Working with Children Check. 

This course allows students to develop competencies for a work entry program providing grounding in safety, and basic skills and knowledge for work in any electrotechnology industry. 

It is designed to provide an introduction to the electrical/electronics industries in areas such as air-conditioning, electrical, refrigeration, or instrumentation. 

It enables you to develop broad based competencies in a range of electrotechnology fields such as lighting, general power control systems. 

This course introduces students to mechanical and thermal cutting, marking out, welding principles, fabrication, forming and shaping techniques, general machining, computing and computer-aided drafting, and workplace safety. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

It is a requirement that students have Year 10 English & Maths to apply for this course. 

In this course for the events industry you will learn the skills and knowledge required to work in the Events profession including how to be an events coordinator. 

Throughout the course students will learn how to communicate event ideas, gather information, plan and organise activities, work in teams and solve problems. 

In this course you will learn furniture-making basics including assembling furnishing components, making measurements and calculations, applying domestic surface coatings and using furniture making sector hand and power tools. 

The learning in the Horticulture course provides exposure to the main facets of the parks, nursery and landscape industries, contained within the general sphere of horticulture.

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to work in multiple food and beverage settings within the hospitality industry. 

During this course, students will learn key hospitality skills such as customer service, coffee making, food and beverage service, basic kitchen skills and methods of cookery.  

This course is aimed at students who want to study the front of “house” side of Hospitality. 

In your second year of this course you can choose to specialise in Hospitality or Kitchen Operations. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment. 

Information Technology: 

It is designed to provide you with digital literacy skills and knowledge that will support you to work with a range of digital devices, software applications, cloud applications and wireless technologies. 

Applied Digital Technology (Information, Digital  Media Technology)

This course will introduce enthusiastic and passionate students to the games industry gaining basic skills in digital imaging and visual design, 3D modelling and texture mapping and 3D and 2D animation.  

These courses are VCE VET courses and can be taken as scored assessment. 

In this you will study interior decoration and learn the practical skills and knowledge required to plan, present and implement creative design and decoration solutions for a variety of interior environments. 

You will also learn skills in computing, Google SketchUp, presentation methods, soft furnishings, hard material application, colour theory and application. 

Kitchen Operations equips students with foundation skills to work in a kitchen in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, clubs, pubs, cafés, and coffee shops as well as institutions such as aged care facilities and hospitals.      

This course is aimed at student who want to study the cookery (back of house) side of Hospitality. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This course is suitable if you have an interest in biological testing, biotechnology, chemical testing, environmental monitoring, food testing and pathology testing. 

Students will also learn about maintaining a laboratory, routine sampling and testing, recording data, and using laboratory computing programs. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This course equips students with the skills to work in the landscaping industry. 

The essential units will develop skills in areas such as workplace health and safety, basic landscaping techniques, machinery operation and the use of powered and non-powered hand tools.

This course will provide foundational skills and knowledge needed to start your career in the business world. You will become competent in a wide range of general information and communications including time management.

Within the qualification you will learn how to use business and Legal software, as well as being able to work in a team and how to deliver effective service to customers. 

This course introduces students to the theories and practices necessary for a vocation in make-up. 

The first year covers design, applying and removing make-up, photography and camouflage makeup and providing service to clients. 

The second year covers eyelash extensions, fantasy make-up, airbrushing and the running of a business.

Students will be required to purchase a student makeup kit which contains industry standard professional makeup and tools. 

The performance stream aims to provide students with a broad-based knowledge and skills required to work in the music industry including:

•  developing technical skills in performance

• developing ensemble skills for singing & playing music

• performing music as part of a group or soloist

• applying knowledge of genre to music making

• developing improvisation skills and preparing for performances

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

The sound production stream aims to provide students with broad-based knowledge and skills required to work in the music industry including:

• recording and mixing and editing sound sources 

• source and apply entertainment industry knowledge

• assist with sound recordings

• perform basic sound editing

• record and mix basic music demo

• manage audio input sources, operate sound  reinforcement and systems 

• mix music in a studio environment

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This course allows students to gain hands-on experience with plumbing equipment and learn about the practices and expectations of the plumbing industry.                                            

Course units may include use basic plumbing hand tools, use and apply basic levelling equipment for plumbing, performing basic oxy‐acetylene welding and cutting and fabricating simple plumbing pipe systems. 

Retail Services aims to develop skills, knowledge and personal attributes for work at an entry level in the various sectors of the retail industry. 

Students will learn about communicating  in the workplace to support team and customer outcomes, how to apply point-of-sale handling procedures, organising and maintaining work areas, performing stock control procedures and how to balance and secure point-of sale terminals. 

Salon Assistant provided student with basic entry level skills and knowledge for work in the hairdressing industry. 

This one-year program will offer students the training of a first-year salon apprentice. Training includes practical skills for styling (ie: dry hair to shape), removal of chemicals, and basin services, as well as theory studies in client communication. 

Screen and Media is designed to reflect the role of people working in the multimedia industry as assistants who perform basic duties such as assisting in updating a web page, assisting with a design brief, assisting with animation, capturing and manipulating images and assisting with video production. 

This course is as VCE VET course and can be taken as scored assessment.

This program is designed to further enhance the students’ knowledge of the sport, fitness and outdoor recreation sector. 

Learning includes basic level of skills for instructing and officiating in a variety of games and sport, knowledge of the sporting industry, preparation and equipment required for sporting and recreation sessions and client dealings. 

Student’s will also learn about sports coaching, group facilitation and sports programming.

This courses are VCE VET courses and can be taken as scored assessment. 

For a career in travel and tourism, a fast-growing, dynamic industry, in this course you will learn how to prepare quotes, source airfares for domestic flights and sell tourism products and services. It will also teach you how to provide great customer service and participate in safe work practice. 

This course is designed for further study in all visual and creative art fields, and concentrates on creative thinking, design principles and arts practice theory. It explores drawing techniques including observational drawing, 2D studies including painting and printmaking techniques, 3D studies and photo media (Adobe Photoshop) 

Workplace skills qualification provides foundational skills and knowledge needed to start your career in the Business world. You will become competent in a wide range of general information and communications including time management. 

Within the qualification you will learn how to use business software, as well as being able to work in a team and how to deliver effective service to customers