VET & Workplace

Programs

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VET

The key staff that manage Vocational Education and Training programs at Leeming Senior High School are shown below, along with their contact details. Please feel free to contact them for further information.

Vance Bryan- STUDENT SERVICES AND VET MANAGER

Naomi Bunch – WORKFORCE TRANSITION COORDINATOR

Leeming Senior High School offers a broad range of VET pathways for Year 11 and 12 students to pursue. Leeming students are able to commence vocational training whilst still at school. This pathway is applicable to all Year 11 and 12 students, even those that foresee themselves as transitioning directly into university studies at the conclusion of Year 12.

VET programs contribute to students’ Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)- their secondary graduation certificate- and assist students in gaining access to further training and employment.

As a school, we provide our Year 11 and 12 students with the opportunity to enrol in a range of Certificate II qualifications that they complete across the two final years of their secondary education.

Leeming Senior High School students are also offered the opportunity to apply for part-time external qualification enrolments at TAFE (known as Profile or PAiS enrolments) on a one or two day a week basis, whilst still studying the remaining weekdays at school. Below is a list of the types of external qualifications that Leeming Senior High School students have studied in the past:

Certificate II Automotive Vocational Preparation

Certificate II Community Services

Certificate II Creative Industries (Media)

Certificate II Music Industry

Certificate II Engineering Pathways

Certificate III Information, Digital Media and Technology

Certificate II Sport & Recreation

Leeming Senior HIgh School students are also offered the opportunity to apply for part-time external qualification enrolments at TAFE (known as Profile or VET Delivered in Secondary School – VDSS – enrolments) on a one or two day a week basis, whilst still studying the remaining weekdays at school. Below is a list of the types of external qualifications that Leeming Senior High School students have studied in the past:

Certificate III Beauty Services

Certificate II Plumbing and Gas Fitting

Certificate II Business

Certificate II Community Pharmacy

Certificate II Retail Makeup and Skin Care

Certificate II or III Retail Services

Certificate II Health Support Services

Certificate II Animal Studies

Certificate II Hospitality (Kitchen Operations)

Certificate II Vehicle Body Building

Certificate II Building and Construction (Trades)

Certificate II Engineering (Fitter Machinist)

VET Planning for Upper School

Students in Year 10 become heavily involved in term two with the planning of their subject selections for Year 11 at Leeming Senior High School. The transition to study in Year 11 is an extremely important one that involves a number of stages. In particular, students will experience a considerable increase in their academic workload and home study in Year 11, regardless of whether they are seeking an ATAR or a VET pathway.

It is imperative for students to realise the importance of their academic performance in Year 10 as this impacts directly on subject recommendations and selections for Year 11.

One of the key discussions to be made is whether the student’s current abilities and skills are suited to further study at University or TAFE, or whether the end goal is to transition into employment.

To assist students and parents with this important transition, Leeming Senior High School conducts the following events regarding the Year 10 into Year 11 transition process:

Term 2, Week 8  Leeming Senior High School sends Year 10 families a range of information (electronically) that provides everything that is required to prepare for selecting Year 11 subjects.

Term 2, Week 9 Leeming Senior High School runs a Year 10 into Year 11 Parent Information Evening.

Term 3, Week 3 Leeming Senior High School conducts compulsory individual Course Counselling sessions for each student and their family to select appropriate subjects for Year 11.

It is at the individual Course Counselling meetings where students and their families identify which school-based and/or part-time external qualifications they are seeking enrolment in. Be aware that there is a maximum of two (2) qualifications that a student can enrol in across Years 11 and 12. There is also only a limited selection of part-time external TAFE qualifications that are available each year, with the final selection being at the discretion of the individual TAFE organisations. All of these details will be available at the individual course counselling meeting.

Specialist Facility - Automotive Trade Training Centre

A key element of the Leeming Senior High School VET program is the Leeming Senior High School Automotive Trade Training Centre. The state of the art automotive facility is designed to:

  • Improve access, quality and relevance of Trade Training at Leeming Senior High School.
  • Allow Leeming Senior High School students to participate on-site in nationally accredited automotive qualifications.
  • Support increased educational retention rates at Leeming Senior High School.
  • Further engage Leeming Senior High School students in senior schooling.
  • Create greater opportunities for students to make a successful transition from secondary school to further education, training and work.
  • Help meet the future skill needs of Australia by developing industry and community partnerships within the automotive arena.

Leeming Senior High School currently delivers both of their Certificate II Automotive and Certificate II Engineering qualifications from the facility, with plans in place for a possible future expansion of the range of courses that are run from the Trade Training Centre.

Workplace Learning (WL)

Students who undertake Workplace Learning at Leeming Senior High School in Year 11 and Year 12 must demonstrate they are work ready before a placement is given.

All students who enrol in Workplace Learning are required to:

  • Read the general information package for WPL and complete the necessary paperwork and return it to the Workplace Transition Coordinator prior to a placement.
  • Complete the questions on WH&S Issues for Work Experience Students.
  • Complete a Worksafe Certificate.
  • Provide a possible contact for a WPL placement.
  • Familiarise themselves with the student log book and what their responsibilities are.
  • Prepare a Resume.

Student enrolments into the Workplace Learning Program will be contingent on the number of places available. Priority will be given to those students who:

  • Have been interviewed and provided evidence they are work ready by completing all the necessary paperwork.
  • Have been successful in their application for relevant VET Delivered in Secondary Schools (VDSS) programs.
  • Have secured a School Based Traineeship.
  • Have completed Year 11 WPL and wish to continue with Year 12 WPL.
  • Students who undertake work placements as arranged by the Workforce Transition Coordinator will be matched as closely as possible to the student’s work preference.
  • Students will only be offered work placements during exam breaks for Year 11 and Year 12 ATAR studentd.
  • Year 10 students (in consultation with the Year 10 Student Services Manager) will be assessed on the basis of minimal disruption to academic programs.
  • The program will be flexible in that it will allow students to access a work placement that will minimise their impact on other school subjects and their general academic progress.