VET @ Whitebridge High School
Whitebridge High School provides a unique opportunity for all students to achieve dual credentialling from their high school experience.
The school offers a comprehensive range of Certificate II and Certificate III Vocational Education and Training courses which support students to achieve nationally recognised workplace credentials through school-based learning and industry work placement.
For students electing to pursue a University pathway, there is an added benefit where a Cert III credential is recognised as an ATAR equivalent of 67, which is completed during the Year 11 school year. A student may then achieve a higher ATAR through the HSC pathway.
Our goal is to maximise the opportunity for our students to pursue their future pathway with skills and confidence.
VET Curricuculum Considerations
What is VET?
Vocational Education and Training or VET offers a faster job-focused pathway to a career compared to a three-year bachelor degree. VET provides students with first-hand experience in the workplace through an apprenticeship or traineeship. This gives them the right skills for the world and allows them quicker entry into paid work.
VET qualifications can provide students with a choice of more than 500 careers. Students can pursue a VET qualification through a public provider, like TAFE NSW, or a private provider.
What courses does VET include?
Unlike going to university, students don’t need an ATAR to do a VET course.
There may be minimum qualifications, but they may relate more to other factors, such as knowledge, skills and other relevant qualities.
VET courses cover a broad range of industries, such as:
- administration
- retail
- tourism & hospitality
- construction
- utilities
- community services & health
- transport
- mining
- manufacturing
- technology.
Apprenticeships and traineeships
Apprenticeships and trainsheeships typically combine work with training and may be a requirement of your child's VET course. However, they can also apply for a VET course without needing to do an apprenticeship or traineeship.
Your child will gain a nationally recognised qualification when they complete an apprenticeship or a traineeship.
They can enrol in an apprenticeship for three or four years, while trainsheeships last for one or two years.
Your child can begin studying for an apprenticeship or traineeship at school by commencing a School Based Apprenticeship or Traineeship (SBAT).
Links
NSW Department of Education VET information