About the VCAL

What is the VCAL?

The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a hands-on option for Years 11 and 12 students.

The VCAL gives you practical work-related experience, as well as literacy and numeracy skills and the opportunity to build personal skills that are important for life and work. Like the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), VCAL is an accredited secondary certificate.

Students who do the VCAL are likely to be interested in going on to training at Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes, doing an apprenticeship, or getting a job after completing school. However, if you start your VCAL and then decide to transfer to the VCE, it won’t be too late to change your mind. In fact, any VCE units you complete as part of your VCAL may count towards your VCE, should you decide to transfer between certificate courses.

Intermediate and Senior VCAL units can also contribute to a VCE program.

The VCAL’s flexibility enables you to undertake a study program that suits your interests and learning needs. Accredited modules and units are selected for the following four compulsory strands:

If you successfully complete your VCAL, you will receive a certificate and a Statement of Results that details the areas of study you have completed.