What must I do to be awarded a VCAL Certificate?
To be awarded a VCAL certificate, you must successfully complete a learning program of 1000 nominal hours that is designed to comply with the following credit requirements. The learning program must:
- be made up of a minimum of ten credits
- include curriculum components to fulfil each of the four VCAL curriculum strands
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contain components drawn from accredited curriculum such as:
- VCAL units
- VCE units
- VET accredited curriculum or FE accredited curriculum (one credit is awarded on successful completion of 100 nominal hours of accredited curriculum)
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include:
- a minimum of two VCAL units
- a minimum of one credit for literacy and one credit for numeracy; and
- in each of the remaining three strands, components to the value of at least one credit
- include components to the value of six credits at the level of the VCAL award, of which one must be for literacy and one credit must be for a VCAL Personal Development Skills unit.

