VCAL Coordinator's Resource Kit

A Guide to School Based Apprenticeships (SBA)

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Introduction

A student may choose to undertake a vocational training pathway within a part-time employment arrangement. The student will be required to enter into a formal training contract. If a student is enrolled in a school and is over 15 years of age, he/she may undertake a SBA. A SBA comprises:

• Enrolment in the VCE or VCAL
• Enrolment at a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) in a structured vocational training program that leads to a vocational qualification
• Part-time, paid work.

Students should only enrol in a SBA if:

• They are 15 years of age or over
• They are in relevant employment
• The Principal or Principal’s delegate has signed the Training Plan and the student is enrolled in a nationally recognised qualification that can be undertaken as a SBA.

Further Information

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Publications

• VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook (VCAA publication)
• A Guide to School Based New Apprenticeships For Victorian Secondary Students (VCAA publication)
• Where to Now? Guide to the VCE, VCAL and Apprenticeships and Traineeships (VCAA publication for parents and Year 10 students)

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Websites

• Australian Apprenticeships (www.newapprenticeships.gov.au)
  This site provides information on SBNA, Australian Apprenticeship Centres and the range of employer incentives
• Department of Education & Early Childhood Development - Vocational Education in Schools (www.education.vic.gov.au/sensecyouth/default.htm)
  This site provides information on the roles and responsibilities of organisations involved in SBNA delivery
• Skills Victoria (www.skills.vic.gov.au)
  This site has a listing of approved Training Schemes and qualifications funded for SBNAs
• Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) (www.vcaa.vic.edu.au)
  This site contains the above publications and additional information on the VCAA approved SBNA programs
• Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) (www.vtac.edu.au)
  For information on the calculation on the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank Score (ATAR). You can also call 1300 364 133
• Victorian Workcover Authority (VWA)  (www.workcover.vic.gov.au)
  For advice about workcover policies
• Workplace Authority (http://www.workplaceauthority.gov.au/)
  This site has information on employment terms and conditions.

 

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Phone numbers

• Office of Training & Tertiary Education
  For information on RTO, Training Contracts, registration of Training Contracts, approved training schemes and Apprenticeships Field Officers contact OTTE's Apprenticeship Administration Line 1300 722 603
• Group Training organisations
  For information on Group Training organisations call (03) 9639 3955 or 1800 819 747
• Victorian Workcover Authority
  For advice about workcover policies, contact 1800 136 089.
• Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
  For information on the calculation of the ATAR call VTAC on 1300 364 133.