The following qualification from the CHC08 Community Services Training Package is available as School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship:
The Certificate II in Community Services and selected units of competence from Certificate III in Community Services Work and Certificate III in Children's Services will contribute up to three VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level and a Units 3 and 4 sequence. Students must complete a minimum of 180 hours of Certificate III level training to be awarded credit at Units 3 and 4.
Apprentices who do not achieve the minimum requirements for the qualification, as listed in the Training Package, will receive a Statement of Attainment from the RTO listing those competencies achieved. A record of their achievement will also appear in their Training Record Book.
Students undertaking Certificate II in Community Services and selected units of competence from Certificate III in Community Services Work and Certificate III in Children's Services as a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship may choose to undertake scored assessment for the purposes of gaining a study score. In this case, the VCE VET Units 3 and 4 sequence is prescribed, as detailed in the program structure in the VCE VET Community Services Program Booklet published in November 2009.
Student wishing to access a study score will have to be enrolled in the VCE VET Community Services program in the designated units of competence in the single enrolment year and comply with the rules applying to scored assessment.
Students who receive a Units 3 and 4 sequence for a School-based Apprenticeship or Traineeship in Community Services may choose to undertake scored assessment or may choose to opt-out and receive a 10% increment towards their ATAR (10% of the average of the primary four scaled studies).