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Community Services - School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships

The following qualifications from the CHC02 Community Services Training package are available as School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships:

• CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Services Work (255–415 hours)
• CHC20102 Certificate II in Community Services Support Work (285–480 hours)
• HLT20702 Certificate II in Health Support Services (Client/Patient Support Services) (270 hours)

 

Credit in the VCE

There are three options for contribution to satisfactory completion of the VCE:

Option 1: For credit at Unit 1 and 2 level only

CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Services Work will contribute up to four units at Units 1 and 2 level.
CHC20102 Certificate II in Community Services Support Work will contribute up to four units at Unit 1 and 2 level.
HLT20702 Certificate II in Health Support Services (Client/Patient Support Services) will contribute up to three units at Unit 1 and 2 level.

Option 2: For credit at Unit 1-4 with access to an ENTER contribution

CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Services Work or CHC20102 Certificate II in Community Services Support Work or HLT20702 Certificate II in Health Support Services (Client/Patient Support Services) with additional units of competence from a Certificate III. Students will be required to achieve a minimum of 180 hours of training from a Certificate III level qualification in the Community Services Training Package or Health Training Package to be awarded credit at Units 3 and 4.

Option 3: For credit at Units 1-4 and access to a study score

CHC20202 Certificate II in Community Services Work or CHC20102 Certificate II in Community Services Support Work with the additional units of competence from the designated Units 3 and 4 sequence of the VCE VET Community Services program (published August 2004).

Apprentices who do not achieve the minimum requirements for the qualification, as listed in the Training Package, will receive from the RTO a Statement of Attainment listing those competencies achieved. A record of their achievement will also appear in their Training Record Book.

 

Study Score

Students undertaking Option 3 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 VCE VET Community Services program booklet published in August 2004.

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.

 

ENTER Contribution

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 ENTER (10% of the average of the primary four scaled studies).

 

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