Laboratory Skills

Qualifications
Credit in the VCE
ENTER Contribution
Scored Assessment
Publications
Past Exams and Assessment Reports

Qualifications

Enrolment status: current

The following qualification is available as a VCE VET program:

PML30104 Certificate III in Laboratory Skills

Note: The Units 3 and 4 sequence of VCE VET Laboratory Skills is not designed as a stand-alone study. Students are strongly advised against undertaking the Units 3 and 4 sequence without first completing Units 1 and 2.

Credit in the VCE

Students who complete PML 30104 Certificate III in Laboratory Skills will be eligible for up to five units credit towards their VCE: three units at Units 1 and 2, and a Units 3 and 4 sequence.

ENTER Contribution

Students wishing to receive an ENTER contribution for the Units 3 and 4 sequence of VCE VET Laboratory Skills must undertake scored assessment for the purpose of achieving a study score. This study score can contribute directly to the primary four or as a fifth or sixth study.

Scored Assessment

Students wishing to receive a study score for VCE VET Laboratory Skills must undertake scored assessment. This consists of three coursework tasks, worth 66% of the overall study score and an end of year examination, worth 34% of the overall study score.

Scored assessment is based on the Units 3 and 4 sequence of PML 30104 Certificate III in Laboratory Skills.

Note: Materials relating to scored assessment can be found under publications.

Publications

Following is a list of publications published by the VCAA. These publications can be read online. Some of the listed publications are PDF documents. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. This is a free product.

Program booklets

Laboratory Skills information sheet (printable program flyer - PDF 43KB)
2006 VCE VET Laboratory Skills program booklet (October 2005 - PDF 232KB)

Materials for Scored Assessment

Assessment Guide (February 2007, PDF - 171KB)
Laboratory Skills Assessment Plan and Sample 2008 (DOC- 75KB)
Work Performance Records (DOC - 40KB)
VCE VET Scoring Criteria Sheets 2008
- DOC - 207KB
- PDF - 33KB
VET Coursework Assessment Record (VCAR) 2008
- DOC - 159KB
- PDF - 34KB
- Sample VCAR (PDF - 26KB)
Scored Assessment in VCE VET programs - Support Advice for Assessors (2005, PDF - 393KB). This publication provides assessors with advice about the process of scoring coursework in VCE VET programs.

Past Exams and Assessment Reports

Past Exams & Assessment Reports

Find past exams, sample exams and Assessment Reports. Assessment Reports give advice to teachers and students in relation to examinations and may contain examination answers.

New programs are approved from time to time and are announced in the VCAA Bulletin. The details for each of these programs are published by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.