The VCE VET Building and Construction program is drawn from a national training package and from Victorian accredited curriculum, and offers portable qualifications which are recognised throughout Australia. These qualifications provide students with a broad range of skills and knowledge to pursue a career or further training in a number of building trades within the building sector. The VCE VET Building and Construction program is designed to give students the opportunity to gain experience across a number of building trades including bricklaying, carpentry, painting and decorating, wall and ceiling lining, wall and floor tiling, solid plastering and stonemasonry.
The VCE VET Building and Construction program does not offer scored assessment.
Qualifications
22614VIC Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship (Version 1.0): is designed to provide learners with skills and knowledge to undertake an apprenticeship within building and construction industry sectors.
The combined skills and knowledge of the pre-apprenticeship course is intended to prepare individuals for further training.
The course includes units that introduce the learner to the application of specific materials, tools and equipment, and techniques used in specific trade sectors, that underpin Certificate III qualifications in the following trade sectors: Bricklaying, Carpentry, Painting and decorating, Wall and ceiling lining, Wall and floor tiling, Solid plastering, Stonemasonry and Joinery/shopfitting/stairbuilding.
Credit in the VCE (including VCE VM and VPC): recognition of up to four VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level, and a VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence.
22338VIC Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship: aims to provide learners with basic industry specific skills and knowledge to enable transition into an apprenticeship within the building and construction industries at the Certificate III level. This pre-apprenticeship course consists of a core of common cross sector units of competency that provide skills and knowledge in applying basic levelling procedures, carrying out basic measurements and calculations, communicating in the workplace, erecting and safely using working platforms, interpreting basic plans and drawings, preparing and applying for work in the construction industry, working effectively and sustainably in the construction industry and workplace safety practices onsite. The course also includes a range of units that introduce the learner to the application of specific materials, tools and equipment, and techniques used in specific trade sectors that underpin the Certificate III qualifications in the Bricklaying, Carpentry, Joinery, Shopfitting and Stairbuilding, Painting and Decorating, Solid Plastering, Stonemasonry, Wall and Ceiling Lining and Wall and Floor Tiling trade sectors.
Credit in the VCE (including VCE VM and VPC): recognition of up to four VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level, and a VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence.
CPC20220 Certificate II in Construction Pathways: provides a pathway to the primary trades in the construction industry with the exception of plumbing. Trade outcomes are predominantly achieved through an Australian apprenticeship and this certificate allows for inclusion of skills suited for entry to off-site occupations, such as joinery and shopfitting, as well as carpentry, bricklaying and other occupations in general construction. This certificate is designed to introduce learners to the recognised trade callings in the construction industry and provide meaningful credit in a construction industry Australian apprenticeship.
Credit in the VCE (including VCE VM and VPC): recognition of up to two VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level, and a VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence.
Program material
The VCE VET Building and Construction program booklet contains information relating to the qualifications approved by the VCAA for delivery to VCE (including VCE VM and VPC) students.
It includes advice on the units of competency making up the program and the credit available for students.
It also provides advice on Structured Workplace Learning, the ATAR contribution and pathways to further learning.
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2024 VCE VET Building and Construction program booklet.
The program booklet should be read in conjunction with the
CPC Training Package.
Full descriptions of the units of competency drawn from state-accredited curriculum that are included in the VCE VET Building and Construction program can be found on the
Victorian Department of Education website.
ATAR contribution
Students who receive a VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence for the VCE VET Building and Construction qualifications will be eligible for an increment towards their ATAR (10% of the lowest study score of the primary four studies).
The increment is awarded by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). For more information, visit
VTAC.
Construction induction card
Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship and Certificate II in Construction Pathways include the unit of competency ‘CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry’ with an allocation of 6 hours.
This unit of competency is recognised by WorkSafe Victoria for the registration of construction workers for workplace health and safety induction.
Any person on a construction site needs a construction induction card. This includes all work experience or SWL students. Construction induction cards issued in other states and territories are recognised in Victoria. The major requirement is that, at the time of the training, the student was residing in the state or territory of issue.
Students who require a construction induction card for work experience or for another qualification where ‘CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry’ is not listed in the qualification structure should be enrolled on VASS in the construction induction card course (course code: CICARD).
For more information, please refer to
WorkSafe Victoria.
Structured workplace learning recognition
The VCAA provides recognition for Structured Workplace Learning for students undertaking a VCE VET program (VE1) or a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship (SBAT) (VE2).
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Workplace Learning Record booklets.