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Get watching the latest VET videos
As part of the Get VET campaign, the VCAA has produced and published a range of printed and online resources to explain and highlight the opportunities and advantages to students of incorporating VET into their VCE or VCAL.
To complement these resources, we have produced
four new videos for students, parents, guardians and teachers, as part of a program of video footage that can be used in careers classes, presentations and information sessions. The videos will support teachers in helping students to get the most out of their VCE or VCAL by providing a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of VET and insights from students currently undertaking vocational training. Students will learn that, in addition to gaining a nationally recognised qualification and contribution toward their VCE or VCAL, VET offers unique opportunities to improve their skills, knowledge, employment opportunities, financial outcomes and education pathways.
The first video is a one-minute overview of the Get VET campaign and encourages students to consider choosing a VET study in their VCE or VCAL. The overarching message is: 'When it's time to think about your VCE or VCAL, get the practical experience that counts. Speak to your school's careers counsellor to find out more.'
The second video shows a range of VET students answering a number of questions, including 'Why did you choose to study VET?', 'What skills and knowledge have you gained?' and 'What are the best things about VET?'. To the final question, 'Would you recommend VET to a friend?', Clancy, who is enrolled in VET Music Industry, replies, 'If you're going to do any subject you have to choose VET! It is so important and it is so relevant to now. Especially if you're going to spend all your time at school, you may as well make one of the subjects fantastic!'
The other two videos provide an insight into two specific VET programs – Hospitality and Health. In the Health video, Madi, a Year 12 student, talks about her experience of undertaking VET Allied Health. 'As part of VET Allied Health you do some structured workplace learning. That's when you go to a workplace out in the real world and you see clinical skills put into reality,' she explains.
Madi describes VET Allied Health as 'a fun class. It's interesting, you enjoy it. It's just rewarding, as well, knowing that you're able to have these skills under your belt.'
In the second VET program video, Ella, also in Year 12, describes why she chose to enrol in Hospitality. 'I heard about VET through one of my teachers and it was kind of coming up to the time where we were choosing all our subjects. She suggested that the hands-on learning that it offers would be really tailored to how I like to learn.'
Both students emphasise the positive differences between their VCE studies and VET programs. 'My VET teachers are very different from my regular VCE teachers. I'm working with them in sometimes a real commercial kitchen, so they're not only a mentor but kind of like a colleague,' says Ella.
As for Madi, she enjoys how her VET study offers an alternative assessment to traditional written exams. 'In terms of tests and school-assessed coursework, it's different because we're doing portfolios instead of SACs, which I feel are a little more creative and more open.'
The two VET program videos are the first in a series of documentary-style videos that the VCAA is producing for 26 VCE VET programs, which will be available in coming months.
To view the videos and access other VET information materials, go to the
Get VET resources webpage.