Victoria Polytechnic focuses on helping you achieve your immediate goal – whether that is finding work, gaining a trade, or starting a pathway into further education at university.
If you would like to complete your Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) outside of the high school system, you can take it through Victoria Polytechnic.
Completing your VCE can provide opportunities for further study or entering the workforce. To take your VCE with us, you must be aged 17 years or older and have been out of full-time secondary education for 12 months or more.
Prepare to enter a trade with a pre-apprenticeship course, available to students aged 16 years or above. A pre-apprenticeship provides valuable workplace experience that helps you develop important job skills and gain a more realistic expectation of the work involved in a particular trade. You will receive skills training at Victoria Polytechnic, as well as work experience with an employer in your trade.
Employers often prefer that you undertake a pre-apprenticeship before they will consider taking you on as an apprentice. It’s a great way to gain a head start in your trade.
If you have special needs due to an intellectual disability, our work education program teaches you a range of skills to help you find employment or undertake further education.
Study 22302VIC - Certificate I in Work Education to gain community awareness, independence and other skills to improve your employment prospects.
If English is not your first language, we can help you to improve your language skills in order to find work or continue your study.
We offer English as an Additional Language (EAL) courses to young people from a range of countries where English is not the first language. These programs are designed to develop important English language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening.
We have various connections between courses that help you move from TAFE courses at Victoria Polytechnic through to undergraduate courses (bachelor degrees) at VU. We call these connections between our courses ‘pathways’.
Pathways can put your dream qualification in reach, regardless of your educational background. Many of our TAFE courses are also structured to offer you credit for future study. This means you might be able to finish your next course sooner.
Victoria University has set the minimum age at 16 for all courses. This means that you must be aged 16 years or older, or have completed a Year 10 course of study or equivalent, to study with us.
There are some exemptions. Contact us to discuss your particular requirements.
