• The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) gives students in Years 11 and 12 the chance to choose the qualification option that best suits their interests.
• This year VCAL will be available to students in 200 secondary colleges, TAFEs and participating Adult Community Centres (ACE)
• Unlike the VCE, which is widely used by students as a pathway to university, students who do the VCAL
  • are more likely to be interested in going on to training at TAFE, doing an apprenticeship, or going straight into the workplace after completing Year 12.
• The VCAL has four compulsory strands which give students 'hands-on' practical work-related experience, as well as literacy and numeracy skills and the opportunity to build personal skills that are important for life and work.
• Students who successfully complete the VCAL receive a fully accredited senior secondary school qualification

For more information on VCAL in the IELLEN area contact:

VCAL Co- ordinator - Penny Vakakis

Industry VCAL Documents

Sample Application Form

LLEN Conference Handout

Sample Posters

Student VCAL Planning documents These are not VQA official documents but they may assist schools in their VCAL delivery planning process

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Block Credit recognition in VCE document VCAA

This is a really important change in policy for VCE. Previously students could only gain credit for completing one of the 30 or so VET in the VCE programs. Now students can also gain credit towards VCE for AQTF modules and Certificates, at Cert II or above

Block Credit recognition doc

lick Here to learn more about VCAL

• Swinburne University of Technology (TAFE) contact:Penny Smith
• ......update coming soon