Vocational Education and Training

Helping students prepare for further education, training, employment and lifelong learning

St Johns Park High School offers students to opportunity to study a Vocational Education and Training (VET) course at school or through TAFE New South Wales.

Accreditation

All VET courses are delivered by registered training organisations (RTOs) that meet national standards and have the relevant qualification and units of competency on their scope of registration.

For school students in Years 9–12 VET is ‘dual accredited’. Students receive recognition towards their school qualification (Record of School Achievement or HSC), as well as a nationally recognised VET qualification. More information on the Statement of Attainment can be found at this link.

Assessment of students

Students in these courses work to develop the competencies, skills and knowledge described by each unit of competency assesed. To be assessed as competent a student must demonstrate to a qualified assessor they can effectively carry out tasks to industry standard. Students will be progressively assessed as ‘competent’ or ‘not yet competent’ in individual units of competency it is signed off by the assessor.

Some VET courses include an HSC examination which provides the opportunity for students to have this HSC examination mark contribute towards the calculation of their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).

Courses offered at our school

Retail Services

Students study customer service, teamwork, stock control, designing and creating visual displays, using cash registers, scanners, computers and telephone systems.

Hospitality - Food and Beverages

Students learn skills to work in the hospitality industry including providing a high level of customer service, preparing menus, managing resources, preparing food, cooking and serving a number of dishes and preparing beverages.

Metals and Engineering

Students learn how to constuct parts, equipment and tools, assemble a variety of metal components and repair and maintain industry standard machines.

Information and Digital Technology

Studying Information and Digital Technology provides students with experience in designing web pages, supporting computer users, networking computers and finding solutions to software problems.

Hospitality - Kitchen Operations and cookery

Construction

Students learn the skills involved in constructing and modifying buildings, contracting, measuring materials and sites, communicating with clients, managing personnel and constructions sites.

Careers and student pathways

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