VET
An Enterprise Access student undertakes a course of study at school designed to achieve:
Secondary Graduation
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) in a specific industry area.
Further Education by studying nationally accredited units of competency
towards a full certificate serviced by TAFE, a private training provider
or vendor.
Hampton Senior High School offers a full certificate in each industry area SWL students gain experience in up to two works training placements per year allowing students to experience different employers and work placements.
Enterprise Access is the school’s name for its Vocational Education and Training [VET] program. It follows national guidelines aimed at facilitating the transition from school to the workplace.
The Enterprise Access Program is designed for motivated, enterprising and career focused students. It combines relevant school based education with nationally accredited training qualifications.
Enterprise Access is coordinated by school-based staff who ensure a quality service to students. We ensure that our students are offered a learning culture that requires them to demonstrate -
• Responsibility and reliability
• Acquisition of industry-specific skills
• Commitment at school and in the workplace
EA students typically spend three days a week at school and two days in the workplace or with a training provider. Special timetable arrangements must be made to accommodate this program. The following descriptions of the various courses indicate the typical subjects that students will study. The number of students involved and their career choice sometimes makes it necessary to alter these subjects.
The various strands are focused on industry areas where there is a strong labour market demand and good career prospects.
Graduating students are advantaged in terms of employment and access to TAFE, and in some cases may seek university entrance via alternative pathways.
Students also need to be aware that they will not be able to change out of this program once the year has started.
The Enterprise Access Program will offer studies in four areas or strands outlined below.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Including Public Sector School Based Traineeships
SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK (SAL)
COMMUNITY SERVICES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS SERVICES
[Business, Retail and Service Industry)
This course provides access to traineeships in the Public Sector or Workplace Learning in the area of Business Administration. Students must be successful in gaining selection for the relevant traineeships to be involved, and it may be necessary to continue the traineeship after achieving Secondary Graduation. The course has three components:
School-based learning in four subjects and SWL leading towards Secondary Graduation.
Structured Workplace Learning or school based Traineeship
Certificate II Business Administration in partnership with RTO
SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIP LINK (SAL)
• Building & Construction
• Metals & Engineering
• Automotive Heavy /light
• Hospitality
• Hairdressing
• Light Manufacturing
• Horticulture
What is the School Apprenticeship Link? SAL
This two-year course is aimed at students
seeking further training and employment in various construction trades.
Students will have the opportunity to complete an introductory level qualification
which prepares them for further training in a specific trade.
The School Apprenticeship Link or SAL is a fantastic opportunity for young people still attending school and enrolled in the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE), to be one step ahead of other young people who want to do an apprenticeship. SAL provides an opportunity for students to get a real taste of what the workplace is all about.
Training in 2008 starts with a taste of a number of trades in a selected industry. This is made up of three days at school, one day at a TAFEWA college and one day in a workplace.
Students who successfully complete SAL in Years 11 or 12 are guaranteed a place at a TAFEWA college to complete the intensive training component which will fully prepare them for an apprenticeship.
On successful completion of the SAL program students will receive help to find an employer and gain an apprenticeship.
By participating in SAL there is a very good chance the normal four year term of their apprenticeship will be shortened.
The trade areas being offered in the
SAL program are a family of trades in Automotive, Building and Construction,
Hospitality and Metals and Engineering. Students will be exposed to a
variety of trades within the industry they select as part of SAL.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
This two-year course is aimed at students
considering careers in areas such as youth work, aged care, disability
work, and children’s services.
Students will have the opportunity to complete Certificate III of Community
Services, which prepares them for further studies through TAFE in a particular
area of interest. This course also can articulate to University.
The course has three components:
School-based learning in four subjects & SWL leading towards Secondary Graduation.
Structured Workplace Learning in the community services industry.
Certificate II or III in Community Services.
Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA)
Through the study of the CCNA (Cisco
Certified Networking Associate) curricula, students will gain essential
experience in the IT networking field. After successfully completing this
industry standard certification course, students will be eligible to sit
the CCNA Certification exam as well as undertake further study within
the wide range of Cisco certification courses at TAFE or University.
Further information regarding the CCNA course and qualification can be
found at: cisco.netacad.net
Students studying the CCNA curriculum at Hampton also have the opportunity to complete a Certificate III Information Technology – Network Administration. While studying this qualification students will undertake a variety of practical and theoretical tasks that are performed within a work simulated environment. Successful completion of this certificate will allow students to enrol in a Certificate IV Information Technology and in a variety of other specialist streams at TAFE.
