Certificate II in Workplace Practices, a VET Certificate II course, allows students to incorporate work placement in different industries or businesses as part of the student program. Students enrolling in Workplace Education will complete Structured Workplace Learning in “on the job” situations in a variety of industry placements, performing non-paid work for 80 hours in order to learn new skills, the work ethic and expectations of the workforce. As well, “off the job” classroom learning and assessment will occur with a classroom teacher.

Work placement occurs during 2 separate weeks usually in April and August. These weeks will be identified as Senior Student Week on the school calendar.

Students will participate in a Certificate II in Workplace Practices (Course Code: 30627QLD), a nationally accredited course providing generic skills for every workplace. This course has been developed in Queensland primarily for Queensland schools and is registered with the Queensland Studies Authority.

Emphasis is placed on the importance of skill formation, the rewards of teamwork and the benefits of open communication, the value of customer service and convergence of general and vocational skills.

Topics

Completion and competency in the following units:

• Demonstrate knowledge of workplace relations
• Work safely according to OHS principles and procedures
• Project workplace behaviour and image
• Manage personal work performance
• Interact effectively in a workplace
• Access employment and training options
• Develop job acquisition strategies
• Apply an enterprising approach in an approved project
• Work effectively in a team
• Structured Workplace Learning 2

Assessment

Assessment in Workplace Education is competency based and is ongoing with units of work generally due at the end of each term. Competency means being able to satisfactorily complete a task to industry standards. Competency in the units of work will be based on both “on the job” (i.e. in work placement) and “off the job” (i.e. in the classroom) learning. That is, students must be able to perform competencies in the classroom as well as in the workforce.

All assessment will be recorded as 'Competent ' or working 'Towards Competency'.

• Competency in the ‘Off the job’ component will be assessed through the completion of the unit booklets
• Competencies in the ‘On the job’ component will be determined by your teacher in consultation with your workplace supervisor feedback and report sheets from employer in Student Work Placement Learning Record Book

In order to complete the full Certificate and have it recorded on your Queensland Certificate of Eductaion (QCE), a total of 80 hours must be spent in the workplace i.e. “on the job”.

Aims

• to assist in the development of workplace competencies e.g. teamwork, effective communication, customer service, etc
• to develop competency in industry specific skills (e.g. how to use industrial equipment)
• to provide opportunities to acquire part-time work
• to begin an Apprenticeship or Traineeship (school-based) while completing Year 12 Senior Certificate (but Workplace Education is not a prerequisite to a SAT)
• to improve the opportunities for acquiring work after Year 12 by making contacts and establishing networks
• to acquire experiences and insight into a variety of work options and the “real world” of work
• to develop attitudes and ethics that promotes work readiness

Resources

A text is not available for this subject. Students will require a suitable means of recording and managing classroom learning experiences (i.e. a folder). In addition, we have asked students to keep a plastic enveloped folio for presenting special documentation - see Consumables Lists for Year 11.

A student Workplace Learning Record (Diary) is also required and will be provided by tranzitions@work for a cost of $5.00.

Students need to be aware of their responsibility in organising private or public transport to their work placement. The staff of tranzitions@work does try to organise placements close to their home but depending upon the chosen industry, this may not always be possible.

The school will offer this vocational course provided it meets the human and physical resources as described in the Training Package and AQTF Standards. The school reserves the right to cancel or suspend the vocational component of the course should it not be able to meet these requirements.

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