Students entering Year 11 that have a great attitude and want to work with their hands in a trade-based career. It’s not for the faint-hearted and we definitely don’t recommend students come here just to get away from a ‘traditional’ school. We’re preparing them for a trade career and giving them every opportunity to succeed … but the students that do the best put in.

The College will provide support by identifying appropriate career pathway decisions and linking with employers for work experience and Australian School-based Apprenticeship opportunities, but ultimately it’s up to the student. And once they’ve found an apprenticeship, our teachers / mentors help them to manage school, training and work.

The length of a school-based apprenticeship depends on the field the student is in and how many training hours the student commits to. Our students commit to a minimum of 35 weeks at the place of employment and eight weeks of trade training with the RTO during their two years at the College.

In Year 11, students undertake a six-month preparatory and prevocational program. From July, they start a school-based apprenticeship, so would begin to spend up to six to eight weeks with an employer (in blocks of two, three and five weeks). In Year 12 students spend approximately half of their time with their employer (or work sites) and the remainder of the time is spent completing SACE and Trade Training at the College or RTO.