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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At parent teacher night last night I had a parent ask me how many units their son would have to do at TAFE when they finished their units 1 to 4 in VET IT at school. Their son is doing units 1 & 2 this year and next year will do 3 & 4 next year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to the VCAA book, for the Application stream they need to complete 8 units to get their Units 1 & 2 and 7 nits to complete units 3 & 4. How many more units will they need to do at TAFE to get the full certificate?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All up this is 15 units. On page 5 of the book it says they need to do the core units of competence from Cetificate II which are units 1 & 2. Then for Cert III they have to do six common core units PLUS four specialists core stream units PLUS four elective units.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The students here will have at the end of their year 12: 15 core units of which 2 are from the Applications stream. Does this mean that they still have to do another 2 specialist core stream units PLUS four elective units at TAFE to get their full certificate?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As you can see I'm a bit confused about it all. Any help would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Gibney</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>St Helena Secondary College</FONT></DIV>
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