Certificate I in General Education for Adults (Introductory)

22689VIC

Get Ready for Work helps get the best out of yourself by improving your self-awareness and confidence. This course is designed to enhance your personal and professional skills and improve your language and literacy skills. It also provides tips and techniques for identifying jobs that best suit you. Get Ready for Work provides you with greater confidence and motivation to look for work and apply for jobs.

This course is an approved activity and considered as fulltime study by Centrelink. It may meet all participation requirements. People with a disability are encouraged to apply.

What you will gain

  • A full certificate
  • A personal career plan
  • A competitive resume
  • Improved digital skills for online job searching and further study
  • Greater self confidence in approaching employers and applying for jobs that best suit you

Course content

Units of competency 

Cluster 1: Literacy, numeracy and learning

• VU23763 Work with numbers in highly familiar situations
• VU23771 Engage with simple texts for personal purposes
• VU23772 Engage with simple texts for learning purposes
• VU23776 Create simple texts for personal purposes
• VU23777 Create simple texts for learning purposes
• VU23792 Identify and use common digital device

Cluster 2: Working safely

• SITXWHS005 Participate in safe work practices
• VU23765 Work with directions in highly familiar situations
• VU23789 Identify community options

Cluster 3: Prepare for work

• BSBTEC201 Use business software applications
• VU23725 Participate in job seeking activities
• VU23764 Work with money in highly familiar situations
• VU23769 Develop learning goals
• VU23770 Undertake a project with guidance
• VU23773 Engage with simple texts for employment
• VU23778 Create simple texts for employment purposes
• VU23780 Work with whole numbers in familiar and predictable situations

 

Course Delivery

Face to face classroom delivery in a supported learning environment. Laptops are provided. 
Time: 9 am – 3:30 pm
3 days per week for 12 weeks or 4 days per week for 9 weeks

Assessment

Assessments are conducted via a secure, online student portal.

Enrolment Requirements

To enrol in the course, you must attend an information session. Please view the information session dates, times and locations below.
 
Please make sure you bring to the information session your:

1. Evidence of Citizenship – One piece of identification from the list here
​2. USI number – You must have a USI number prior to applying for a course 
You can locate your USI by visiting here: www.usi.gov.au/students/find-your-usi
If you do not have a USI you can create a USI here: www.usi.gov.au/providers/create-usi-student
3. Concession card – (if applicable) a concession fee can be applied: Health Care Card, Veterans Card, Pension Card
4. Email address and login details in order to complete the course application 

Prerequisite

There is no prerequisite for this course. 

Fees and Charges

There is no cost to you if you are eligible for Victorian Government Skills First funding. For more information on eligibility please go to Victorian government skills first funding.
 
If you are not eligible for Victorian Skills First and Commonwealth funding fees will apply. Please go to Fees and Charges

You may also be eligible for fee support through the Jesuit Social Services Student Support Fund. For information on the Support fund please go to Student Handbook.
 
We encourage you to discuss your personal circumstances with one of the Jesuit Community College authorised staff.
This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding.

For more details or to book a place in an information session, please click the ENQUIRE button or call our Business Development Officer, Gianfranco Lucchetti on 0437 260 908

 
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