Certificate I in General Education for Adults 22472VIC
Program Overview
This program provides foundational skills in reading, writing, numeracy, and core competencies. It offers elective units in core skills, special interests, and work-related areas. The program prepares learners for further education, training, or employment opportunities.
Program Outline
Outline:
- Core Units:
- Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio (VU22384)
- Plan and undertake a project (VU22385)
- Elective Units:
- Core Skills: Reading and Oracy
- Engage with texts of limited complexity for personal purposes (VU22386)
- Engage with texts of limited complexity for learning purposes (VU22387)
- Engage with texts of limited complexity to participate in the community (VU22389)
- Core Skills: Writing
- Create texts of limited complexity for personal purposes (VU22391)
- Create texts of limited complexity for learning purposes (VU22392)
- Create texts of limited complexity to participate in the community (VU22394)
- Core Skills: Numeracy and Mathematics
- Work with a range of numbers and money in familiar and routine situations (VU22395)
- Work with and interpret directions in familiar and routine situations (VU22396)
- Work with measurement in familiar and routine situations (VU22397)
- Work with and interpret numerical information in familiar and routine texts (VU22400)
- Special Interest Electives
- Develop keyboard skills (BSBITU102)
- Work in a team (PUATEA001B)
- Undertake a simple investigation of science in the community (VU22401)
- Undertake a simple investigation of health and well being (VU22402)
Careers:
- Further certificates in general education
- Further TAFE studies
- Other training or work opportunities
For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond. Victoria University aims to continue creating positive outcomes for education, industry and our community into the future.
Services
Housing services
Victoria University is pleased to offer guaranteed accommodation to new and continuing full-time domestic and international students. This offer is in partnership with UniLodge, our accommodation provider.
UniLodge Victoria University offers modern purpose-built student accommodation apartments in Footscray with excellent facilities and a community environment – all within a short walking distance to classes!
Library services
Our online resources are available 24 hours a day from wherever you are. You can also visit any of our seven campus libraries for help with your information needs, access to a PC or a quiet place to study.
Student Life
Campus life
Victoria University has campuses across Melbourne's CBD and western suburbs. International students can also choose to study at VU Sydney, VU India or partner institutions overseas.
Our flagship campus is located in Footscray - study with us in Melbourne's western cultural and creative epicentre.
- City Flinders
- City Flinders Lane
- City King
- City Queen
- Footscray Nicholson
- Footscray Park
- St Albans
- Sunshine
- Werribee
- VU at MetroWest (Footscray)
- VU Sydney
Sports facilities
There are plenty of options for staff and students wanting to join a sporting club and play in local competitions.
Joining a Victoria University sport club helps keep you fit while doing something you love. You will also get to meet new people and maybe do some travelling too.
Student clubs
VU organises a range of activities on- and off-campus, including:
- Orientation Parties
- Annual Ball
- Mental Health training (subsidised)
- Be a Better Human Festival
- De-stress Festival
- Queernival
Entry Requirements:
Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a different course. We call this a ‘pathway’. Some courses receive more applications than the number of places available. In this situation we will also assess your education, work and other relevant experience.
