Why do a pre-vocational course? Well, a pre-vocational course is beneficial to both you, as the potential apprentice, and to the company you want to work for. You can sign up for an online pre-vocational course (now called career start program) here!
Benefits for the potential apprentice
The benefits for you as the potential apprentice are the fact that all of your first year subjects are completed. This means that your employer will have to option to finish your apprenticeship early- assuming you do the rest of your study straight away.
The other benefit is work experience. Work experience makes you a valuable employee, because you already have experience and are more ‘work place ready’ when you start your apprenticeship.
Doing the work experience component for the pre-vocational course is great if you’re not 100% sure that this is what you want to do. It means that you can ’sus out’ the job, with no strings attatched!
Benefits for the employer
The benefits for the employer are similar to the benefits for the potential apprentice. All the first year subjects are already done- which means that they don’t have to pay you to go to TAFE.
Another benefit is the fact that the employer has had to opportunity to see your apptitude for the job, before you start.
The ONLINE pre-vocational Course
Pre-vocational courses traditionally include 4 days a week of training at TAFE, and one day a week work experience. eLearning Australia is providing an online pre-vocational course in 2009 that will allow you to study flexible- at home, any time you like. The one day a week work experience is still compulsary, but can be changed to blocks to suit your individual needs. For more information on this contact Talia from eLearning Australia, or sign up here!
