Graduate Certificate
in Adult and Vocational Education

February

Part time: 1 year 

• Vocational / TAFE Educator
• Industry Trainer
• Industry Assessor

The course aims to develop your:

• capacity to make informed decisions about approaches to teaching, subject design and assessment in a variety of contexts and students from diverse backgrounds
• ability to evaluate own teaching practice and subject design to improve the student learning experience
• knowledge of the Vocational Education and Training system and to critically evaluate the different contexts of the Australian VET systems.

You must:

• hold an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent qualification (AQF Level 7) in any discipline
• or hold a diploma and two years of relevant work experience as a trainer within an Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Alternate entry:

• have two years of relevant work experience as a trainer within an Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Please note that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee selection, which is based on merit, likelihood of success and availability of places in the course.

You can apply to study with us through direct entry and must also have:

• booked and successfully completed an individual face-to-face selection interview of approximately 30 minutes duration
• competent computer skills for accessing subject resources, completing online tutorial tasks and submitting word processed assignments through StudentWeb.

Direct entry

Applicants to this program should expect to be interviewed prior to admission.

You may wish to pursue further learning and teaching, postgraduate studies at other higher education providers.   

This course is accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) and the qualification is aligned with the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level 8 and Box Hill Institute Graduate Attributes.

Service & Amenity Fee may vary depending on course commencement and enrolment duration. Retain Course Items are purchased once by the student prior to commencing. Those items then become the property of the student. Fees listed are at 2024 rates and may increase annually over the duration of delivery. The student tuition fees listed are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. For more information please contact our Course Advisors on 1300 BOX HILL.

The course consists of four units offered online in block mode delivery.

Three subjects are offered over a four week period, and require the completion and submission of three summative assessment tasks. 

Types of assessment tasks in this course include: essays, literature reviews, presentations, reports, writing and teaching lesson plans, and applied research.

You should expect to commit 10 hours per week of study during each teaching block (5 hours of live online classes, and 5 hours of private study activities per week) - around 40 hours per subject. Extra time will be required to prepare assessment tasks. The final subject GCVET102 Applied Research for Vocational Teaching Practice is offered differently, spread over one academic semester to incorporate 200 hours of WIL and an applied research project.

There will be the equivalent of 12 live lecture/workshops in each subject. Although class attendance is encouraged, it is not compulsory as all live classes will be recorded and made available online to students post class.