Harvester Technical College VET Plumbing Teacher - 0.8 time fraction (negotiable)

Location Profile

Harvester Technical College is an exciting feature on the landscape of senior secondary education and trade and technology skills training in the West of Melbourne.   It is a unique hybrid model of education and training governed and operated within Sunshine College since January 2010. It offers young people seeking careers in trades and technology the opportunity to complete their senior secondary education through the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM) certificate, whilst completing a pre-apprenticeship VET certificate as a pathway to apprenticeships, traineeships, employment or further education.  

Education programs offered within Harvester Technical College draw from the united expertise of TAFE, secondary school, and industry. Curriculum delivered as part of the VCE VM has a real-world focus where possible, maximising relevance to students. Literacy and numeracy combined with both generic and specific vocational skills create a solid foundation from which young people can launch into their careers. 

Harvester has a state-of-the-art Trade Training Centre where Certificate II pre-apprenticeship VET courses in Building & Construction, Plumbing, Electrotechnology, Engineering and Integrated Technologies are currently delivered.  The centralised delivery of our programs allows students to complete their Certificate II course in one year rather than two.  Skills and knowledge gained at school are further developed as part of our compulsory Structured Workplace Learning program whereby students gain `hands on¿ experience within their chosen trade, experiencing true …