The VCE VET Visual Arts program is drawn from a national training package and offers portable qualifications which are recognised throughout Australia. These qualifications provide students with a broad range of skills and knowledge to pursue a career or further training in the visual arts industry in a range of areas such as: ceramics, digital art, glasswork, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textile design and woodwork design.
The VCE VET Visual Arts program does not offer scored assessment.
Qualifications
CUA20720 Certificate II in Visual Arts: provides students with the opportunity to develop drawing skills to communicate ideas, source and use information relevant to own arts practice and make creative work. Employment opportunities reflect roles such as ceramics studio trainee, community arts workshop assistant, arts practitioner and design trainee. Certificate II in Visual Arts is a pathway to Certificate III in Visual Arts.
Credit in the VCE (including VCE VM and VPC): recognition of up to four VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level.
CUA31120 Certificate III in Visual Arts: provides students with the opportunity to produce drawings to communicate ideas, apply knowledge of history and theory to own arts practice and produce creative work. Employment opportunities reflect roles such as ceramics studio assistant, community theatre assistant and arts, craft or design practitioner. Certificate III in Visual Arts is a pathway to Certificate IV in Visual Arts.
Credit in the VCE (including VCE VM and VPC): recognition of up to two VCE VET units at Units 1 and 2 level, and two VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequences.
Program material
The VCE VET Visual Arts program booklet contains information relating to the qualifications approved by the VCAA for delivery to VCE (including VCE VM and VPC) students.
It includes advice on the units of competency making up the program and the credit available for students.
It also provides advice on Structured Workplace Learning, the ATAR contribution and pathways to further learning.
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2023 VCE VET Visual Arts program booklet.
The program booklet should be read in conjunction with the
CUA Training Package.
ATAR contribution
Students who receive a VCE VET Unit 3–4 sequence for the VCE VET Visual Arts qualification will be eligible for an increment towards their ATAR (10% of the lowest study score of the primary four studies).
The increment is awarded by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). For more information, visit
VTAC.
Structured workplace learning recognition
The VCAA provides recognition for Structured Workplace Learning for students undertaking VCE VET programs.
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Workplace Learning Record booklets.