Advice and Updates
Financial Services School Based Traineeship Qualifications are now available through the Financial Services Industry Curriculum Framework.
The Board of Studies NSW has developed the draft syllabus for the Financial Services Curriculum Framework for implementation from 2012.
The draft Financial Services Curriculum Framework is based on the Financial Services Training Package (FNS10) and includes School Based Traineeship opportunities in the following qualifications:
Certificate III in Accounts Administration (FNS30310)
Certificate III in Financial Services (FNS30110)
Certificate II in Financial Services (FNS20110)
The Certificate II in Financial Services is aimed at new entrants wishing to build potential pathways into the industry. However, Certificate III in Financial Services or Certificate III in Accounts Administration may be more suitable for entry level employment opportunities
Completing Board Endorsed Course (BEC) applications - UPDATED
To assist with completing applications to Link to a Board Endorsed VET Course and Applications for a New or Revised Stage 6 Locally Designed VET Board Endorsed Course please refer to the directions on the coversheet.
Once you have completed the tick boxes please attach the coversheet, draft or completed Training Plan and BOS course description to your application and forward to the Vocational Education in Schools Directorate.
Click here to download the coversheet
School Based Traineeships for Indigenous Students
The Australian Government has announced a new program to help young Indigenous students make the transition from school to work.
The new Indigenous Youth Careers Pathway Program will receive over $50 million to support up to 6,400 Indigenous students undertake school based traineeships over the next four years to 2014/15.
The first intake of school-based traineeships will begin in the 2012 academic year.
Further details on applications for funding will be available in the near future.
For more information on the Indigenous Youth Careers Pathway Program, visit www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous
School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Year 10
A student may commence a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship in Year 10. Early commencement of Stage 6 VET courses is the appropriate curriculum pathway. The school must give approval for a Year 10 student to commence a Stage 6 VET course as part of a school based apprenticeship or traineeship.
Students who commence a school based apprenticeship or traineeship in Year 10 are not part of VET in Stage 5.
Students in Year 9 may not commence a school based apprenticeship or traineeship, but may be eligible to begin a VET in Stage 5 course depending on the approval of their school Principal.
School Based Apprenticeship Progression to Stage 2
School based apprentices and trainees undertake the formal (off-the-job) training and the work (on-the-job) training concurrently.
- School based apprentices may not proceed past Stage 1 of their formal training unless all the required work days (ie 100, 144 or 180 days as specified in the relevant VTO) have been completed.
- Students must complete the list of competencies to be undertaken for the HSC training component shown in PART B (i) of the Training Plan as Stage 1 of the school based apprenticeship.
- Students may not progress to the list of competencies to be undertaken to achieve the qualification shown in PART B (ii) of the Training Plan during Year 11 or Year 12 unless they have completed all the requirements of Stage 1, including the on-the-job days relevant to the VTO.
see School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeships in NSW 2010 Guidelines, section 5.1.1
