A bridge into further education and employment.
This is a bridging qualification for people of all cultural backgrounds and ages who want to improve their reading, writing, speaking and mathematics skills for employment, further training or participation within the community. This qualification approximates a year 9 high school level.
Using a combination of structured teaching and unstructured learning activities, you will build your skills in working with numbers and money, creating computer-based texts, directions, teamwork and job seeking to grow your confidence and employability skills. Training is built around a flexible strength-based framework, allowing you to pursue your interests and incorporate your own life experiences into your learning.
This course is available at other campus locations upon request.
Throughout this course, you will gain skills in:
- Engaging with and creating texts using digital technology
- Interpreting statistics using graphs, diagrams and charts
- Working with numbers and money
- Interpreting directions
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Job seeking
- You left mainstream education early
- You are an adult returning to lifelong learning
- English is your second language
- You have no or limited employment experience
This course has a flexible framework which allows students to pursue their interests and includes a combination of structured teaching and unstructured learning activities.
It works from a strength-based perspective to build confidence and values students’ life-experiences and uses them to develop their communication skills.
| VU22384 | Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio |
| VU22385 | Plan and undertake a project |
| VU22386 | Engage with texts of limited complexity for personal purposes |
| VU22387 | Engage with texts of limited complexity for learning purposes |
| VU22388 | Engage with texts of limited complexity for employment purposes |
| VU22391 | Create texts of limited complexity for personal purposes |
| VU22392 | Create texts of limited complexity for learning purposes |
| VU22393 | Create texts of limited complexity to participate in the workplace |
| VU22395 | Work with a range of numbers and money in familiar and routine situations |
| VU22396 | Work with and interpret directions in familiar and routine situations |
| VU22397 | Work with measurement in familiar and routine situations |
| VU22399 | Work with design and shape in familiar and routine situations |
| BSBTEC101 | Operate digital devices |
| VU21666 | Participate in job seeking activities |
| VU22375 | Apply basic computer skills to language learning |
| VU22376 | Access the internet for language learning |
This qualification prepares you for entry-level roles in the workplace and to pathway into higher level training.
For more information about job and career pathways, visit JobOutlook(opens in a new tab) or Jobs and Skills WA(opens in a new tab) .
On Campus
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Tuition fee* |
Resource fee |
Total fee |
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General |
$90.30 |
$99.35 |
$189.65 |
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Concession |
$90.30 |
$99.35 |
$189.65 |
Our estimated fees are based on:
- Full time study in 2023
- A selection of elective units designed to meet local industry demand for skills (different unit selections will attract different fees)
- For more information regarding eligibility and fees, please visit DTWD website
These fees are estimates only and depend on your eligibility for government funding, concession rates, the units you choose to study or seek to be recognised under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Additional resource, material and/or equipment costs may apply. Visit our Fees and Charges page for more information, including on consumer rights.
Delivery locations and study options
On Campus
| Duration | 1 year |
| When | Date: 2023 |
| Where |
Broome Campus Derby Campus Fitzroy Crossing Campus Halls Creek Campus Karratha Campus Kununurra Campus Pundulmurra Campus Wyndham Campus |
| Course fee | $189.65 |