Certificate I in General Education for Adults

During this course you'll gain skills and knowledge in:

• reading and writing
• numeracy
• communication
• digital literacy

This certificate is designed for people who wish to further improve their skills for routine personal, community or workplace purposes, or to further general education studies. Upon completion of this course you will have the gained confidence in general reading, writing and numeracy.

General education studies at Victoria University Polytechnic can help you get your foot in the door for your future studies and your dream career.

This course will improve your literacy, numeracy, communication and computer skills, as well as improve your confidence. These skills will create more options for your career path in the future. Studying this course will help you access further certificates in general education, further TAFE studies or other training or work opportunities.

The course structure comprises the following core and elective units. These electives have been selected based on industry needs, graduate pathways and/or student and teacher feedback.
To be awarded the 22472VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults, a student must successfully complete a total of sixteen (16) units of competency, comprising of:

• two (2) core units, and;
• fourteen (14) elective units, comprising of:

• three (3) core skills reading and oracy units;

• three (3) core writing units;

• four (4) core skills numeracy and mathematics units, and;

• four (4) special interest electives units, which can be selected from:
• units listed in the special interest electives list, which have not previously been completed, and/or;
• core skills reading and oracy, writing and numeracy and mathematics units from the 22476VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults (Introductory), or the 22472VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults or the 22473VIC Certificate II in General Education for Adults, which have not previously been completed, and/or;
• units/modules which are first packaged in AQF level 1 or 2 qualifications in nationally endorsed training packages or accredited curriculum.

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

You may be able to complete your qualification sooner through formal recognition of your existing skills. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

To receive RPL, we assess your previous work, education and life experiences against recognised qualifications. Applications for RPL can be made prior to enrolling.

Call us on 1300 TAFE VP (1300 823 387) to discuss RPL options with the course manager.

Before starting your application, please read through the step-by-step VU Polytechnic application process to make sure you have all the necessary documents and information ready to successfully complete your application.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Credit transfer/Recognition of prior learning (RPL): If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.

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• Footscray Nicholson Campus Building D, level 4
• Werribee Campus Building 1A
• Sunshine Campus Building W
• St Albans Campus Building 10.

Australian applicants, please bring:

• Australian birth certificate
• Australian passport
• Medicare card (green)
• Australian citizenship certificate.

Non-Australian applicants, please bring:

• New Zealand passport
• Australian visa (in passport)
• ImmiCard
• current concession card.