Certificate I in General Education for Adults

The 22472VIC Certificate I in General Education for Adults focuses on the development of literacy skills to create and engage with a range of familiar and less familiar paper-based and web-based text types of limited complexity. The focus is on reading, interpreting and evaluating everyday texts and developing mathematical knowledge to apply numeracy skills in everyday familiar situations. Skills and knowledge are applied to develop and document a learning plan and prepare a portfolio.

The course provides learners who have low literacy and numeracy skills with the opportunity to build confidence, re-engage with learning and pathway into AQF qualifications.

Your training will focus on:

• How to plan, prepare and undertake various types of projects
• Participating in spoken interactions
• How to work with numbers, money and measurements
• How to identify and engage with community groups

Graduates at this level will have foundational cognitive and communication skills to:

• clarify project goals with an appropriate support person, plan, carry out, document and evaluate a project
• develop, implement and review learning goals
• read, interpret and evaluate familiar and less familiar texts

• Face-to-face
• 400 hours over 40 weeks
• Bendigo and surrounding Central Victoria regions

Assessment may consist of:

• Practical demonstration
• Written answers to questions
• Scenario-based assessments

Eligibility for the SEE Program includes people who are:

• either
  • an Australian citizen or
  • a permanent visa holder or
  • on a provisional or temporary visa with working rights and eligible for the Adult Migrant English Program or
  • a Pacific Australian Labour Mobility visa holder
• and also:
  • aged over 15 years and have left school, and
  • need help with their reading, writing, maths, English language and digital skills.

Courses delivered through SEE are funded by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations