Victorian Skills Gateway –
classroom lesson plan
Year 10: Planning with the Victorian Skills Gateway
www.education.vic.gov.au/victorianskillsgateway
Alignment to the Victorian Careers Curriculum Framework (VCCF)
www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/careers/carframe/Pages/framework.aspx
Stage: Career exploration
Competencies: Demonstrate skills and attitudes towards learning that will help you to achieve your life and career goals.
Explore the education and training requirements of various work roles in your preferred future occupation or work sectors.
Stage: Career management
Competencies: Use career information effectively in the management of your Career Action Plans. Understand the
importance of developing a range of scenarios for future career choices
Learning outcome: Students are able to locate career and labour market information relevant to their career preferences
and use it to inform the first stage in the development of their career action plan.
Additional resources: Youth Central www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au; Job Guide www.jobguide.deewr.gov.au;
myfuture www.myfuture.edu.au.
Lesson details for teachers
Suggested length: 75 mins
The lesson is designed for students to collect information from the Victorian Skills Gateway to use either in
making decisions about their career directions or to develop their career action plan. The lesson plan is a
guide and teachers/careers practitioners may need to adapt this lesson plan to suit the needs and experiences of
the students.
1.
If students have not used the Victorian Skills Gateway website before, direct them to information ‘Making the most
of this website’ and ‘Useful terms’ web pages in the ‘Students’ section. This will assist students in navigating the
site. Explain that they will be using additional resources as well as the Victorian Skills Gateway in this lesson.
Students may need an introduction to the Youth Central, myfuture and Job Guide websites to help them
understand the type of occupational information each provides. The school careers practitioner can be
of assistance.
2.
Students will need to have chosen at least two preferred occupations prior to undertaking this activity.
3.
Students can download the suitable Year 10 Career Action Plan from the Victorian Careers Curricu lum Framework
(http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/careers/carframe/Pages/cap.aspx ) or the
career action plan customised for the cohort or school. Check with the careers practitioner regarding choice of
career action plan.
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4.
Examine the plan with students, emphasising the value at this stage of their career planning to research more
than one option. Highlight the need to state the education and training requirements for their selected occupat ions.
Remind them that in developing a career action plan they need to undertake some research to ensure they are
crafting their preferred future on reliable information. For young people in rural and regional areas, explain that
while some courses have online learning, they may need to travel or relocate to access relevant education and
training. Being aware of the issues allows students to plan more effectively for these options. The school careers
practitioner may be able to assist with providing guest speakers who have experienced one or more of these
options.
5.
Students use any of the ‘Additional resources’ websites above to find out and answer:

What are the preferred entry and training requirements for the occupations you have selected?
6.
Students click on the ‘Search’ link in the Students menu. Using the ‘Courses’ and ‘Occupations’ search boxes,
students research the following aspects of their career choices:

What courses are available to enter the occupation? Select one of the entry level courses listed.

What are the course entry requirements?

Identify a provider of the course. How easy will it be to access the training?
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Does the provider offer government subsidised training?

Visit the provider website. Was the website easy to use? Could you find information on your course and the type of
delivery available?
7.
Now using the ‘Providers’ search, students answer the following questions:

Are there two providers of the education and training you could access? Are there other providers close to
your home?

Do the providers offer government subsidised training?

Select a provider and visit their website. Was the website easy to use? Could you find information on your course and
the type of delivery available?
8.
On the homepage, under the ‘I want to be a…’ search box, students are directed to click on ‘Browse all
occupations’. Then, using the ’Industry’ tab, students complete the following:

In which industries are your preferred occupations located?

List two different occupations in one of these industries.

Have you considered any of these occupations? Are the employment prospects better or worse than your
selected occupation?
9.
Using the ‘Stories’ link (in the top right hand corner of all pages) students select one of the stories most relevant to
their chosen occupation. They then respond to the question: “Did the story provide more understanding of the
pathway you have selected?”
If there are no stories relevant to their preferred occupation, students can search the general training stories
e.g. ‘Dual apprenticeships’ or from a selection compiled by the teacher e.g. skill shortages.
10. Finally, students then use all the information they have collected to complete relevant the elements of their career
action plan if they have not entered this information previously.
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