The past two weeks I’ve been along to a couple of career’s days to advertise the Certificate II in Equine Industry, Agriculture and Horse Racing courses that we offer as part of a student’s Victorian Certificate of Education (final highschool year).
When I completed my Certificate II in Horse Studies, I was able to do the course over the 12 months of year 11, but gain a Certificate II qualification and have this extra subject count towards my then TER (now ATAR). It meant I could still do 5 subjects in year 12, but also have my Cert II add an extra 10% to my score.
The students about at the career’s days were year 10 students, looking into what subjects are on offer for their final VCE years. Some I noted were already taking part in one of our Certificate II courses, however.
For those year 9 students who are looking at what they can do to increase their VCE score, or those parents who want to be able to let their children study horses but not have it take away from the 5 subjects they’re planning to complete in year 12, consider looking into doing the course instead over years 10 and 11.
This way they leave highschool with a qualification and have the chance to still do 5 subjects in year twelve, or drop down to 4 subjects for year 12 but have their Cert II count towards their end of year score. It could take some pressure off for them.
“Lessons from your horse: When you’re short tempered, let me teach you how to slog around the pasture for an hour before you catch me.”
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