Tech Ten Foundation Program

The Tech Ten Program at Harvester is the College’s Foundation year. The program has been specifically designed to allow for the effective transition of Year 9 students and learners returning to study, build their core skills whilst tasting the range of trade based options that will become available to them in Years 11 and 12.

Foundation VCE – Vocational Major

The core of the Tech Ten program involves each of the four VCE – Vocational Major subjects at Foundation Level:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Work Related Skills and
  • Personal Development Skills.

Based upon the College’s curriculum framework of Applied Learning through real world projects, the learning outcomes for each unit are achieved through a series of practical projects and more traditional core skills development.

Trade Elective Program

It is the College’s policy, based upon feedback from its industry partners that the Year 10 program is better served by a series of trade related electives rather than exposing young student to the full VET certificate programs. Each semester, students participate in 2 subjects that stem from the 4 Certificates offered in year 11 and 12. These programs allow students to experience all trade areas and decide what interests them and what doesn’t. The subjects that are offered include:

  • Wood Technology
  • Metalwork and Engineering
  • Introduction to Plastics
  • Electronics

Effective and successful transition to fully integrated VCE – Vocational Major and Pre-apprenticeship certificate programs is achieved based upon our unique year 10 model.

Structured Workplace Learning

Every Tech Ten student is required to complete 2×2 week blocks of Structured Workplace Learning. With the support of our dedicated Work placement and Pathways Co-ordinator, students are supported to seek meaningful placements is their industries of interests. This program has been highly successful in ensuring that students are well prepared to make informed choices about their Year 11 vocational pathway in one of our Trade specialisations.