NETTS (National Energy Technician Training Scheme)

NETTS is a collaborative apprenticeship program between major oil & gas companies (such as Shell, Santos, INPEX and Woodside), and is run by Programmed. The 4 year apprenticeship offers a fantastic and unique pathway into the Oil & Gas Industry into either Process Operator, Mechanical Fitter or Instrumentation Electrician roles (dependent on the individual company requirements for that year). The first 18 months of the apprenticeship is spent at the ACEPT TAFE Campus in Munster, whilst years 3 and 4 are spent on a swing roster to an on or offshore oil & gas facility. Programmed Training Coordinators work closely with the Apprentices, TAFE and the Host Companies and external organisations to provide full support and guidance throughout the apprenticeship.

In January of this year 20 new apprentices commenced in the program, chosen from over 1500 applicants. Programmed are currently recruiting for the 2021 intake, and interested students are encouraged to seek further information and submit applications at programmed.com.au/nettswa

OLNA (Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment)

The OLNA is designed to enable students to successfully meet the WACE requirement of demonstrating the minimum standards of literacy and numeracy.

As NAPLAN Online, which usually provides the opportunity for Year 9 students to pre-qualify for OLNA by achieving Bands 8 or higher, was cancelled due to COVID19, the WA Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) has decided to allow all Year 9 students to sit OLNA in lieu of NAPLAN. Our Year 9 students have been given timetables, and will be sitting OLNA assessments with their English and Mathematics classes, commencing on Monday 10 August.

Round 2 OLNA for students in Years 10, 11 and 12, who are yet to achieve Category 3, will be required to sit the relevant assessments commencing on Monday 31 August. A reminder that Year 11 and 12 students needing to sit OLNA should be attending the library on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-2:15pm to work on Skill Builders.  All students involved will receive personalised timetables, and will benefit from revisiting literacy and numeracy skill builders on the college’s OLNA Connect Class and by making use of the free subscription to the olna.com.au website.

Externally delivered VET
for Year 11 and 12 School Students, 2021

North Metropolitan TAFE, private RTOs, the WA College of Electrical Training, the Automotive Institute of Technology and the Master Plumbers Association are funded by DTWS to provide vocational education and training opportunities to secondary school students.

Applications are now open for a vast range of Certificate II and III courses with potentially good employment outcomes, and current Year 10 students have received information regarding these courses in their Year 11 Course Selection pack. All applications for NM TAFE courses need to be completed prior to 31 August, while the private RTO applications must be completed by the end of Term.

Interested students are encouraged to see Mrs Fuhrmann for support with the application process.

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Our Year 12 students are in the final stages of completing their VET certificates, with all work due to be completed in the next seven weeks. The majority of current year 12 students have worked well to be on track for completion despite COVID19 disruptions encountered this year. This year also see our final groups of students in the following VET Certificates, which have been replaced by SCSA General courses as follows:

Certificates replaced by SCSA General Course:

AUR20716 - Cert II in Automotive GEAET Automotive Engineering Technology
BSB20115 - Cert II in Business GEBME Business enterprise and Management
CPC20211 - Cert II in Construction GEBCN Building and Construction
SIS20115 - Cert II in Sport GEPES Physical Education Studies
SIS20213 - Cert II in Outdoor Recreations GEOED Outdoor Education

Carlos Notarpietro
Associate Principal