Explore VCE VM Work Related Skills through the learning outline and official course information. This subject is included independently of paid resource availability.
Confirm your cohort: Standard Unit 1/2 and Unit 3/4 planning; confirm your school's offered units. Literacy and Numeracy are for the full VM programme. Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills may also be taken in general VCE from 2025.
What will I learn?
Career planning and workplace skills
Explore career options, prepare applications and a portfolio, and learn about workplace safety, rights, teamwork and professional relationships.
How will I be assessed?
School arrangements: VM core subjects use teacher assessment in class and do not receive a study score. Ask for the school's task outline. The programme's GAT requirement is separate from subject assessment.
Progression and companion subjects
No complete companion or exclusion review is attached to this profile. Check the official course-entry conditions, language eligibility and your school’s sequence before enrolling. Links between resource hubs show related learning; they do not establish a compulsory prerequisite.
Will I find it hard?
Difficulty depends on your experience, interests, teaching and assessment. These are our reflection prompts, not an official difficulty rating.
- Would you enjoy demonstrating skills in practical tasks and a workplace setting?
- Ask about attendance, placement, competency and equipment requirements before enrolling.
Does it scale up or down?
VM subjects do not receive study scores and do not contribute to an ATAR. This pathway has its own certificate, VET and assessment requirements.
Scaling is not a measure of difficulty or a guaranteed bonus. Prioritise content you can engage with and required subjects for courses you are considering.
Explore the resources
These official subjects are included whether or not we sell resources for them.
Core subject information and planning are free. Full study resources are optional.
Sources, versions and verification dates
Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.
- Victorian Government: four VM core subjects — Victorian Department of Education; 2026-11-13. Published core-subject content; Literacy/Numeracy require the full VM programme. Work Related Skills and Personal Development Skills can also be included in general VCE from 2025.
- Victorian Government: VCE VM requirements and assessment — Victorian Department of Education; 2026-11-13. Published 3 November 2026: minimum units, required components, three other sequences, Certificate II or higher and 180 nominal hours; teacher assessment and non-ATAR status.