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Meet the Future: VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM) Students on their Career Goals

Xavier: My name is Xavier, and I'm studying VET Building and Construction…

Chloe: …Community Services…

Taylor: …a CERT 3 in Agriculture…

Elliot: …I'm studying VET Cookery…

Blair: …VET Engineering and VET Sport and Rec…

Zahra: …I'm studying the VCE VM, and I'm doing a plumbing VET.

Emily: After I graduate, I plan on pathway-ing into university to become a primary school teacher.

Eli: I plan to start my diploma in Community Services.

Jakobo: My dream job is to be a carpenter.

Mary: I plan on joining the Navy as a chef.

Tyra: Go to Africa and volunteer.

Taylor: To become an agricultural business advisor.

Thomas: Get a job posting to be a train driver and I’ll get to live the dream.

Charlie: In five years, I see myself owning a plumbing business.

Blair: Running my own engineering business.

Ethan: In an industrial apprenticeship.

Zahra: In a woman-owned business.

Thomas: I think VCE VM gives you sort of the great opportunity of exploring your options as you're studying.

Zahra: I feel like it's a very practical pathway that can benefit a lot of people.

Mary: VCE VM and my VET course are helping me gain work experience and help me put myself out there with the knowledge I need.

Noah: I've enjoyed everything about my VET subject, using my hands and actually, properly demonstrating it all.

Taylor: I chose this particular vocational pathway because of the long heritage line in my family in agriculture.

Xavier: I like working in a team. I like helping people out.

Elliot: For me, VCE VM gives me more time to study on the things I care about, like my Cookery and my Business Management class.

Tyra: I like that I can speak about my experience because now I can tell people how much I like it.

Mary: I think the campaign ‘Look Up to the Future’ is really good. I think we do need to support the VCE VM students a lot better and showcase the skills and abilities we do have.

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