Meet the Future: VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM) Students on their Career Goals
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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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Updated 10 July 2025
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