This group of courses are designed to provide support and assistance to specialist groups. Some can give you a pathway into further training – for example; if you want to do an apprenticeship but need to improve your language or literacy skills or grow your confidence in using computers; or a pathway into employment if you have been out of the workforce for a while and need to refresh your employability skills and catch up with the world of work.
There's also a range of English and language studies courses cater to and those who come from non-English backgrounds and want to learn to understand, speak, read and write English, or those who would like to improve their language and/or literacy skills. For people who did not gain a qualification at high school, never had the opportunity to finish year 12, or feel they left school too long ago, there's the Certificate in General Education courses.
As well as the qualifications listed here, other learning support programs are also available for eligible students – more information on these learning support programs is available here.
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The list presented here is only for this industry category. You can select a qualification or course title to see a list of training providers in Western Australia who deliver it – then select a provider to find out more.
A full course list across all industry areas is available here
Industry categories
The list of courses displayed for a selected industry category is intended to assist individuals learn more about occupation and training pathways, and may not represent all possible pathways for an industry. For further assistance on occupation and training pathways please contact your nearest Jobs and Skills Centre on 13 64 64.
Please note
The vocational education and training (VET) courses delivered in Western Australia on this course list are funded through the Department of Training and Workforce Development; these are referred to as publicly funded training. A range of qualifications and courses for priority industry areas and occupations are subsidised under Jobs and Skills WA, to reduce the cost of training in priority skill areas. To find out more about which courses are subsidised, please take a look at the information available on the main Training page.
Other non-publicly funded courses are available through TAFE colleges and private providers; however these are not included in this course list. To find these other courses, you can search a list of all VET courses in WA via the myskills.gov.au website.
Certificate II in EAL (Access)
National ID : 22485VIC | State ID : BEI15
This EAL (English as an Additional Language) course is a nationally recognised and accredited qualification designed for people of all ages from non-English speaking backgrounds, who wish to develop English language speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for everyday personal and social situations.
Certificate II in EAL (Access)
National ID : 22639VIC | State ID : BGV48
This EAL (English as an Additional Language) course is designed for people of all ages from non-English speaking backgrounds, who wish to develop English language speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for everyday personal and social situations.
Certificate II in EAL (Employment)
National ID : 22642VIC | State ID : BGV61
This nationally recognised and accredited qualification focuses on the development of English language speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and knowledge in the context of the Australian workplace.
Certificate II in General Education for Adults
National ID : 22473VIC | State ID : BEH66
If you would like to build your confidence and skills in reading, writing and numeracy (maths) in a variety of areas to meet your personal needs and help you be more active in the community, workplace and further education and training, this course is for you.
Certificate II in Leadership
National ID : 52879WA | State ID : BGR10
The Certificate II in Leadership is designed to further develop and enhance your existing leadership skills.
Certificate II in Spoken and Written English
National ID : 10728NAT | State ID : BEI00
This course is a post-beginner or follow on course for people who have had some formal or informal exposure to English and who already possess a foundation level of English language skills and numeracy but would like to develop those skills further.
Certificate III in Auslan
National ID : PSP30218 | State ID : BDQ8
This nationally recognised and accredited qualification provides signing skills to communicate in Auslan with some confidence on familiar, routine and non-routine matters. Communication may take place in any situation including personal, public, social, employment and educational domains.
Certificate III in EAL (Access)
National ID : 22486VIC | State ID : BEI18
The Certificate II in EAL (Access) will teach you how to take part in informal conversations, read and write informative advice, understand and respond to written and spoken information, understand the news and use the internet safely.
Certificate III in EAL (Access)
National ID : 22640VIC | State ID : BGV49
This EAL (English as an Additional Language) focuses on English language speaking, listening, reading writing skills and literacy skills including digital literacy skills for the Australian workplace.
Certificate III in EAL (Employment)
National ID : 22643VIC | State ID : BGV55
Do you speak another language at home other than English? The Certificate III in EAL (Employment) course will help you to build skills in speaking and writing English skills ready for gaining employment.EAL - English as an Additional Language.