The Wongutha CAPS curriculum has been developed over some time and aims to equip all students with the necessary skills that will assist them in gaining employment or accessing further education and training. Wongutha CAPS has been validated as a RTO (Registered Training Organisation) and is able to deliver and assess AQF training packages within a specified scope.
After completing the Wongutha CAPS entrance requirements, students are allocated to one of three class groups. These include Year 12 students, Year 11 level 2 students and Year 11 level 1 students (lower literacy and numeracy skills).
Vocational Education and Training(VET) subjects, the Structured Work-place Learning Program and Driver Training form the core of the Wongutha CAPS curriculum.
Wongutha courses are a mix of:
- Curriculum Council courses
- school-based courses and
- AQF modules.
The subjects that are offered at Wongutha CAPS include (please following link where available to view a PDF file with subject details):
VET Options
- General Construction (.pdf available)
- Wood Fabrications including Furniture
- Metals and Engineering (.pdf available)
- Hospitality (Catering & Food Production) (.pdf available)
- Automotive Vehicle Servicing (.pdf available)
- Automotive Panel and Paint (.pdf available)
- Lands, Parks and Wildlife (CALM Rangers Course) (.pdf available)
- Plant Operating (Frontend loader, backhoe)
- Business and Administration (.pdf available)
Curriculum Council Subjects
- Vocational English
- Vocational Maths
- Keyboard Operations – Application
- Career and Industry Awareness
- Structured Work-place Learning
- Agriculture (Animal or Plant Production and Enterprise)
- Equine (Horses)
- Poultry (Chooks)
- Aquaculture (Fish)
- Horticulture (Plants) (.pdf available)
School-Based Subjects
- Bible
- Workplace Maths
- Scaffolding Literacy
- CALM Bush Rangers
- Driver Training
All Wongutha CAPS students are involved in Structured Workplace Learning (.pdf available) and students travel into Esperance or out to local farms each Wednesday. Students are involved in an intensive work preparation course which includes:
- Fire safety (levels one to three)
- St Johns First Aid qualification
- Occupational Health and Safety and
- general work preparation.
Each student has a mentor and the mentor finds placements for the student and visits the workplace to ensure that the work placement is proceeding satisfactorily for both the employer and the student. The student receives a high level of support from the mentor.
Some students may also have the opportunity to complete an Aboriginal School-based Traineeship. Esperance Group Training worked with Wongutha to develop the Trainee program. Trainees have worked at:
- the local Leisure centre
- Shire
- Education Department office and
- a local restaurant.
