Welcome to the Geelong Regional Vocational Education Council Inc (GRVEC) |

GRVEC is a not for profit organisation that works with young people across 30 schools in the Greater Geelong region as well as those not in school, parents, local businesses and community organisations in the area of career support. We help young people get the skills, experience and professional guidance they need to make a successful transition through school and onto further education, training and employment.
Our mission is to assist all young people in the Geelong region to access quality information, experiences and support to help them identify and forge a career path leading to personal fulfilment and economic independence.
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A Note from Lynne -
Executive Officer of GRVEC
Welcome to the GRVEC web site. We are currently updating the site with details of our programs in response to changes in Government policy.
Stay tuned for information about an exciting new program that we will be facilitating for young people in the region.
For those schools who have engaged us, we will be continuing to provide support with Structured Workplace Learning.
We will also be partnering with Alcoa Point Henry to offer the Alcoa Future Leaders in Industry - Scholarships in Manufacturing which will be available to all schools in the region.
It promises to be a challenging and productive year!
Regards
Lynne Clarke
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2010 GRVEC
PROGRAMS
Alcoa Future Leaders of Industry -
Scholarships in Manufacturing
'Y' Chef
Girls Big Day Out
Stay tuned for more information about these programs and other exciting events.
To read about these programs in 2009 please click on the 'GRVEC Programs' tab |
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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2010
Alcoa Future Leaders of Industry
Scholarships in Manufacturing
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Alcoa World Alumina and Geelong Regional Vocational Education Council Inc (GRVEC) along with eighteen supporting local manufacturing companies invite years 9 and 10 girls and boys to apply for this years Alcoa Future Leaders of Industry - Scholarships in Manufacturing.
This year's program will commence in April 2010 and run through until November 2010. Scholarship recipients will be involved in a number of activities (approximately one a month) which will enable them to:
- Meet other young people who have pursued a career in manufacturing
- Participate in leadership activities
- Develop presentation and communication skills
- Visit industry sites
- Shadow mentors in industry whilst doing a week’s work experience
- Explore university and/or TAFE options
- Participate in award presentations
There will be approximately 20 scholarships of $250 each. The scholarships will be held in trust by schools and used to support the recipient's education and/or training endeavours in 2011.
If you are interested in applying for one of these Scholarships, please talk to your Careers Teacher at your school for more information.
Applications are due Friday 19th March 2010.
To download an information sheet and application form please click on the 'Forms' tab above or here - Download AFLOI Application
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Manufacturing Geelong DVD
Every day, you benefit from many of the thousands of products that are manufactured, or are made from raw materials produced in Geelong.
From the power and fabrics in your home, food products, plastics and transport components, manufacturing impacts positively on your life by supplying many of the products you use every day.
To make all these products requires engineers, designers, product developers, researchers, process workers, tradespeople and other skilled workers from a diverse range of trades and disciplines.
GRVEC are pleased to be part of the DVD - Manufacturing Geelong, which profiles some of these local advanced manufacturing industries and features young employees discussing their work and job pathway. |
The purpose of the DVD is to give students and teachers information about the local manufacturing sector and to encourage young people to consider the career options available in it. There are jobs to suit all kinds of interests -scientific, technical and practical and we hope the DVD will spark the curiosity of students to explore these.
This project was made possible through a collaboration between GRVEC, the Geelong Manufacturing Council and the Gordon TAFE using funds from the Federal Government’s Career Advice Australia program and the Victorian Government’s Regional Development Victoria agency.
We are also very appreciative of the contribution of the following featured employers: |
Alcoa World Alumina
Bob White Electrix
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Deakin University
Downer Engineering
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Godfrey Hirst
Jeff Sykes and Associates
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Kinetic Engineering
LyondellBasell |
Modern Olives
Stonker |
Mentors for our Students
The 2009 'Mentors for our Students’ school based mentoring program involved young people from Years 9-12 in 10 of Geelong’s Secondary Schools. They were matched with recently retired people from careers associated with maths, science and engineering. This program was established to encourage the students to understand the benefits of keeping up with their maths and science subjects and to consider a career in these areas.
The young people and their mentors met on average for 1 hour a week. The meetings involved a focus on careers and activities based around either science, maths or engineering. Here are a few examples of the mentor/mentee partnerships and the activities they worked on whilst developing a friendship and establishing a foundation upon which to discuss career options and the world of work.
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Geelong High School
Mentor: Roger Lamb
Mentees: Matthew Reynolds, Josh Melvin, Tyler Mits
The three students undertook a project involving
a Solar Panel. They investigated the application of
‘reflectors’ to augment the power output. This
involved constructing a suitable ‘set-up’ to enable
the choice of the best available material for the
adjustable reflectors, which were then used in
successive trials on sunny days to log the increase
in output obtained by varying the attitude of the
reflectors.
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North Geelong Secondary College
Mentors: Frank Thompson and Tony Gage
Mentees:
Team 1 - Jason Duong, Brandon Cray, Ronald Salazar
Team 2 - Sandra Gajic, Kaitlyn Richards
Two teams of students at North Geelong Secondary
College competed against each other in a ‘Bridge
Building’ competition. The guidelines were simply, to
construct a bridge from twenty-five 250mm long
bamboo skewers to span 300mm. On completion
the bridges were tested to destruction by placing
a hanger at the centre of the bridge and gradually
increasing the weight. The students are now
planning to participate in the F1-in-schools
program and have begun the initial stages of
planning.
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GRVEC’s Partners
GRVEC works with young people in all senior schools in the region – government, catholic and independent – approximately 200 businesses in a range of industry areas, Registered Training Organisations and the Smart Geelong Region Local Learning & Employment Network, as well as other community partners.
The GRVEC Board is made up of committed people from Alcoa of Australia, Ford Motor Company of Australia, The Committee for Geelong, Karingal, representatives from secondary schools, Gordon Institute of TAFE and the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Alcoa of Australia also provides funding to GRVEC to assist them in their work with young people.
Further information about Alcoa of Australia can be obtained from www.alcoa.com.au |
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