Maximum Number of Students
25
Duration
3 -6 Days 9:30 – 2:30
Curriculum Areas
VM – Work Related Skills
Description
How can you design a future in manufacturing where safety, creativity, and technology work together?
This hands-on program is designed for VCE VM students and explores innovation in advanced manufacturing, digital technologies, and enterprise. Through industry engagement, practical activities, and collaborative design challenges, students gain insights into modern manufacturing while building technical, problem-solving, and employability skills.
Available as a 3–6 day program, VM Work Skills (Manufacturing) immerses students in the manufacturing industry through workplace visits, safety investigations, digital design, automation, prototyping, and product development. Students explore manufacturing processes, quality control, emerging technologies, workplace responsibilities, and entrepreneurship while applying industry-standard tools to design, manufacture, and refine a product solution.
The program explicitly supports Work Related Skills outcomes, including planning and organisation, safe work practices, collaboration, communication, technology use, problem-solving, and the presentation of solutions in authentic workplace contexts. Students complete workplace documentation, develop a prototype, and pitch their ideas to an audience, building confidence and capability in real-world manufacturing environments.
Experience 1: Manufacturing Industry Explorer
Visit local manufacturers and explore technologies, careers, and workplace expectations.
Experience 2: Smart and Safe Workplaces
Use VR and risk assessment tools to investigate workplace safety and the role of AI.
Experience 3: Design, Prototype and Print
Create a product using CAD software, 3D printers, and digital manufacturing tools.
Experience 4: Automation, AI and Digital Manufacturing
Discover how programming, automation, and AI are transforming modern manufacturing.
Experience 5: Future Me
Develop a personal brand and create a product that showcases your future career aspirations.
Experience 6: Pitching with Impact
Present your product and learning journey through a professional industry-style pitch.
Learning Outcomes
Career Paths
Tertiary Options
Before your visit
Yarra Ranges Tech School has pre-work and post-work developed specifically for each program. We suggest reviewing and implementing these resources to enhance your curriculum and support alignment with the Victorian 2.0 curriculum.
Share your resources
Yarra Ranges Tech School recognises the hard work our partner school teachers put into developing resources. If you have materials that link to our programs, we’d love to share them with your peers. Please contact us at YRTSProgrambookings@boxhill.edu.au to submit your resources.
