Special entry access schemes (SEAS)

The Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) is available to VTAC applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage. SEAS allows VTAC selection officers to grant extra consideration for course entry to VTAC applicants but it is not used as a replacement for course entry requirements.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for SEAS you must:

lodge a VTAC application, and
have Australian or New Zealand citizenship or hold a permanent Australian visa.

There are 10 SEAS categories, of which Wodonga TAFE will consider applications under the following:

Category 1: Mature age consideration

For those aged 18 years of age or older on 1 January in the year in which they enrol and who have been out of full-time education for at least one year.

Category 2: Non-English speaking background

Generally applies to applicants who have arrived in Australia within the last 10 years from a non-English speaking country and who have been born outside Australia in a non-English speaking country.

Category 3: Recognition as an Indigenous Australian

For those who:

are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, or
identify as a person of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage, and
are accepted as such by an Indigenous community.

Category 4: Difficult circumstances

For those who have been prevented from reaching their full educational potential because of family or other life circumstances. Applicants to this category will need to indicate whether the circumstances are long term (in existence for longer than two years) or short term (existing only in the past two years).

Category 5: Disadvantaged financial background

For those who have been prevented from reaching their full educational potential because of a disadvantaged financial background. Applicants to this category will need to indicate whether the circumstances are long term (in existence for longer than two years) or short term (existing only in the past two years). Applicants must be in receipt of a Centrelink benefit or be able to demonstrate how their disadvantaged financial background has adversely affected their education.

Category 6: Applicants from rural or isolated areas

For those applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage as a result of either undertaking their schooling in a rural or isolated area (as defined by the Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Areas classification) and/or having to move from such an area to undertake their tertiary course. Applicants to this category will need to indicate whether the circumstances are long term (in existence for longer than two years) or short term (existing only in the past two years).

Category 9: Disability or medical condition

For those who have experienced educational disadvantage as a result of a disability or medical condition. Applicants to this category will need to indicate whether the circumstances are long term (in existence for longer than two years) or short term (existing only in the past two years).

Category 10: Refugee background

For those who currently are, have been, or identify themselves as being refugees. Applicants to this category will need to indicate whether the circumstances are long term (in existence for longer than two years) or short term (existing only in the past two years).

How to apply

You must first register with VTAC (www.vtac.edu.au) and submit a VTAC course application in order to access the SEAS application. Log into MyInfo (using your VTAC ID and PIN) on the VTAC website and click on the SEAS application link.

Information will only be used for the purpose of selecting and making an offer to an applicant and will be treated in accordance with the principles of the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Victoria) and the National Privacy Policy (2000).

Further information about SEAS is available from Learner Services.

Phone 02 6055 6606 | Email courseinfo@wodongatafe.edu.au