
Certificate III in Spoken and Written English
- Program Code: 10729NAT
- Course Duration: 2 days per week over 25 weeks
- Delivery Mode: Face to face training and Virtual Training during Pandemic
- Location #1: GBCA (Latrobe Campus) | 337-339 Latrobe Street, Melbourne City
- Location #2: GBCA (Boxhill Campus) | 10-12 Prospect Street, Box Hill

Course description
Course graduates will have developed routine English language skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing to participate in everyday life, community, employment, and further learning.
Graduates will be able to apply their English language skills and knowledge to demonstrate autonomy and judgement in a range of familiar and some unfamiliar contexts. They will be able to deal with a range of predictable routine and some non-routine situations where they need to use English. They will be able to use English to satisfy their own routine transactional, commercial, social and recreational needs, and will be able to use English functionally at work or in further training, in known and stable contexts.
This course is intended to provide participants with the following general education outcomes:
- English language proficiency at the equivalent of International Second Language Proficiency Ratings (ISLPR®) 3, +, International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 5.5, or Common European Framework (CEFR)B2
- English language proficiency to meet some performance features of Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) 3 indicators.
Entry requirements
There are no set requirements for this course. Students who wish to undertake English courses will sit the Language, Literacy and Numeracy test. GBCA will place a student into the level according to the outcome of the placement test.
Learners entering this course are identified as beginner learners of English language.
The recommended entry point against the ACSF is Level 2.
Assessment methods
A variety of assessment methods will be used throughout the course, including: Observation, Written question and written assignment.
Tuition and non-tuition fees
Please refer to the Fee Schedule – International Students.
Please refer to the Fee Schedule – Domestic students.
Intake dates
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Course structure
Module Code | Module Name |
SWELPE001 | Comprehend and participate in routine formal spoken exchanges |
SWELPE002 | Comprehend and participate in routine informal spoken exchanges |
SWERWT009 | Read and write routine transactional texts |
SWERLN001 | Read and listen to the news |
SWERWT010 | Read and write routine procedural texts |
Government Funding
This course is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding under the Skills First Program. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply for training subsidised through the Skills First Program.
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