P-TECH Cyber Solutions

A Joseph Banks Secondary College personalised Cyber Security Pathway.
Secure Your Future: Dive into Cyber Security!

Joseph Banks Secondary College offers a cutting-edge P-TECH Cyber Security pathway, commencing in Year 10.

P-TECH students graduate Year 12 with a Certificate III in Information and Technology (Cyber Security) and step into a booming industry!

Introduced in July 2019, the Northern Perth P-TECH partnership is focused on Cyber Security, one of the fast-growing sectors in Australia employing an estimated 19,500 people and requiring an estimated additional 18,000 workers by 2026 to meet the future skill and job demands. Our P-TECH Cyber Solutions program enables students to develop specific skills and knowledge that will equip them for a STEM related career together with work-ready skills to adapt to an ever-changing work environment. Our P-TECH partnerships enables industry, education and community to collaborate and provide students with industry-supported pathways to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related qualifications and local employment opportunities.

P-TECH Cyber Solutions places students interested in cyber security and digital technologies at the forefront of their Senior Secondary education, alongside a practical connection to industry.

P-TECH Cyber Solutions students gain a first-hand insight into what it is like to be a part of a cyber security professional in Australia’s leading organisations, our P-TECH Partners.

P-TECH Cyber Solutions students develop transferable work capability skills, which lead to a variety of careers across a broad range of industries.

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P-TECH Cyber Solutions Pathway

Year 9

Cyber Security

In Cyber Security you will be introduced to basic cryptography concepts, securing online information, looking at how these concepts and different methods are used in industry today.

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Year 10

P-TECH Cyber Solutions

In this course you will engage in the engineering design process to tackle complex problems in cyber security.

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Year 11 & 12

Certificate III Information and Technology (Cyber Security)

Studied over the course of two years, this qualification aims to aid students in building a career in the vitally important field of Cyber Security. Students will learn the fundamentals of networking security and design, system configuration and hardening, as well as Microsoft server management and protection in a hands-on practical environment.

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