Overwhelming evidence and experience shows young people can enhance both their learning outcomes and their opportunities for achieving employment at the end of their education if they have participated in a quality work experience placement whilst still at school.

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The Structured Workplace Learning Program’s purpose is to provide schools and students with advice and resources to achieve work experience through the Co-coordinator’s efforts in matching young people to the opportunities that local employers provide.

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Quality work experience such as School based Apprenticeships, ensure that the participating student undertakes a vocational education qualification that can count towards a VCE/VCAL score.

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The Objectives of the Structures Workplace Learning (SWL) Program are to:

• Increase the numbers of young people undertaking SWL and School Based Apprenticeships/Training (SBAT) work placement in relevant places of employment, with emphasis on industries that provide strong vocational outcomes

• Increase the alignment between vocational education and training (VET) provision and local industry needs

 

The Program will contribute to:

• Improving opportunities for all young people to undertake workplace learning placements

• Improving the quality of VCAL and VETiS programs through increased opportunities for young people to undertake SWL and be assessed in work-based contexts

• Developing a ‘bank’ of ongoing workplace learning placements

• Improving the match between VET provision and effective student learning pathways

• Promoting workplace learning to industry by improving industry understanding of the benefits to them

 

GET INVOLVED!

NE Tracks LLEN’s Structured Workplace Co-ordinator can be contacted by school staff, parents, students and employers to register an interest in quality work experience.

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