Industry Placements & Work Experience Work placement overview

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Real life work placements opportunities

Work placements are a brilliant opportunity for young people to get a feel of what the world of work is truly like. There are opportunities for different types of placements to suit the needs of your business.

It's a fantastic way to increase your recruitment pool while helping your local community and building a positive relationship with the college. There are two main types of work placement: work experience and industry placement. Placements should be relevant to the learner's area of study.

Work experience

Planned duration is 10-40 hours
Health & Safety checks will need to be completed before placement starts and a start date agreed with the student
The work experience role is to help out in the workplace
On completion you would need to verify the hours

Offer work experience

Industry placements

Planned duration is 315+ hours
Health & Safety checks will need to be completed before placement starts
An agreement between the college and employer will be signed prior to the start date. Stating tasks and expected behaviours
The role is to be part of a team
There may be up to 3 progress reviews throughout the placement

Offer industry placements

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