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Year 10 students from Mernda Central College will undertake a 5-day work placement program from Monday 17 to Friday 21 June.

-Placements will comprise of 2 days with an employer and 2 ½ days at the Whittlesea Tech School (WTS) with ½ day presentation at the WTS for business reps.

The goal of this program is to provide students with a work placement experience that:

challenges them to apply the process of Design Thinking, by identifying gaps, issues or opportunities that exist in their employer workplace to address and find suitable solutions for.

provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate key employability skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, initiative and enterprise, communication, teamwork, planning and organising

Skills You Might Learn

Work Experience program outline and expectations:

Source a range of workplaces as options for the students to choose from with students attending the workplace in small groups (of 2-5 students) for 2 days as part of a 5 day program.

Businesses will be asked to consider possible challenges, problems or opportunities that could be meaningful for students to consider. These could be big topics (eg. we want to target a new customer segment) or small topics (eg. the plaque on the reception desk keeps falling over!). If possible, tasks could be related to a clean energy solution for the business.

Students will have been given strategies, skills and resources during day 1 of their program to assist them with their placement.

Day 2 &3, students will attend the workplace for 2 consecutive days and will need to have an escorted tour and be introduced to employees appropriate to the task they have been set. (This task can be discussed with staff at HWLLEN and Whittlesea Tech School prior to the work experience week to enable us to support the students throughout).

Students will spend Day 4 and 5 of the program at the Whittlesea Tech School to work on their ideas and prototypes in response to the task set.

Representatives from the workplaces are invited during the afternoon of Day 5 for the students to deliver their pitch and project presentations.

Typical Tasks & Duties

Businesses will be asked to consider possible challenges, problems or opportunities that could be meaningful for students to consider. These could be big topics (eg. we want to target a new customer segment) or small topics (eg. the plaque on the reception desk keeps falling over!). If possible, tasks could be related to a clean energy solution for the business.

Students will have been given strategies, skills and resources during day 1 of their program to assist them with their placement.

Day 2 &3, students will attend the workplace for 2 consecutive days and will need to have an escorted tour and be introduced to employees appropriate to the task they have been set. (This task can be discussed with staff at HWLLEN and Whittlesea Tech School prior to the work experience week to enable us to support the students throughout).

Students will spend Day 4 and 5 of the program at the Whittlesea Tech School to work on their ideas and prototypes in response to the task set.

Representatives from the workplaces are invited during the afternoon of Day 5 for the students to deliver their pitch and project presentations.

Student Requirements

Work Experience program outline and expectations:

Students will have been given strategies, skills and resources during day 1 of their program to assist them with their placement.

On days 2 and 3, students will attend the workplace for two consecutive days, needing an escorted tour and being introduced to employees appropriate to the task they have been set. (This task can be discussed with staff at HWLLEN and Whittlesea Tech School prior to the work experience week to enable us to support the students throughout.)

Students will spend Day 4 and 5 of the program at the Whittlesea Tech School to work on their ideas and prototypes in response to the task set.

Representatives from the workplaces are invited during the afternoon of Day 5 for the students to deliver their pitch and project presentations.

Dress Requirements

smart casual

Special Transport Requirements

please discuss with your teacher