Information about Work Experience at McCarthy
Currently work experience will be for the following groups of students only:
- students who are leaving school at the end of Year 10 and require work experience to gain full time employment eg work trial with a potential employer
- students who require work experience to assist in choosing an SBAT or TVET options
- other students applications will be considered according to need.
At McCarthy Catholic College work experience is NOT compulsory and there is no time set aside specifically at school for block work experience.
Work experience is offered to students primarily in the following situations:
- students seeking apprenticeships where work experience will help them focus on career options and assist their chances of successfully making the transition from school to work
- students seeking to do university study in areas such as medicine and communications where work experience enhances their prospects in gaining entry to these university courses.
Students intending to do work experience:
- must be at least 14 years old
- are responsible for finding an employer for their work experience and arranging suitable dates with the employer before seeing me to start the paperwork
- are encouraged to do work experience in school holidays. If school time is involved, students are not to miss assessment tasks, exams or any other events the staff regard as having priority.
- need to collect an Application for Work experience form from the door of the Careers Adviser's Office or download it and fill it in. When it is completed then students either see me or email [email protected] to see if the work experience meet the school’s guidelines before the paperwork can be issued.
- must ensure ALL paperwork is satisfactorily completed and returned before the end of the week prior to work experience beginning. This can take a considerable amount of time so allow at least one week getting this completed.
- must realize that work experience cannot go ahead until all the paperwork is done as all parties need to be legally covered ie student, employer, parent/guardian and the school.
- must not accept payment during/for their period of work experience as this has implications for their work experience insurance cover
- understand that we must apply to the CEC NSW for permission if working with animals is involved
- must have completed the WHS General Induction for Construction Work in NSW (White Card) course in person and not online BEFORE doing any work experience requiring access to a construction site which includes houses under construction and carpentry workshops.
To find details of the application process itself, click here!
Mrs.Cox, Careers and VET Support Officer.
Please click here for a PDF copy of the McCarthy Catholic College Work Experience Guidelines.