Work Placement Stories

Jaylon’s Future, Street Sound & Vision
The Inner Melbourne VET Cluster undertook a unique arrangement that would turn out to have great outcomes benefiting an Aboriginal student in the Darebin area and an Aboriginal business in the Whittlesea area. IMVC and Hume Whittlesea WLC’s collaborated together to provide the best possible support to the student and the employer. Read More.....

My VIC Barracks Job
IMVC Workplace Learning Coordinator Program (WLCP) in collaboration with Transfield Services and the National Disability Coordinator Officer (NDCO) Program have successfully completed a five day structured work placement program for a group of six students with disabilities on site at Victoria Barracks Melbourne (VBM). Read More…..

A Career in Hospitality at the Novotel Hotel
The Inner Melbourne VET Cluster (IMVC), in collaboration with the Novotel Glen Waverley and special schools located in the Gateway Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN), have established a workplace learning program in the hospitality industry to raise the aspirations of young people with disability. Participating students from Ashwood School had an opportunity to engage with experienced staff and build skills sets specifically in housekeeping. Read More…..

VCAL student at St Aloysius Certificate II in Hospitality
The Workplace Learning Coordinator Program is a joint initiative of the Australian and State and Territory Governments. The Program identifies, facilitates and coordinates industry specific learning opportunities for young people and connects industry and schools to provide the opportunity for students to experience quality workplace learning. Structured Workplace Learning provides the young person with opportunities to practice the industry specific skills that they have learnt and developed as part of their vocational training. Typically a business would host the young person in the workplace for a week or one day per week over a period of time.
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