Work Experience & Industry Placements
Work Experience
Work Experience is a period of voluntary work in a sector a student is interested in pursuing after qualifying from college.
The aim of a work placement is to get hands-on experience allowing a student to apply their classroom knowledge practically in the workplace.
- The Work Placements Team engage with over 1500 local business and companies
- 93% of learners rated their satisfaction of work experience as good or above
- 99% of placement opportunities in college were organised by the work experience department
- 90% of L2 and L3 students completed or were scheduled to complete work experience in 2021-2022.
Industry Placements
The Industry Placement programme gives genuine and meaningful “on the job” training where a range of experiences can take place, such as: time keeping, commuting and interacting with colleagues as well as learning new skills from employees who have the knowledge and experience to pass to students. We work with a large variety of placement providers both regionally and nationally.
A placement allows you to:
- Develop soft skills such as teamwork and communication
- Gain confidence
- Develop a future career plan and clarify career goals
- Apply course material to the working world
- Widen knowledge of future career opportunities
- Develop your CV and/or UCAS
- Determine whether (or not!) the career is for you
- Make a good impression on a potential future employer
- Apply your knowledge and skills in a work setting
- Increase skills and competencies which are highly sought after by employers
- Give an insight into the way organisations operate and the challenges they face.
- Help you to understand a particular job or industry
- L2 Early Years – 250 hours
- L3 Year 1 Early Years – 65 days/385 hours
- L3 Year 2 Early Years – 68 days/385 hours
- L2 Health and Social Care – 200 hours
- L3 Year 1 Health and Social Care – 75 hours
- L3 Year 2 Health and Social Care – 200 hours
- Motor Vehicle L2 – 30 hours
- Motor Vehicle L2 Fast Track – 30 hours
- Motor Vehicle L3 – 30 hours
- Hairdressing L2 – 30 hours
- Hairdressing L3 – 30 hours
- UPS L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- Applied Science – 30 hours
- Travel and Tourism L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- Hospitality and Catering L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- L2 Dental Care – 30 hours
- Business L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- IT L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- Construction L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- Sport L2 and L3 – 30 hours
- Engineering L2 and L3 – 30 hours
Companies we work with
