Work Experience

Work Experience and Industry Placements 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 2022/23. 

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.

Why is a placement important?

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

Get in touch

Our Work Experience Team is based in the David Hockney Building.

• [email protected]
• 01274 088943

Navigate

We are now working paperless with our new system Navigate being introduced. Students will receive training on how to use the online system to input their evidence during and after placement.

Navigate is an online platform that functions as a digital CV which can help you to keep track of and monitor the development of your employability, personal and social skills.