Background
Westvic Staffing Solutions has recently won a tender to deliver the Workplace Learning Coordinators Program (WLCP) in the Glenelg Southern Grampians Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) Region. The Workplace Learning Coordinators Program is a Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood (DEECD) initiative and is in response to the Commonwealth Government’s National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions. This summary is provided to give an overview of the program and the service that Westvic Staffing Solutions will offer to stakeholders.
Objectives
The objectives of the Workplace Learning Coordinators Program are to:
· increase the numbers of young people undertaking workplace learning placements in places of employment, especially in industries that provide strong vocational outcomes for students;
· increase the alignment between vocational education and training (VET) provision and local industry needs; and
· increase the number of Koorie young people undertaking workplace learning placements.
Workplace Learning placements include Work Experience placements (WE), Structured Workplace Learning placements (SWL) and School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs)
Improvements
The Program will contribute to:
· improving opportunities for all young people to undertake workplace learning placements;
· improving the quality of VET In Schools (VETIS) programs through increased opportunities for young people to undertake Structured Work Place Learning (SWL) and be assessed in work based contexts;
· developing a ‘bank’ of ongoing workplace learning placements;
· improving the match between Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and VET provision and building effective student learning pathways;
· promoting workplace learning to industry by improving industry understanding of the benefits to them; and
· improving opportunities for Koorie young people to undertake workplace learning placements by linking with existing targeted initiatives such as the Australian Employment Covenant.
The Program will identify, facilitate and coordinate workplace learning placements for young people aged between 15 and 19 years. The program will not involve working with individual students. Student workplace learning preparation, mentoring and competency assessment coordination will be the responsibility of the education or training provider.
Click here to download Westvic's WLCP brief for GSGLLEN region stakeholders.
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