Work Experience
Work Experience, Vocational Placement and Work Integrated Learning
Our work experience, vocational placement & work integrated learning program is a great way for students to explore career options and gain valuable on-the-job experience in their chosen profession under the supervision of a local government professional.
Placement availability depends on the organisation’s capacity to provide a supervised, effective low-risk on-the-job experience. While we try to accommodate as many students as possible, we cannot guarantee that applicants will be placed.
All placements are unpaid.
To be eligible students must be:
- at least 15 years of age.
- enrolled in a secondary school, vocation education and training, or university studies that have a placement requirement.
- able to provide a formal work experience/placement agreement and copies of current liability and worker's compensation/personal accident insurance.
Placements duration:
- up to 1 week (38 hours) for secondary school students.
- up to 3 weeks (114 hours) for vocational education and training/university students.
Placements may be for a consecutive period or on a regular work pattern (e.g. Monday to Friday or every Wednesday). More than the above hours may be considered upon request.
Placement Opportunities
Council has a diverse range of work experience, vocational placement & work integrated learning opportunities including:
- Administration
- Art gallery
- Business
- Civil construction
- Customer service
- Diesel fitting
- Environmental health
- Environmental planning
- Event management
- Finance
- Human resources
- Information technology
- Libraries
- Marketing and communications
- Parks and gardens
- Urban and town planning
- Water and wastewater
- Workplace health and safety
Responsibilities
Some roles have special requirements such as a General Construction Induction (White Card), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and Working with Children Check (Blue Card). It is the student’s responsibility to provide all requested special requirements.
How to apply
Please complete the below application form for consideration. Alternatively, general enquiries can be directed to organisationaldevelopment@gympie.qld.gov.au.