Shaping young careers	2/12 Blueridge Drive Dubbo NSW 2830 PO Box 4939 Dubbo EAST NSW 2830	Phone: 02 6885 6144 Fax: 02 6885 6199 Email: reception@wsc.edu.au
	1a Wentworth Street Broken Hill NSW 2880	Phone: 08 8082 5725
	120 Bentinck Street Bathurst NSW 2795	Phone: 02 6332 3656

Wilay Cafe
1 Asset Way Blueridge Estate Dubbo

Work Placement Coordination 2021

Region J and Region K

Please contact your Work Placement Coordinator for information about Work Placement for HSC VET and eVET students.

WSC also offers a variety of work readiness workshops for students. Our Work Readiness Catalog provides an overview of each workshop.

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Work Placement Service Provider	The Be Real Game Online 2021	Creative Kids Provider - Robotics and Coding	Duke of Ed Open Award Centre

Western Student Connections will source work placements from host employer’s and work for schools and EVET providers to match their students with appropriate work placement opportunities. Our target group is students in NSW Schools undertaking HSC VET courses and Board Endorsed Courses within Service Regions J and K. We will: source work placements from host employer’s and work with schools and EVET providers to provide students with appropriate work placement opportunities. consult with schools and EVET providers within Service Regions J and K to ensure they meet work placement requirements for students in each VET course. establish a sustainable relationship with NSW Department of Education (on behalf of the three education sectors and EVET providers) and Work Placement Service Providers in neighbouring service regions. The coordination of work placement is funded by the State of New South Wales through its Department of Education under the Work Placement Coordination Program and in conjunction with schools administered by Catholic Schools NSW and the Association of Independent Schools of NSW	WSC has updated The Be Real Game Australia to an online platform. Students, led by their Facilitator, can engage in online activities over ZOOM or Microsoft Teams. The Be Real Game Online has both a Facilitator Portal and a Student Portal. To access either Portal, please use the drop-down menu above and create a registration as either a Teacher or a Student. The update includes development of all sessions for online delivery and updating content. We have also added extra Roles, Jobs and Situations.	As a Creative Kids Provider with Service NSW, we offer 6-hour workshops for young people aged 6 years to 15 years. Parents can register for the $100 Creative Kids Voucher, so their young person can attend a workshop with us Workshops are available using a variety of robots including Bee-bots, Blue-bots, Ozobots, Sphero, Dash & Dot. Participants can learn to code using Scratch, Ozoblockly and Javascript.	Duke of Ed Open Award Centre Western Student Connections is proud to be a Duke of Ed Open Award Centre for young people residing in the Central West, Orana and Far West regions of New South Wales. The Duke of Ed is the leading structured youth development program for young Australians aged 14 to 25. Participants must learn a new skill, volunteer, improve their physical wellbeing and experience a team adventure in a new environment. Our qualified Award Leaders can help guide Participants through all stages of their Award. Participants discover new passions, make a difference in their community and learn important life skills to become #WorldReady. Register Now

Events

Dubbo AECG

Western Student connections is a proud member of the dubbo AECG. Meetings are held regularly throughout the year.

STEAM Ahead Robotics Workshops

Please book in for Semester 2 2021 as soon as possible so you don't miss out.

Literacy & Numeracy for Work Workshops

Literacy and Numeracy for work workshops continue to be delivered in schools for Year 10, 11 & 12 students. This is a one-day course.

WORK PLACEMENT 2021

Western Student Connectionsis coordinating work placement across Regions J and K under a new contract 2021 - 2024. Included in the contract are work placements for VET and eVET courses including VET Board Endorsed Courses (VETBECs).
2021 Year 12 VET students require one 35-hour placement over the two years 2020 - 2021.
2021 Year 11 students will have work placements as normal.

Work Placement	STEAM Ahead Robotics & Coding	Student Wellbeing	Duke of Edinburgh Award	The Real Game Series	Training
Student Registration go2workplacement Pathways Database - Teacher Login Work Placement Information VET BECs	STEAM Ahead website Robotics & Coding Workshops Service NSW - Creative Kids Creative Kids Workshops	Student Wellbeing and Engagement	Duke of Ed Awards Duke of Edinburgh International Award	The Be Real Game The Be Real Game Online The Play Real Game The Make It Real Game The Real Game The Get Real Game	The Be Real Game Online for Teachers Robotics and Coding for Teachers Robotics and Coding for Students CALM C.A.R.E.Suicide Awareness CALM Suicide Prevention

DISCLAIMER: The content of the Western Student Connections’ web site is provided for information purposes only.
No claim is made as to the accuracy or authenticity of the content of the website. Western Student Connections does not accept any liability to any person for the information or advice (or the use of such information or advice) which is provided on this web site or incorporated into it by reference.
The information on the Western Student Connections’ website is provided on the basis that all persons accessing the site undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.
No liability is accepted for any information or services which may appear in any other format. No responsibility is taken for any information or services which may appear on any linked websites.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The coordination of work placements is funded by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education under the Work Placement Service Provider Program

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Duke of Ed Open Award Centre

Events

Dubbo AECG

STEAM Ahead Robotics Workshops

Literacy & Numeracy for Work Workshops

WORK PLACEMENT 2021