Work Experience at Wyndham

Wyndham City receives many requests for work experience.  It is not always possible to place all students who request a placement due to the high number of requests, the work load of departments, the availability of a staff member to supervise the student, or the availability of work space. Wyndham City endeavours to place as many students as it can.

 

A work experience placement will be organised for secondary students only.  If you are not a secondary student please see ‘Other Work and Volunteer Placements" below. Students must either live or go to school within the municipality of Wyndham to be eligible.

 

How to organise a placement

The Wyndham City Human Resources Team will email the Careers Coordinator at each Secondary School within the municipality with the number and type of placements available.

Wyndham City does not have specific areas for work experience.  Some of the most common requests received by Wyndham are:

 

Library Placements

 

Wyndham City currently operates 3 libraries throughout the municipality.  Requests for placements at the libraries are high and places are limited.

 

Kindergarten Placements

 

Wyndham City currently has seventeen kindergartens throughout the municipality and requests for placements are high.  Opening times for kindergartens vary as all kindergartens are not open five days per week.  A single one week placement is preferred as Wyndham would like to give as many students as possible the opportunity of a placement. 

 

Child Care

Wyndham operates one Occasional Child Care Centre and work experience placements are limited. All other Child Care Centres are privately run and enquiries are to be directed to those centres individually.

 

Other areas of Wyndham that students may be interested in are:

• Parks and Gardens
• Engineering
• Town Planning
• Environmental Services
• Administration (places are limited) 

All work experience enquires are to be directed to the relevant Careers Coordinator at each school. HR will liaise directly with the Careers Coordinators to advice the number of opportunities.

  

Other Work and Volunteer Placements

Vacation, VET or VCAL Students

 

Where students need to complete a set amount of hours ranging from a few hours per week, one day per month or a one week block as part of the school curriculum, these requests are to be directed to the relevant department by contacting 9742 0777.

 

Tertiary students requiring course related placements eg: kindergarten will be placed according to the requirements of the diploma/degree.

 

Volunteers

 

Wyndham has a Volunteer programme. Volunteer placements are not accepted for people who are looking for experience in the hope of getting a job, but for members of the community who want to volunteer on an ongoing basis. For enquiries please contact the Volunteer Development Officer on 9742 0777 or visit Volunteers & Volunteering.

 

Duke of Edinburgh Award Placements

 

Wyndham does not organise these placements, although a list of community organisations that participants may approach for volunteer placements is available from Wyndham’s Volunteer Development Officer or this list can be found on our website. For further information visit the Duke of Edinburgh website.