Employers needed for Work Experience Placements

The construction department at Barnsley College are always looking for employers that can offer a valuable placement opportunity to our full time students.

 

Work experience has become part of the study programme for all young people attending college full time. It gives them a real insight into what the job they are training to do is like and also prepares them for work in general – timekeeping, presentation, communication, responsibility and hard work.  

We are always looking for new ideas on how to give our students work related experience and find the following to be most beneficial to employers:

-          Two week block - students participate for 2 weeks on dates pre-arranged with the college

-          One day a week – This can help companies who already have apprentices and have to attend college one day a week to complete their technical certificates. You could cover this day with a student on work experience.

-          Apprenticeship trials – if you are thinking of recruiting an apprentice then work experience is a great way to trial students before actually making that commitment to employ them.

If you would like to be involved in supporting young people in construction please contact myself Nicola Barratt on 07824 607 088 or n.barratt@barnsley.ac.uk