Work experience

A guide to

arranging your

placement

online

Logging on

Open your browser and go to: http://richmond.learnaboutwork.net

Select Student and on the next screen, select your school, then enter your full name and your pin number

Your pin number is your unique password, without it you will not be able to log in.

You should keep your number safe and secret.

Once you have successfully logged in your screen will look like this:

This page will provide you with useful resources to support you in arranging your work experience placement, including:

• Adviceandguidanceonfindingyourownplacement• Ownfindform• CV Template • 10 Top Tips • Letter of application template • How to arrange an interview

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Welcome Kathryn,

Your work experience dates are 08/08/2011 to 19/08/2011

Your school’s work experience coordinator is Jane Doe

You are encouraged to find your own work experience placement in a sector of industry that you are interested in.

If you are unable to find your own placement, don’t worry. This system also allows you to make selections from avariety of work areas and ask REBP to find you a placement.

Click on the search at the top of this page to see the areas on offer. If you choose to ask REBP to select aplacement for you then you must be prepared to accept whichever job you are offered.

By 01/06/2011 you must either have entered details of your own find or made selections on this site.

This site and the resources below will help you to plan and organise your work experience placement

Advice and guidance on finding your own placement

Own find form

CV Template

10 Top Tips

Letter of application template

How to arrange an interview

Download the Webview User Guide for help in using this site

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How to organise a work experience placementOwn Find

Youareencouragedtofindyourownplacementin a sector of industry that you are most interested in.

Click on Own Find in the top menu.

• If you have not already been provided with one byyourschool,downloadtheownfindform

• Check the deadlines in red at the bottom of the page

• Once you have arranged a placement enter as many details as you can onto the page and click the submit button

• Give the completed paper copy of the Own Find form to your work experience coordinator at school.

• The information that you have submitted will be used to arrange your placement

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Ifyouareunabletofindyourownplacement,don’tworry!

The system also allows you to select from a variety of work areas that you are interested in and placement will be arranged for you. However, you must be prepared to accept whichever job you are offered.

From the home page, click on Search and the different categories of jobs will be displayed

The jobs are colour coded:

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Own Find Details

If you have not already done so, please download the own find form, take it to your employer and ask them to complete it.

Once you have a completed form

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Fill in all details below

Hand the own find form to your work experience coordinator

Company name *

First line address *

Second line address

Town *

Postcode *

Telephone *

Email (if possible)

Dates of placement

Type of work being offered *

Contact name *

Supervisor *

The deadline for receiving Own Find information is 01/06/2011 for jobs within the borough of Ricmond-upon-Thamesand 01/04/2011 for jobs outside the borough.

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GreenThere are a lot of placements available in these areas of work.

Amber

Sometimes

there can be

more demand

than the number

of placements

available in these

areas.

RedThere are limited placements available in this area and you are only able to select one option.

To guarantee a placement in a red area or in a category that is not listed here,youwillneedtofindyourownplacement.

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Make Selections

Do not complete this page if you are considering finding your own work experience placement.

You must make at least 3 choices from the job categories below

Click on the symbol or description for more information about each job category

Green Table

There are a good number of work experience opportunities available in ‘green’ job families.

At least one choice must be from this table

Classification Select Classification Select

Administration, Business and Office Catering and Hospitality

Education - Nursery Education - Schools and YouthWork

Hair and Beauty Retail Sales and Customer Service

Amber Table

Employers in ‘amber’ job categories are usually quite willing to offer placements to students, however, demand can begreater than the number of places available.

Classification Select Classification Select

Languages, information and culture Leisure and Sport

Social Care Work

Red Table

You may only select 1 category from the ‘red’ area.

Placements in these types of businesses are limited in number and are often some of the most popular choices.

There may be restrictions on these sectors because of health and safety and confidentiality issues.

You could consider finding your own placement in one of these areas.

Classification Select Classification Select

Animals Armed Forces

Creative and media Environment and Plants

Skilled Trades

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Make Selections

Do not complete this page if you are considering finding your own work experience placement.

You must make at least 3 choices from the job categories below

Click on the symbol or description for more information about each job category

Green Table

There are a good number of work experience opportunities available in ‘green’ job families.

At least one choice must be from this table

Classification Select Classification Select

Administration, Business and Office Catering and Hospitality

Education - Nursery Education - Schools and YouthWork

Hair and Beauty Retail Sales and Customer Service

Amber Table

Employers in ‘amber’ job categories are usually quite willing to offer placements to students, however, demand can begreater than the number of places available.

Classification Select Classification Select

Languages, information and culture Leisure and Sport

Social Care Work

Red Table

You may only select 1 category from the ‘red’ area.

Placements in these types of businesses are limited in number and are often some of the most popular choices.

There may be restrictions on these sectors because of health and safety and confidentiality issues.

You could consider finding your own placement in one of these areas.

Classification Select Classification Select

Animals Armed Forces

Creative and media Environment and Plants

Skilled Trades

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Make Selections

Do not complete this page if you are considering finding your own work experience placement.

You must make at least 3 choices from the job categories below

Click on the symbol or description for more information about each job category

Green Table

There are a good number of work experience opportunities available in ‘green’ job families.

At least one choice must be from this table

Classification Select Classification Select

Administration, Business and Office Catering and Hospitality

Education - Nursery Education - Schools and YouthWork

Hair and Beauty Retail Sales and Customer Service

Amber Table

Employers in ‘amber’ job categories are usually quite willing to offer placements to students, however, demand can begreater than the number of places available.

Classification Select Classification Select

Languages, information and culture Leisure and Sport

Social Care Work

Red Table

You may only select 1 category from the ‘red’ area.

Placements in these types of businesses are limited in number and are often some of the most popular choices.

There may be restrictions on these sectors because of health and safety and confidentiality issues.

You could consider finding your own placement in one of these areas.

Classification Select Classification Select

Animals Armed Forces

Creative and media Environment and Plants

Skilled Trades

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Animals

Possible roles for work experience• Veterinary assistant• Dog groomer• Stablehand• Pet shop sales assistant

Once a placement has been confirmed with a business or organisation, you will be issued with a specific jobdescription for your work experience. This will also include health & safety details and provide you with a riskassessment that will tell you about the hazards in the work place. You must show the job descriptionto your parent/carer before the placement begins.

The following information gives you an insight of what a placement in this area of work might include

Possible tasks

• assisting with the care of the animals • including cleaning out animal quarters• cleaning and disinfection of premises• preparing food for the animals• feeding and watering• observing surgeries and procedures • exercising animals• grooming and bathing animals • assisting with customers• learning about health and safety

You should

• have an interest in animals• be confident to handle animals • be calm and patient when dealing with any animal • have good hand-to-eye co-ordination and attention to detail • have a genuine interest in the care and behaviour of animals • Be able to follow instructions at all times• have good interpersonal and communication skills

Students must have current tetanus vaccination and advise the employer of any known allergies

If you have experience in working with horses you should list this in your hobbies and interest section.

Clothing

• Casual clothing unless told otherwise at interview, you may also need suitable outdoor clothing

Close this screen

Tofindoutmoreabouteachjobareaclickonthename or icon. A new page providing an overview of the type of work that may be involved will appear.

• You must select a three or four categories from the options available.

• When you are happy with your choices click submit • You then need to put them in an order of preference from 1

to 4.

• When you click continue, your selections will become locked and the travel to work page will be displayed (if you have made a mistake, you will need to ask your teacher to unlock your selections)

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You have until 01/02/2012 to make your selections

Job family Choice

Administration, Business and Office 3

Catering and Hospitality 4

Education - Nursery 2

Animals 1

Before you press continue you must ensure you are happy with all of your choices as you will not be able to make furtherchanges once your form has been printed

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If you wish to change your selections click the delete icon

• Select the areas that you are able to travel to for work experience, the more you select, the larger the range of potential jobs will be available to you.

• Enter details of your primary school • Enter any further information that

will help the REBP to arrange you the most suitable placement (max 200 characters)

• Click on Finish. The information that you have submitted will now be usedtofindyouaworkexperienceplacement

That’s it – all done!

REBPPhone: 020 8487 5392 Email: ebp@richmond.gov.ukWeb: www.richmond.gov.uk/rebp

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Work Areas

Please indicate in which areas you would be able to work

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Please indicate any other areas (in addition to the above) that you would be willing to travel to:

How will you be getting to your placement? Tick all that you could use.

Bus Car Train Bike Walk

Which bus routes are near your house?

To support your selections please write a statement explaining your hobbies, interests or future career plans

(Maximum characters: 140) You have characters left.

My primary school was :

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