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Structured workplace learning

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Do you need to comply?

Yes, if your school has students undertaking structured workplace learning.

Conditions of compliance

Structured workplace learning is on the job training during which a student is expected to master a set of skills or competencies, related to a course accredited by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA). These courses are generally Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs undertaken by Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) students.

The principles of quality structured workplace learning, as endorsed by MCEETYA, are that quality structured workplace learning is:

• integrated into a program
• structured
• monitored
• regulated
• assessed.

When developing and reviewing structured workplace learning programs as part of the post compulsory curricula for senior students, schools should ensure that the principles for quality delivery of structured workplace learning, as endorsed by MCEETYA, are embedded wherever applicable.

If you have to comply, what do you have to do?

There are many requirements of structured workplace learning with which you must comply. Full details are contained within the Structured Workplace Learning Manual.

Some of the requirements are related to the following:

• The age of students
• Occupational health and safety
• Structured workplace learning arrangement forms
• Privacy legislation
• Public liability insurance
• WorkCover procedures
• Anti-discrimination
• Harassment, bullying and occupational violence in the workplace
• Students with disabilities
• Contact during a program
• Timing a program
• Hours of work
• Length of a program
• Employer supervision
• Assessment
• Payment and taxation
• Interstate placements
• International students

There are also roles and responsibilities for principals, structured workplace learning coordinators, employers, students and parents. These are described in the Structured Workplace Learning Manual.

What are the consequences if you don't comply?

You may be in breach of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.). You may also be putting your students at risk.

Who will help you?

AISV contact:

Peter Roberts
Assistant Director, Management Services
Ph. 03 9825 7211
peter.roberts@ais.vic.edu.au

Other links:

DEECD: Structured Workplace Learning

DEECD: Victorian Government Schools Reference Guide Section 4.9 Employment of students

Submitted 8/18/2006, edited 12/18/2007.

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