Workplace Learning Coordinators Program

The Workplace Learning Coordinators Program is a Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) initiative and sits within one of four elements of the  National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions  which was agreed upon at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting of  July 2nd 2009 The Partnership aims to increase participation of young people in education and training, increase attainment levels, and improve successful transitions from school.

The Outer Eastern LLEN will be delivering the program across the three local government areas of Maroondah, Knox and Yarra Ranges.

The objectives of the Workplace Learning Coordinators Program are to:

  • increase the numbers of young people undertaking workplace learning placements in places of employment, especially in industries that provide strong vocational outcomes for students;
  • increase the alignment between vocational education and training (VET) provision and local industry needs; and
  • increase the number of Koorie young people undertaking workplace learning placements.

The Program will identify, facilitate and coordinate workplace learning placements in Structured Workplace Learning (SWL), School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships and work experience for young people aged between 15 and 19 years.

The Program will contribute to:

  • improving opportunities for all young people to undertake workplace learning placements;
  • improving the quality of Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and VETiS programs through increased opportunities for  students to participate in Structured Workplace Learning and be assessed in work based contexts;
  • developing a ‘bank’ of ongoing workplace learning placements;
  • improving the match between VET provision, effective student learning pathways, use of trade training facilities and work placements;
  • promoting workplace learning to industry by improving industry understanding of the benefits to them; and
  • improving opportunities for Koorie young people to undertake workplace learning placements by linking with existing targeted initiatives such as the Australian Employment Covenant.