WORK EXPERIENCE

On July 1st to July 5th, Year 10 participated in a work experience course. Students were able to pick a field of their choice to gain knowledge on a job that they could pursue in the future. We had students part take in helping out at primary schools, sit in at physio appointments and much more. This was an engaging and eye-opening experience for Year 10 students. We encourage everyone to participate in any kind of work experience course that they are interested in. As it will enable an individual to gain a vision as to how the workforce runs and what expectation they will need to exceed as an employee.  

Oscar Spence

Work experience was very interesting and fun as it taught me about the radio industry and how engaging and complex it is. It's given me a potential career option for when I leave school. 

Charles Holden

Work experience was very enjoyable and valuable as it taught me many new skills and I learnt about the many different ways to get into surveying.

Riley Moore

For work experience I went to Shoalhaven Medical Imaging for the first three days I was working with Ian taking x rays and obgs, this was fun and hands on and I was allowed to take the photo of me. On Thursday I was just watching CT scans and learning about the human body and how they inject steroids to help with pain. On the Friday since my pop delivers the photos I was able to drive around with him and hand them out.

Jasmine Barber

I went to Callala Public School for work experience, it gave me a great opportunity to explore what  I would want to do in my future career. Being in the primary classes gave me the experience of hands-on teaching for the younger children, and allowed me to experience what it would be like to work in that kind of environment full time as a career.

Archie Soper

I went to the ADF, I got the opportunity to go to Albatross and explore the options in the Navy. I learnt about what goes on inside the hangers and got a feel for what it's like inside the Navy. 

Sanuthi Jayasuriya

For my work experience I went to the Shoalhaven Hospital, children's ward. Though this wasn’t my 1st option, I’ve always had an interest and was keen to learn things relating to the medical industry. Working here, I gained the experience on how to interact with patients, how to test certain things and many more. I really did enjoy my time here and it has given me a clear understanding of the kind of career path I would like to take.

Jack Dove

For my work experience, I went to Fins, Fangs and Feathers in Nowra. Working here gave me the experience of working in retail stores and working with animals, learning to maintain the animals and items in the store, I got to clean out reptile cages, feed many animals, maintain animal enclosures, clean glass, dust and make bags of food which will then be sold. This has given me a clear understanding of how many jobs can operate in my future career paths.

Ashton 

At North Nowra Public School I learnt how to deal and manage with younger students and how to put in place strategies to help them learn. I saw growth in becoming comfortable in talking in front of a group of people. I also learnt how to help teach individuals who struggle with learning.

Taj Barrett

In the week of work experience I learned many different physical and hand skills such as how to put a door handle on, how to grout kitchen tiles and many more things. During the week I made different things such as 4 saw stools, a big seat for a lady that goes in her garden and also made a table for the lady that sits in her garden with her bench. 

Georgia

When attending work experience at Kangaroo Valley Primary School, I had an amazing time. All the kids were welcoming, the teachers and staff helped me. I really enjoyed my time there. I made sure I was always helping the teacher and I did whatever the teacher wanted me to do. I helped the kids with their learning, cleaning up after painting, hung their paintings up, read them a book, and more. 

Looking back, I saw growth when I became more comfortable talking to all the teachers and helping all the kids. I knew many of the kids from a local soccer team that I coach. The teacher was a mum of a friend I know, so it was not as scary as I originally thought it was going to be. 

Overall I loved my experience, I had a great time and I would definitely do it again. I made lots of good memories. This has shown me a possible future career becoming a primary school teacher. I got involved in scripture, library and art lessons, and more. 

The Principal also wrote a letter talking about my behaviour and how I helped all the kids and the teachers. 

Addison

Ailo is an Australian based, regulated payments and communications platform designed to help property managers, renters and property investors work better together. As a Customer Support Agent dealing with the company's clients I'm dealing with any issues or questions about the program. I learnt that people who work for this company overcome many issues daily. I saw growth as people would call and be sad but the workers would resolve their problems and in the end they would be happy again.

Mitchell

I learnt several different things from my time at Nowchem, such as how they test their products individually, as well as how they make and ship out the products they produce. While at Nowchem I was taught how to use the UV spectrometer to test the UV levels of different samples, I also found out how to use a Brookfield Viscometer to check the viscosity of various samples. After my time at Nowchem I feel much more certain in my love for chemistry, and wish to pursue it further.

Arianna Johnson

Work experience was absolutely amazing at Craig Family Funerals, I got a chance to see the hard work and dedication that goes into arranging everything, it has opened my eyes to many new careers. I made friends with the wonderful staff and had fun in such a serious field. 

Wade McKenzie

I thoroughly enjoyed my work experience/placement. It gave me a great insight into the DPI industry. It was very well balanced between practical/physical work & office work, and I was greatly interested in everything we were undergoing/doing. The lows of the experience was that due to weather & ocean conditions, we were limited and missed out on doing other experiences/opportunities (e.g going out on the boat, anchoring & diving).

Amelia O'Neill

I didn't really enjoy where I went but now I know that I will not pursue a career in that field. Although I didn't like it that much, I did learn a bit more about food and how a business works. If you stuffed up a recipe it was an expensive fix which was a bit stressful but I was shown how to do it first. The days went fast but it was a lot of work. 

Ruby Kravos-Pigram

I went to Power FM. I learnt how the radio works and I got to go on air. I learned how to create promotional advertisements. 

Isabelle Pepper

I did my work experience at my primary school, Vincentia Public School. It was mostly good, the only bad thing about it was I got sick when the holidays came. I enjoyed my work experience very much.

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