WORK EXPERIENCE

Knutsford Academy

15-19th July 2019

Mploy Solutions

Coordinate thousands of work placements every year

Check every placement to ensure suitability

Provide all necessary documents

Ensure learners receive an Induction on first day

Aim: learners get the most out of each placement

Why have a Work Experience Placement?

Meet new people

Build upon existing and learn

new skills

Saturday, part-time, summer jobs or Apprenticeships

Use for CV’s, job applications,

interviews and references

Process

Learner Registration

Specialist Placement Management Software

Job Book Placements

Apply learning to practical situations

Preferences – Vocational areas of interest & geographical areas

(Registration)

Do you already know where you would like your placement?

– Self Placements

Process – Self Placement

Process – Self Placement

Process – Self Placement

Process

Employer engagement

Search & review available placements

Allocated/matched to a placement

All placements are visited by H&S Assessor to check their suitability

Ensure the correct insurance in place – Employers Liability Insurance

Other considerations - travel/costs – investigate your placement and let

us know if there are any problems ….ASAP!

Process

You can log in to your account at any time

Once you are allocated to a placement:

You must make contact with your employer before starting your placement!

Important to stick to any dates and deadlines

you are given!

Preparing – Pre Placement

You will be able to view a full Job Description, but…

Find out exactly where you need to be on the first day & at

what time

First day arrangements (induction) may be slightly

different to the rest of the placement

Make sure you write down and keep any details discussed

with your employer

Put your employer’s contact details in your phone

If you are running late/off sick – you must call

and let them know as well as college

Log Book

Employer Expectations - During

Employers know that you are on Work Experience – they don’t expect you to

know everything, but they do expect certain things…

Legally you are an employee

Wear appropriate clothing/Safety equipment

Introduce yourself to people!

Ask questions & listen – you are there to learn

Show an interest and use initiative

Employers are taking the time to offer you a valuable

experience – be polite, get involved, say thank you!

If at any point you are not happy about something, speak to College/Us!

Expectations - During

Attendance Monitoring

Employers are contacted and your

Attendance recorded

Expect 100% attendance

rate

Think bigger picture – your conduct not only affects you, but also

College and the opportunity for other learners to have placements there

Punctuality

Appointments during your

placement

Start & finish times, breaks & lunch

Considerations – Post

Placement

Send a Thank You email – template in your Log Book

Make sure your Log Book is up to date and completed

If you didn’t ask your employer to complete a reference for you

(Log Book) during your placement, re-contact them and ask if

they will

Access your certificate

Download your completed

Log Book

Account Registration

mploysolutions.co.uk

Learner Log In

Button

Account Registration

Enter your

username &

password

Change your

password

Mploy.workexperiences.co.uk

Account Registration

Click on Profile

Account Registration

Click on Fill in

Your Interests

Follow the instructions

Areas of work

Subject Interests & Hobbies

Account Registration

What you hope to achieve from

your placement and more

generally in the future

Account Registration

Usernames & Passwords

Double barrelled surnames – use LAST name

Await further instructions

Questions?