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Work Experience & Industry Placements
The college is committed to supporting its local community and its businesses; work experience and industry placements can help fill skills gaps in the short term while allowing you to see how potential employees suit your organisation’s culture.
In addition, it provides young people who are studying a technical qualification with practical experience directly related to their course, helping prepare them for the world of work.
Employers can get involved by supporting in a number of ways:
Work Experience
Industry Placements
Guest Speakers
Work Experience
As a college, we are dedicated to supporting our students in developing the confidence and skills they require for their future careers, which we achieve with the support of employers. First-hand experience of the workplace is vital to a student’s training and development, and we hope you will be able to support our work experience programme, enabling our students to achieve their qualifications.
How can work experience benefit your business?
- Gain fresh insights into your work practices, especially in areas like new technology and social media where young people excel.
- Build supervisory, mentoring, and management skills within your team.
- Trial a potential candidate for future full-time employment or apprenticeship opportunities.
- Boost your business’s reputation in the local community and enhance your public profile.
- Promote diversity in your workforce.
- Assist staff with ongoing or incomplete projects.
Industry Placements
What is an industry placement?Â
An industry placement is a key component of a T Level course – a new qualification for 16-19-year-olds designed in collaboration with employers. T Level students spend 80% of their course time in the classroom, gaining the skills employers require. Unlike traditional work experience, industry placements offer a longer, more structured opportunity for young people to develop real-world skills and make a meaningful contribution to your organisation. Each placement lasts a minimum of 315 hours (approximately 45 days).
How can an industry placement benefit your business?
Immediate benefits
- Enhance staff mentoring and management skills
- Strengthen your recruitment pipeline
- Foster workforce diversity by offering opportunities to youth from various backgrounds
- Introduce fresh, innovative ideas
- Build collaborations with local training providers
- Partner with other employers to split a single industry placement (minimum 315 hours) across two businesses.
Long-term benefits
- Inspire the next generation to join your industry
- Address current and future skills shortages by developing a skilled workforce
- Strengthen your recruitment pipeline and boost diversity
- Enhance social value: social inclusion creates business opportunities and strengthens your community reputation
Guest Speakers
Becoming a guest speaker is a great way to promote your profession, your company and yourself as a professional person. You can inspire the next generation and network with some potential future recruits, contact the college to find out more:
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Frequently Asked Questions
There are a few things which you will need to commit to, which include:
- Providing at least 45 days’ work placement.
- Agreeing a work plan with Inspire Education Group and the student. These will include relevant learning objectives that are linked to the sector and the student’s area of study.
- Provide an induction for the student.
- Making sure the working environment is safe and allow the student to develop their practical skills in a safe way.
- Having a dedicated member of staff to mentor and supervise the student, monitoring progress against objectives mutually agreed, confirmation of hours attended and provide feedback at the end of the placement.
There are a few things which you will need to commit to, which include:
- Providing a week’s work placement (5 days).
- Agreeing a job description with Inspire Education Group and the student.Â
- Provide an induction for the student.
- Making sure the working environment is safe and allow the student to develop their employability/practical skills in a safe way.
- Having a dedicated member of staff to mentor and supervise the student, providing feedback and hours confirmation at the end of the placement.
Students on industry placements bring with them enthusiasm, good subject knowledge and skills to support your business.
- Flexibility: take placement students to fit your business needs. Placements can be one or two days a week through the year; one or two weeks at a time; a month at a time, or longer.
- Develop staff management and supervisory skills: supervising or managing placement students can help to develop your employees’ leadership skills, boosting job satisfaction and retention.
- Foster future talent: get to know students and identify talented individuals who you may wish to offer employment to in the future.
- Extra help at no cost: industrial placement students carry out real work while developing their skills and knowledge.
- Boost your company’s reputation: people completing placements with you talk to their friends and family, and mention their experiences on social media.
We are looking for employers to provide industrial placements in the following sectors and roles:
- Nursing
- Health & Social Care
- Child development and well being
- Animal Care & veterinary science
- Engineering
- Manufacturing technologies
- Building & construction
- ICT practitioners
- Hospitality & catering
- Hairdressing & beauty
- Crafts, creative arts & design
- Media & communication
- Publishing and information services
- Business administration
- Accounting
We will support you at every stage of the process, from making sure that students are ready to go on a placement, to checking in with you to see how students are progressing, making sure you have everything necessary in place for the student. Â
The placement is part of a young person’s Study Programme, so there is no requirement to pay them. However, employers can optionally pay students or support with costs if you wish.
The college support students with costs of transport/clothing to attend industry placements. The college will also fund a DBS/CSCS card to allow students to access placements.
It’s simple to become an industrial placement employer. All you need to do is contact us:
Peterborough – work.experience.pbo@ieg.ac.uk or call 01733 863080
Stamford – work.experience.smd@ieg.ac.uk or call 01780 484362