GRVEC Geelong Regional Vocational Education Council Inc

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GRVECGeelong Regional Vocational Education
Council Inc

• Placement Web Portal
• User Guide
• www.grvec.org.au

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Introduction

• The Introduction home page gives you a brief
  overview of the steps involved in obtaining a
  work placement on GRVECs Placement Web Portal.
• Please read the steps carefully and click on Get
  Started! to begin.
• Please note that if you are looking for
  placements from home, you cannot complete the
  last step which is the application form. Only a
  registered teacher can submit the form for you.
• Students have read-only access to all
  placements.

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Find Your Opportunity

• Search page
• 1. Choose the type of placement you are looking
  for
• 2. Use the drop down box to pick an industry you
  are interested in
• 3. Make sure you list when you are able to go out
  on work placement
• 4. Select which suburbs you can travel to for
  your work placement
• 5. Hit Search

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Find Your Opportunity(example 1)
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• Here is an example for you
• This student is looking for a VCAL placement (1)
• He/she is wanting to do an Administration
  placement (2)
• He/she is available on a Friday to work (3)
• He/she can travel to the central Geelong area
  only (4)

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Find Your Opportunity(example 2)
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• This student is looking for a VCAL placement (1)
• He/she is open to any industry (2). By selecting
  this option all jobs on the portal will come up
  that meet your other search requirements
• He/she is available to do a work placement on a
  Thur or Fri (3). The search will only bring up
  placements that have listed they can take a
  student on a Thur or Fri.
• He/she has selected all postcodes (4). The
  search will look at all suburbs in Geelong.

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Find Your Opportunity(example 3)
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• Example
• This student is looking for a VCAL placement (1)
• He/she is open to any industry (2). By selecting
  this option all jobs on the portal will come up
  that meet your other search requirements
• He/she is available to do a work placement any
  time (3). The search will bring up every
  placement available (one-day a week and week
  blocks)
• He/she has selected the postcodes 3218 3220
  (4). The search will look for any placements in
  those two postcode areas only.

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Opportunities That Might Interest You

• The results from the example 1 search.
• This page will list all the opportunities that
  match your criteria.
• Click on the job title to see more information
  regarding that particular opportunity.
• If none of the jobs appeal to you, hit the Go
  back button to start another search.
• You may want to expand your search criteria to
  see what else comes up

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Opportunity Details
Friday placement

• Once you click on to a job title from the
  interest list, you will be given further details
  on that particular opportunity
• Job Title
• Suburb
• Availability (day of the week, week block, time
  of year and how many days the job is for)
• Duties
• Requirements
• A description of the employer
• Opportunity id
• From this screen you can click on the Apply for
  this opportunity button to bring up the
  application form.
• If you are viewing this job away from school
  and would like to apply for the position, please
  note down the id number so you can refer to it
  when you are back at school

Week block placement
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Find Your Opportunity(using id )

• To go back and look at a position that you are
  interested in applying for, simply enter the
  opportunity id number.
• This will bring up the Opportunity Details page
  of the position without having to conduct another
  search.
• If you and your teacher feel this placement suits
  your needs, you can then go on to apply for it.
• Remember, only teachers can submit the
  application form for you.

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Opportunities That Might Interest You(using id)

• By putting in the Opportunity id number of
  11877 on the search page, you will go directly
  to the opportunities page for that particular
  placement.
• From here you can click on the job to find out
  further information and apply for the position if
  it is suitable.

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Application Form

• To apply for a placement you must complete the
  online application form.
• This form is reached through the Opportunity
  Details screen, where you have viewed the actual
  details of the job you are interested in.
• Please note, only registered teachers with GRVEC
  are able to submit the form once you have filled
  it out.
• You are required to answer all questions and to
  read the information on the form.
• Teachers, please feel free to provide additional
  information on the student that might assist us
  in securing the placement.

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Application Form(example)

• Here is an example of the online form fully
  completed and ready to be submitted by the
  teacher.
• TIP Always check that the position named at the
  top of the page is actually the position you
  would like to apply for.

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Thanks For Applying

• Once an application has been submitted a summary
  screen will appear.
• We recommend you print a copy of this screen for
  your records.

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What happens next

• GRVEC
• receives the application form
• contacts the employer that the placement is
  linked to
• checks if the employer is still able to proceed
  with the placement (we will contact the school if
  the placement is no longer available, so you can
  search again for a new placement)
• emails the teacher/school the employers contact
  details once the placement is confirmed
• emails the employer all of your school/student
  details

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Contact Details

• Contact Deb Gee at GRVEC for further information
• Phone [phone]
• Email info_at_grvec.org.au
• Website www.grvec.org.au
• Fax [phone]
• Postal Suite 4, 265 Pakington St, Newtown