30 Nov 2015
Transition from School to Work can be both confusing and challenging for students. However, the Work Experience, Work-placement, School Based Apprenticeship & Traineeships (Sbats) and Vocational Education & Training (VET) Programs available through WWHS have proven very successful in helping students with their career decisions.
Our school has one of the highest participation rates of students involved in VET and TVET Courses in the Riverina region. The rate of students involved in Sbats is also one of the highest locally. We have students involved in industries such as Hospitality, Retail, Aged Care, Mechanics, Beauty, Engineering and Business Services.
Careers Adviser Neil Pokoney said "Our success in having students participate in these programs reflects the School's approach that we promote all career options here for students and that we are not University centric. Of course the HSC remains very much our focus but we also recognise about forty percent of students who leave school today across NSW aren't interested in a University pathway." he concluded.
This year has been particularly successful for the programs with six students leaving school to commence employment as a Trainee or Apprentice in their chosen field. A lot of the school's success depends on the very good partnership it has with the Business sector. Students can access Work Experience all year round and this is often a key step in their decision making process.