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Defence Work Experience Program
Contact us:
Defence Work Experience Program BP18-3 PO Box 7925 CANBERRA ACT 2610
Head Office [email protected]
Western Australia, Northern Territory & South Australia [email protected]
Victoria & Tasmania [email protected]
Southern NSW & ACT [email protected]
Northern NSW [email protected]
Queensland
Defence provides Australian students the opportunity to experience exciting careers through its work experience program
Defence Work Experience Program
DPSAUG007-14
Defence Work Experience ProgramDefence is offering a wide variety of exciting work experience placement opportunities and is committed to providing a national work experience program designed to:
• Contribute to the development of the skills of young people,
• Provide students with opportunities to develop and gain confidence through meaningful, interactive and informative placements,
• Ease the transition of students into the workplace; and
• Offer a wide variety of interesting career opportunities within Defence.
Who is it for?The Defence Work Experience Program is an inclusive program for all Australian students at a secondary school, university, TAFE or other places of education.
Students participating in Defence work experience placements must be at least 15 years of age at the time of the placement, and Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents.
All reasonable steps will be taken to include any person whose individual circumstances may necessitate special considerations to allow participation.
What’s on offer?There are currently many exciting Defence Work Experience placements on offer around Australia.
To view the placements available in each State, visit our website at: www.defence.gov.au/workexperience and click on the ‘Current Work Experience Placements’ link.
How do I apply? Step 1
Visit www.defence.gov.au/workexperience and locate the ‘Current Work Experience Placements’ link to browse through a number of exciting Defence Work Experience placements on offer.
• Select one Defence Work Experience placement that you would like to participate in and are able to attend.
• To apply for this placement, you’ll need to submit an online application via the ‘Start New Application’ link which can be found on the same page.
• Complete the online application questions and submit your application by clicking the ‘submit now’ button, before the closing date.
• Once you click the ‘submit now’ button, your application will be forwarded for review and consideration. You will also receive an automatically generated confirmation email as soon as you submit your application online.
Step 2
Advise your School Careers Adviser that you have submitted an application to participate in a Defence Work Experience placement.
Step 3
After the closing date and once all applications have been assessed, you will receive an email notifying you whether or not your application has been successful.
Step 4
If your application is successful, you will be required to complete a Work Experience Placement Agreement form which we will email to you and/or your school. The Work Experience Placement Agreement form must be signed by yourself, your parent/guardian; and your school principal/guidance counsellor.
Once you’ve obtained all the signatures you must return the Work Experience Placement Agreement form to the Defence email address provided to you. If the Work Experience Placement Agreement is not returned or signatures are missing, you may not be able to participate in the placement.
Step 5
If your Work Experience Placement Agreement form is completed in full, returned on time and contains all the signatures, Defence will provide approval for you to participate in an exciting Defence Work Experience placement.
You and your school will then be provided a copy of the approved Work Experience Placement Agreement as well as important student information related to attending and participating in your placement.
Where the number of applications for a placement far exceeds the number of placements that we are able to offer, Defence reserves the right to close placement applications earlier than originally stated.
