YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Weston College can provide work experience opportunities for the secondary schools in Weston to provide them with a taste of the working world.
A work placement with us will:
- Provide you with real experience of the working world
- Help you clarify your career goals and aspirations
- Improve your employability skills
If you have any questions, please contact the team on: Wex.enquiries@weston.ac.uk.
PLEASE NOTE
- Due to limited capacities, we can currently only offer this to the main schools within Weston.
- All placements are offered in line with health and safety guidelines.
- We work alongside the schools to accommodate their students during their specific weeks of work experience.
Uniform Protective Services
Get a valuable insight into Protective Service work as you spend an exhilarating week with the staff and students.
Daily experiences will include:
- Fitness Sessions
- Navigation Training
- Emergency Service and Military Knowledge Development
- Expedition Planning
Music
Spend the week working with our Music technicians at the Loxton campus to assist with all the duties associated with running busy studios in our Creative Arts Careers Excellence Hub.
Duties could include:
- Practical jobs such as getting classrooms ready and preparing for shows and exhibitions
- Help with general admin in the technician’s office
- Supporting with set up of studio equipment and bookings
- Supporting with the general upkeep and maintenance of equipment
Sixth Form – Humanities
Spend your week with a busy A level department. You will be assigned to a range of subject tutors and will gain an insight in to teaching post 16.
Practical tasks could include the preparation of teaching and learning materials. You could become involved with helping at subject level or be engaged in activities across a range of subjects.
In the arts subjects you could help with the preparation of practical sessions and learn about the range of skills that out students need to develop.
In humanities you will be placed across a range of subjects to get experience of different teaching styles, learning to understand how wedevelop the academic skills in our learners.
We could also offer a placement in our administration office for those interested in business admin and clerical roles.
Performing & Production Arts
Spend your week shadowing tutors and technicians in the Performing and Production Arts department of our Creative Arts Careers Excellence Hub.
Duties could include:
- Depending on the dates of your placement, you could be helping to prep for the next upcoming project or show, either a musical or a drama piece.
- Get involved both on stage and behind the scenes
- The general running of the day to day departmental activities down our famous Performing Arts wing.
- Assisting in the delivery of practical workshops
Library Plus
Spend a week with the library team to gain an understanding of how our learning centres support the students and staff at Weston College.
Duties could include:
- Working on the welcome desk to help students and staff to find resources
- Helping with printing, photocopying, and using technology
- Cataloguing and shelving of library stock
- Editing our library catalogue & SharePoint site, and creation of display posters and handouts
Hair and Beauty
Spend your week working within our busy Hair & Beauty Centre, home to our Hair & Beauty Careers Excellence Hub and gain insight into the industry.
Practical duties could include:
- Getting salons and service ready and preparing for service
- Help with general admin in the technician’s office
- Working on the reception area welcoming and serving customers
- You will learn about the Hair and Beauty career options and the industry standards.
Location: Knightstone Campus
Related Course webpages:
Beauty & Complementary Therapies | Weston College
Hair & Barbering | Weston College
Engineering
Spend the week working across our Engineering faculty. You will work alongside the technical staff in Welding, Fabrication, CNC, Machine Shop, and our variety of labs to assist with all the duties associated with running a busy workshop in those areas.
Duties could include:
- Repairing and maintaining machines & equipment
- Creating practical demonstration pieces for lecturers
- Stock control
- Contributing to the décor and repair of the workshop environments and replenishing personal protective equipment
- Produce engineering reports on practical work
- Produce a log of activities covered throughout the week.
TIMETABLE
| School Name | Dates for Work Experience | Last day to apply |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Price Academy | 10th - 14th March 2025 | 10th February 2025 |
| Priory Community School | 6th - 9th May 2025 | 8th April 2025 |
| The King Alfreds School | 24th - 28th March 2025 | 24th Febuary 2025 |
| Broakoak Academy | 12th - 16th May 2025 | 14th April 2025 |
| Westhaven School | 16th - 20th June 2025 | 19th May 2025 |
| Worle Community School | 23rd - 27th June 2025 | 26th May 2025 |
