Workplace Learning

During Weeks 5 and 6 our Year 11s as part of our Workplace Learning Program (WPL) have had work experience placements in many interesting job roles to explore possible career pathways.

Some of these placements included the luxurious Ritz Carlton in their fine dining restaurant, designing and creating props for theme rooms at a premier escape room operator ‘Escape This’ Northbridge, caring for wildlife at Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and construction/welding practice targets for Defence Forces SAS soldiers. This is just a few of the 60 work experience placements for this semester.

I would like to thank all those businesses for accommodating our students and allowing them to develop their work skills and gain extremely valuable experiences in our local community, especially in our local hills community. We appreciate your continued support!

Maxine Merchant/Bec Fairbrother
Workplace Learning team

Apprenticeships - Workplace Learning Program

At the conclusion of 2 weeks of  work experience placements for Year 11 students, we are very excited to announce 2 of our students who were exceptional in their placements have now been offered apprenticeships!

• Jed Rovacsek has been offered a Fabrication Apprenticeship with Burgess & Hobbs Welding & Fabrication. The Director of this company (Rory Burgess) is an ex-student who has established a highly successful company in Walliston
• Zach Laidley has been offered an Electrical Apprenticeship with a local hills based Aircon & Refrigeration company, Iceberg Air

Many other students have also been offered casual or Christmas holidays employment, to name a few this includes:

• Tom Brant – Rebel Sport Store
• Blake Manning – Tyrepower Bayswater
• Libby Guy – Escape This
• Tiffany Ramsey – Ally Fashion
• Jackson Criddle – Basketball WA
• Philip Saunderson – Furion Scaffolding

We would like to congratulate these students and also to all the workplace learning students who received valuable insights and experiences and who positively represented our school – well done!!

Looking forward into 2024 – we are pleased to announce that 10 students will be participating in VETDSS courses at either South Metro or North Metro TAFE and another 3 students in external RTO Fee for Service courses at MPA Skills and WA Beauty Academy.

Kalamunda SHS Careers Team