Work Experience at Lake Mac – University Students
Lake Macquarie City Council provides opportunities for those completing degrees with mandatory placement to explore the workplace and work along trained professionals. These placements are a great opportunity to learn from our staff, gain new skills and on-the-job experience, while exploring possible career opportunities. At Lake Mac, we endeavour to place and support students with their placement, assisting in achieving their professional and educational goals.
APPLYING FOR WORK EXPERIENCE
If you are interested in undertaking work experience with Lake Macquarie City Council and are completing a degree, please submit an application below. As part of your application, you will be asked to include:
- Public liability coverage – the insurance must cover your whole placement with council
- Resume
- Academic Transcript
- What you are hoping to gain from this work placement.
Unfortunately, we are unable to action an application until we have received this information.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
- Students must provide their public liability insurance from the University of Newcastle to undertake a placement.
- Applications for work experience must be made at least 6 weeks prior to the preferred start date for work experience. All requests will be actioned within 48 hours; however, a response may take 14 days from application. If your application is successful, you will be required to undertake a number of online modules, including Code of Conduct, Work Health and Safety and Your Behaviour at Work, prior to the start date.
- Council has a random alcohol and other drugs testing program which applies to all employees, volunteers, work experience students, contractors, sub-contractors, labour hire and agency staff.
- It is important that you identify which department you would like to experience so that we have a clear understanding of your interests and can match you with the most meaningful area at Council for you.
The departments at Lake Mac can be viewedhere.
DISCLAIMER
While we aim to provide all applicants with meaningful work experience in their preferred area where possible, the volume of applications that Council receives means that it may be necessary to decline some applications. All applications will be assessed in terms of timing of the placement, workloads of our employees and the availability of our people in the requested area to mentor and supervise students.
Lake Mac strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, refugees, and people with disability. We understand the skills and attributes veterans can bring to our Council. To find out about options for adjustment within the application process, please click here.
Council has a random alcohol and other drugs testing program which applies to all employees, volunteers, work experience students, contractors, sub-contractors, labour hire and agency staff.
