Phase 1: Prepare to host a co-op placement
What you need to know before hosting a student placement.
Welcoming a student into your workplace is a chance to create a meaningful learning experience, one that benefits both the student and your team. In this phase you'll find mentor support to start your journey and how-to-guides to recruit a student.
Working in partnership
Discover our collaborative approach to meaningful support student placements.
Preparing your placement
To help you feel confident in the early stages of preparing to host a student placement, we’ve put together a series of short videos with key insights from experienced mentors. You can watch them in any order, when it suits you.
Learn about the roles of industry supervisors, academic supervisors, students, and support services in student placements.
Explore the benefits and opportunities that placements offer to organisations.
Understand how fresh perspectives, cultural agility, and holistic impacts make student placements valuable for industries.
Learn how co-operative placements differentiate students for success and meet their needs for successful careers.
Learn about induction and onboarding programs to prepare for a successful student placement.
Discover how to facilitate individualised support to help students achieve early successes.
Explore strategies for balancing your workload and providing effective support through partnership and strategic planning.
Hear examples of meaningful work undertaken by students during their industry placements.
Recruiting for your placement
How to activate your account, create a new placement opportunity, and upload a PD.
Find out where to view the opportunities you've posted and how to sort and group them.
Discover where to access applications ready for review, how to open and view an application, and how to mark a candidate as approved for an interview or as unsuccessful.
Your supervisor handbook
Download a guide to the key responsibilities involved in hosting a co-operative learning placement.