At Newman Senior High School, students can get a real understanding of jobs of the future through the school-based traineeship program, supported by BHP’s Pilbara Education Partnership.
School-based traineeships allow students to complete vocational courses at school and spend one day a week in a workplace, immersed in real-life experience.
At present, there are 30 Newman Senior High School students from years 11 and 12 studying a school-based traineeship. The traineeships are all future-focused, with students either studying Information, Digital Media and Technology, Automotive Electrical Technology, Automotive Servicing or Business qualifications.
Newman Senior High School Principal Carolyn Cook says “this is a fantastic opportunity for our students. We’re very fortunate to have such amazing support for this program”.
BHP’s Pilbara Education Partnership is currently exploring options to add more school-based traineeship courses geared to the future of work.
The traineeships provide an invaluable opportunity for students to develop employability skills, as well as on the job training towards Australian Quality Training Framework qualifications, which are part of their WA Certificate of Education.
