Attendance and class requirements

Attendance at preparation lectures and/or tutorials: Students are expected to attend, in their entirety, all briefing and preparation sessions scheduled in the semesters before placements commencing. All sessions are mandatory. These sessions will be scheduled into students’ timetables, and reminder notices will be posted via the learning management system. Failure to attend may result in a student not commencing placement.

Attendance at the placement site: Learning in a professional environment is a key feature of this unit of study. Students will be allocated to a placement site for up to 37.5 hours per week in one of the various blocks throughout the year. Placements are mostly within the Sydney Metropolitan area; however, you should expect to be allocated a placement outside this area (maximum 90 minute travel time, one-way). You will be required to work a variety of hours during your placement, depending on the site. Typically students work Monday to Friday within the hours of 8 am and 5 pm. However, some placements may require unusual work hours, such as early morning, evenings, or weekends. This is to be expected because these types of hours are standard for some sectors of the industry. The total hours of placement will vary depending on the site but will likely be in the range of 140-170 hours.

Students are expected to attend all scheduled placement days and make up any days missed due to leave (sick, religious observance requirements, bereavement or other forms of leave, public holidays, or staff leave). Students normally would not attend placement if their nominated supervisor is taking a rostered day off unless the supervisor has made arrangements for someone else at the site to supervise the student. The timing of make-up days is to be organised by the relevant WIL academic (Dr. Timothy Davies), who will negotiate arrangements with the placement site.