Career Development News

Congratulations:  Michael Loughhead – Year 12 Class of 2017

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Chris and Lynn – Michael’s parents, Michael, Peter Coy – owner of the Salt Creek Wind Farm & Maddie Toogood.

Following his completion of his VCE in 2017, Michael completed a traineeship with Warrnambool College as a mathematics class tutor last year.  He also applied for and was successful in being awarded the inaugural Salt Creek Accommodation Scholarship.

This scholarship was set up by the Coy Family who run a merino stud at Salt Creek, five kilometres south of Woorndoo.  The family have diversified their property and have installed a number of wind turbines and Peter Coy wanted to give back the royalties from 1 turbine to assist young people from the district to realize their dream to be able to attend university without the pressure of worrying about the cost of university residences.  This is a very substantial Scholarship and it will help Michael and his parents help him through to the end of his degree in Engineering (mechanical) at Deakin in Geelong.

Students from Western Victoria were asked to apply and of the 26 who did, Michael was successful from a very high cohort of students.

Warrnambool College – Year 10 Work Experience Dates:

Work Experience Forms are being distributed by the Year 10 Humanities Teachers and need to be returned to your Humanities Teacher by the due date.  These forms will consist of the “Official Departmental Permission Form” and a Form outlining the students Work Experience Preferences (3 Job Preferences are required).

Students can choose to do Work Experience in Warrnambool from the list of positions provided in the Work Experience Booklet – handed out with the forms.

Note:  Work Experience is just that - an “Experience of Work.”  It is not meant to be job training.  Many employment positions – especially professions do not allow students to undertake work experience at Year 10 due to the sensitivity of the position or the maturity of Year 10 students.  Many students therefore choose positions that might help them to find a part-time employment position.

Students are also required to complete an on-line, Occupational Health & Safety Program before being allowed to undertake Work Experience. 

Students from Year 11 & 12 may undertake Work Experience during normal Holiday breaks.  All Work Experience enquiries should be directed to Mr Bollard. 

2019  Work Experience Dates are as follows:

Peter Bollard

Careers Practitioner - Contact: 55 644 406