Vocational placements are all about giving a bright, young person their first professional workplace experience from which they can launch their career. As a host employer, you are required to meet certain criteria to ensure the placement is appropriate and meaningful. This includes involving the student in work related and observational activities relevant to their area of study and providing relevant supervision. Whilst there is no expectation to employ a student beyond the placement, many companies choose to.

Our students are both undergraduates and graduates of Australian Universities who are keen to apply their technical learning in the ‘real world’, get a better understanding of the workplace, and enhance their practical experience.

Interns come with up-to-date knowledge and fresh new ideas which they are excited to apply in a workplace setting. By involving interns in meetings, projects and providing shadowing opportunities relevant to their field of study, you are helping to develop Australia’s future workforce and enhancing our economy. To learn more about intern capabilities, please contact us via hostanintern@gradability.com.au

Absolutely – many of our host employers choose to offer placements to more than one intern at a time. You will need to ensure you have physical capacity for multiple interns and can provide the appropriate amount of supervision, and work related and observational activities relevant to the students’ area of study.

We have worked with over 11,000 host employers across Australia – so our experts are more than happy to guide you through this process and help ensure that the program is as successful as it can be.

The Training Agreement provided to all interns and host employers has a detailed clause around confidentiality which all interns must sign. If you require an intern to sign an additional confidentiality agreement to further protect your business, that’s not a problem.

If you wish to hire the intern after the placement, your company may do so and there is no recruitment or transfer fee payable. The intern will become a regular employee and will need to be paid accordingly.

We are glad you asked! There are lots of things to consider when taking on an intern and it is important to ensure that any placements meet the requirements of the Fair Work Act. All of Gradability’s interns are undertaking formalised training opportunities which are delivered within our RTO quality assurance framework and in alignment with the Fair Work Ombudsman guidelines on vocational placements. Gradability makes connecting with graduates easy. We take special care with identifying and understanding yours and the student’s goals so we can match the right intern to you.