This recorded Navigate training session covers the full work experience placement process, from creating a placement to tracking it live.
What this session covers
- How work experience placements move through the process, from awaiting approval to completion, involving the student, staff member and employer.
- Creating a placement yourself in the Placements module using the learner, employer and placement details tabs.
- Approving a placement and triggering the automated employer email, plus optional parent approval.
- Tracking and managing live placements using the panels and status grids.
- Requesting a placement so students add their own, and how a live placement looks on the student site.
Creating and approving a placement
- Open the Placements module and click Add Placement, then choose Work Experience Placement.
- On the Learner tab, search the student by name or number, then set whether parent approval is required.
- On the Employer tab, search your employer, confirm the manager contact, and choose who receives the emails.
- On the Placement Details tab, add the coordinator, hours, placement type, location type, break and travel times, the text fields and the dates and times, then save.
- Reopen the placement, complete your background and compliance checks, then click Internal Approval. This automatically sends the employer approval email.
- For parent approval, set it to Yes and click Send the parent approval email, or override it manually.
Tracking placements and requesting from students
- Use the panels in the Placements module to review actions, compliance gaps and each status, checking the scheduled, student confirmed and employer confirmed hours columns.
- To request a placement individually, use Search for a Student, open the record, click Request Placement and set a target date.
- To request in bulk, filter your students, select them, click Actions and choose Request Placement.
- Once a student submits their placement, open it from the homepage and begin the approvals process.