Industry Placements

By offering an Industry Placement opportunity, you would gain the extra support from a BTC student that is studying a related study programme for either 30 or 315 hours.

There are no upfront costs to hosting a student on a placement. Your business must have Employers Liability Insurance and be able to commit to supervising a student that is on a placement with you. Following successful completion of their Industry Placement, many of our students have progressed into paid work or onto an Apprenticeship programme.

In a survey of over 1000 teenagers carried out by the Career Colleges Trust, more than two thirds (67%) of those asked believe work experience is beneficial for finding employment. By providing a student the opportunity to gain valuable Work Experience you would be helping to improve their employability, a valuable quality in some skilled technical areas that are seeing a drop in the number of suitable candidates coming out of education.

My work experience was really fun and the staff made me feel very welcome. I now have a better understanding of how a dealership is run, and I found out about more than just the repair and mechanical side of things.

How much does it cost?

There are no upfront costs to hosting a student on a placement. Employers must have Employers Liability Insurance and be able to commit to supervising a student that is on a placement with you.

Already working with us? Log into the employer work experience portal here where you’ll be able to confirm the hours that the student has completed within your organisation, so our team can monitor, track and record their hours.

Become a T Level Partner

T Levels are a new qualification that form part of the government’s plan to transform education in the UK. Industry Placements are an integral element to the delivery of the new T Level qualification. Equivalent to Three A Levels, T Levels are delivered over two years, designed to combine on-the-job training with theory-based knowledge in the classroom.

To find out more about the T-Levels and how your business can get involved, click here

Who should I contact to find out more information?

To discuss any aspect of Industry Placement delivery through Bridgwater & Taunton College, please contact the dedicated Work Experience team:

Office number: 01278 441237

Email: business@btc.ac.uk