Work Placement

Before your placement starts

Placement cannot begin until these are complete and on file. Start them early — some take weeks.

Requirement	What it means
Police check	A current national police check. Most host organisations will not accept a student without one.
Sector screening	Where the sector requires it — for example NDIS worker screening or aged-care screening. Your trainer will tell you which applies.
Immunisation and first aid	Where the host or the unit requires it.
Working with Children Check	Where your placement involves people under 18.
Pre-Placement Clearance Checklist	Completed and signed, confirming everything above is current and filed.

If a clearance expires part-way through your placement, tell us immediately — you cannot continue on
an expired clearance.

How your placement is set up

1. We assess the host — ALIT checks that the workplace can actually give you the experience
   the units require, that your supervisor holds the right qualifications and experience, and that they are
   not supervising more students than they can properly oversee.
2. A written Host Agreement is signed — recording the host, the supervisor, the units your
   placement addresses, insurance, and who is responsible for what in work health and safety. Placement does
   not proceed without it.
3. Your clearances are confirmed and filed before your start date.
4. You are briefed on what you will be doing, what is being assessed, and who to contact if
   something goes wrong.

During your placement

• You keep a Placement Evidence Pack — daily logs and task records, with your workplace
  supervisor signing off each session. This is your evidence, and an incomplete pack means an incomplete
  unit.
• A qualified ALIT assessor assesses you against the unit performance criteria. Where your
  assessment requires direct workplace observation, an ALIT assessor observes you on site; where the
  evidence requirements are met another way, your assessor uses your evidence pack together with
  third-party reports from your supervisor. Your Training and Assessment Strategy sets out which applies to
  your units, and your assessor tells you before your placement starts.
• Your employer completes an attestation at the end, linked to those same performance criteria.
• ALIT monitors your attendance, progress and wellbeing throughout, and steps in if there is a
  problem.

Safety and insurance

Before your placement begins, a written Host Agreement records the work health and safety
responsibilities of ALIT, the host and you, and the insurance arrangements that apply to the placement. ALIT
confirms those arrangements are in place before you start. If you want to know exactly what cover applies to
your placement, ask us and we will tell you in writing.

If a placement cannot be arranged, or falls through

ALIT monitors host quality and maintains a range of hosts precisely so this is manageable. If a host
withdraws, cannot meet the requirements, or the placement is not working out:

• Tell us as soon as you know. Do not wait to see if it resolves itself.
• ALIT works with you to source an alternative host. We review each host’s performance at least
  annually and replace those that cannot reliably meet requirements.
• Your timeline is adjusted if needed, and any effect on your course duration is explained to you in
  writing. For international students, we assess the effect on your CoE and PRISMS reporting.
• Hours you have completed and evidenced are recorded, and count towards your requirement where the
  units and the activities are the same.

Your responsibilities

• Attend as scheduled and follow the host’s reasonable directions and workplace policies.
• Behave professionally — the Student Code of
  Conduct applies on placement exactly as it does on campus.
• Keep your evidence pack current and get supervisor sign-off at the time, not weeks later.
• Respect confidentiality — you may see personal information about clients or patients, and it stays
  in the workplace.
• Report any incident, injury or concern to both your supervisor and ALIT.

If something goes wrong

Raise it with your ALIT assessor or Student Services first. If it is not resolved, use our
Complaints and Appeals process — free, and
without any effect on your placement or your assessment.