Work Experience Enquiry

What is work experience?

It is typical for secondary school students to participate in work experience to help them decide on their future careers and gain valuable experience. 

CSO:

Advise students to email council@cgd.vic.gov,au or drop off their resumes in person to Customer Service Centres.
They need to include a cover letter highlighting their "Area of interest", eg. Maternal & Child or Libraries.

Council will get in touch if and when work experience will be available.

How to lodge a work experience claim

Claims over $100

Complete the work experience payment form. Please contact Finance to provide details on how to lodge the claim.

Claims under $100

Complete the work experience payment form. Before you lodge the form, it will require authorisation signature from the departmental manager. The form must also contain the departments account number or Mnemonic that is applicable to this payment.

Forms can be lodged:

  • in person at the Customer Service Centres
  • by emailing the form to zzcssupport@cgd.vic.gov.au - In your email provide the mobile number of the work experience personnel. A member of the Customer Service team will contact the work experience personnel directly to process payment.

How will you receive your payment? 

Please note we are no longer processing cash for these payments.

Credit Card 

May take up to 48 hours to deposit into the claimant’s credit card.

Debit Card

Deposit will be made into the claimant’s debit card. Depending on the bank, processing can be immediate or within a few hours.

Work Experience Payment Form - 20KB

For further enquiries contact Beverley MacFarlaine in Customer Service.

What are the benefits of work experience

What are the benefits of work experience?

  • Widens your awareness of career opportunities available to you
  • Gives opportunities to learn different aspects of your chosen career
  • Enables you to set learning objectives for the future
  • Helps you decide your future career
  • Helps you learn new skills or build on those you already have
  • Lets you experience the world of work, perhaps for the first time
  • Helps you learn how to work as part of a team
  • Allows you to meet new people and grow your network of contacts
  • Builds on your interpersonal and social skills
  • Gives useful experience to add to your CV when applying for jobs in the future
  • Gets you back into a work routine if you’ve been out of work for a while
  • Boosts your confidence