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Student Work Placement Program
The City of Greater Bendigo is proud of it's Student Work Placement Program. The program offers work experience placements for year 10 to 12 secondary students, Unpaid University Placements for students seeking to practically complement their qualification. Programs are subject to the City's business unit’s ability to resource, supervise and conduct them.
- The City is unable to guarantee a placement.
- Student Work Placements are sought after and limited.
- When answering the application questions use examples where possible in your response.
- Use your response to every question as an opportunity to standout from everyone else.
- If you have a resume, this will help us learn more about you and your skills.
- You may also have to meet with us in person to discuss your application further.
- Refer to this checklist before you start the application form as you may need to obtain further information.
Clicking on this yellow information icon next to the questions on the application form will give you further information and helpful tips.- Preference will be given to students living and studying at schools in the City of Greater Bendigo.
- The Student Handbook and quiz forms part of your induction.
- The processing of your application can take a minimum of two weeks
- All students need to be attending an educational institution or an approved home schooled program that is secondary school equivalent.
- Work Experience only students are paid at $5.00 a day for the five days via Electronic Funds Transfer, so you will need to provide us with your account details including your Bank's BSB number.
Please note: We are unable take Student Work Placements in the following areas in 2026.
BARC, Early Childhood Learning Centres, Information and Technology, Bendigo Art Gallery,
Bendigo Venues and Events, Bendigo Airport
PLACEMENT INFORMATION
Work Experience
Work Experience is a 5-day short-term placement of secondary school students in year 10-12. The City hopes to provide the student with insights into our industry, local government, and the workplace. While undertaking work experience, students will observe different aspects of work and may assist with tasks allocated by their supervisor, but will not be expected to undertake activities which require extensive training or expertise.
Unpaid University Placement
Unpaid University Placements provide, industry projects, fieldwork and other work integrated learning activities that is an essential part of many courses.
Placements provide an invaluable opportunity for students to explore real-life application of the skills and knowledge gained through their coursework study. Student placements help facilitate the development of professional workplace skills, assisting participants to be ready to make a difference in the community on completion of their studies.
Engineering
The Engineering unit manages a range of public infrastructure on behalf of the City including local roads, bridges, stormwater, dams and subdivision engineering services. This involves ongoing monitoring of asset condition and performance, asset planning, survey, civil design and delivery of capital works projects. The unit is also responsible for managing the City’s geographic information services and asset management data. The following is and example of tasks that you may observe and may experience during your week with us.
- Some minor drafting of traffic projects
- Introduction into requests and issues
- Assist resolving some traffic/drainage requests
- Observe minor drafting of traffic projects
- Assess a drainage / bridge requests or some subdivision surveillance
- Shadow survey staff and do some survey tasks
- Shadow designer and possibly do some design work
- Shadow designer and possibly do some design wo
- Site visit and inspection of upcoming design or a design that is being built
- Shadow GIS staff
- Data entry into into Konnect
- Mapping
- Shadow CID staff
- Site Inspection to oversee construction
Bendigo Venues and Events
At BV&E we are passionate about supporting young people to get involved and learn more about the Arts Industry. We offer around 4 - 5 work experience places to students from the Greater Bendigo region.
This activity does not focus on developing acting, stage craft or performing arts skills. The opportunities we offer here at BV&E relate specifically to Event Management and Technical Theatre operations. While we provide a general overview of the arts industry, the experience is very much behind-the-scenes and hands-on.
These places are offered to students from as many different schools as possible. Please note, we have very high demand for our limited work experience places. We look at each of the students applications and make a decision on a case by case basis, however this decision is also based on our ability to resource, supervise and conduct the placement at a particular time.
YO Bendigo
YO Bendigo supports the inclusion and participation of young people aged 12-24 in Greater Bendigo, through programs, events and activities that provide opportunities for leadership, creativity and skills development. Work Experience will take you on interesting adventures from creative activities to interacting with Youth Councillors and more.
Parks and Open Space
The Parks and Open Space Unit manages the parks, gardens, creek corridors, bushland and sporting reserves as well as streets, plazas and road reserves. Work Experience tasks could include, weeding, mulching, blowing down paths and observing and shadowing qualified professionals.
City
Bendigo Art Gallery
Closed for Renovations - Currently not taking Work Experience Placements in 2026
Each year the Bendigo Art Gallery makes placements available for secondary school students undertaking work experience. Students should also be aware only limited spaces will be available during the first half of the year. From mid 2025 the Bendigo Art Gallery will closed for the redevelopment.
