Work Experience and Skills Development

ASK Employment and Training Services (ASK) will work with you to ensure you  become work-ready by creating a career pathway for you utilising:

• Work Experience
• Training

Access to diverse and flexible work experience, alongside training and job search support, is one way job seekers can become work-ready and improve their employment prospects. Other services include:

• Individual Case Management
• Under their individually tailored Employment Pathway Plan, job seekers can participate in a Work Experience activity at any time. However, if job seekers remain unemployed for a year or more they may move into the Work Experience phase.

Work Experience will help you to:

• Develop your skills on the job
• Demonstrate your abilities to potential employers
• Obtain references
• Meet new work contacts
• Take part in structured training
• Stay connected to the workforce.

Job seekers can choose to undertake a range of Work Experience activities that can be part time, casual or full time, and either paid or unpaid, including:

• Work for the Dole activities
• Green Corps (environmental activities available to all eligible job seekers)
• Work in a social enterprise
• Drought Force farm work
• Defence Force Reserves
• Voluntary work
• Unpaid work experience
• Part-time or casual paid employment, and
• Part-time study including through the Productivity Places Program and other
• Accredited vocational training