School Leavers Employment Supports (SLES)
LEAVING SCHOOL BUT NOT SURE WHATS NEXT?
LOOKING FOR A SLES PROVIDER?
Our STEP Program offers you skills for employment and is a powerful STEPPINGSTONE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND THE WORKFORCE.
Our STEP program runs 3 days a week over a 2-year period and runs 4units a year.
Each unit you will be immersed in a different industry.
ANIMAL CARE - RETAIL - HOSPITALITY - DIGITAL MEDIA - HANDYPERSON SKILLS - MICRO ENTERPRISE - HAIR, BEAUTY & BARBERING - CONSTRUCTION - AUTOMOTIVE - ADMINISTRATION
You will build industry-specific skills and have tangible, assessed outcomes.
You will learn what you’re good at and what you love to do, so when you are ready to get a job you will be confident, skilled.
Each of the three days is broken down into technical and practical skills. The program is strongly focused on attaining work experience that you are genuinely interested in and volunteering opportunities to prepare you for work.
2024 - 2025 Program Outline
1st Year
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Cleaning
Food preparation
Safe storage
Waste management
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Car detailing
Checking oil
Changing tyres
Changing wiper blades
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Choose 2-3 forms
Mixing colours
Using painting tools
Applying painting techniques
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Painting
Cleaning
Moving items
2nd Year
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WH&S, including toolbox talk
Design a mini construction item
Plan the item’s construction
Construct item
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Car detailing
Checking oil
Changing tyres
Animal handling Animal feeding Dog washing Personality traits of different animalsChanging wiper blades
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Basic word processing tasks
Insert & resize picture
Intro to Publisher
Intro to excel
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Use lawnmower
Use blower
Manage green waste
Grounds rubbish collection
Weeds maintenance