Placement Opportunities
Here you will see active businesses who support students through the Sydney Access Workplacement Program. Please follow the links to find out more about the organisations.
Baia Darling Harbour
VET Subject: Hospitality – Kitchen Operation
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, 1 student at a time.
Website: https://www.baiatheitalian.com.au
Baia The Italian is known across Sydney as the perfect waterfront venue for a work lunch, catch up with friends or romantic dinner.
Open seven days a week, students can complete a Monday to Friday placement, or challenge themselves to cater for the weekend crowds.
Cisco
VET Subject: Information Technology
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, 2 students at a time with a minimum of 1 month notice required.
Website: www.cisco.com.au
Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors and partners and has become the worldwide leader in networking – transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate.
Customer Advocacy Lab Operations (CALO) is the worldwide lab infrastructure support organization for Cisco Services, providing inventory and recreate assistance for the customer service labs. There are many levels of engineering user groups supported in our labs. Yearly our interns/coops/grads setup over 20,000 test beds within 8 CALO data centres globally. On a daily basis each team member collaborates with technical experts in the IT arena to help solve our customer’s complex IT challenges. Our work experience/placement students contribute heavily to our team dynamic and Cisco’s customer satisfaction, as they are actively involved in making sure that we deliver high standard solutions to our engineering teams.
CPB Contractors
VET Subject: Business Services, Construction, Financial Services
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, students can apply for any of the VET subjects.
Website: https://www.cpbcon.com.au
CPB Contractors work on large infrastructure projects including transport, tunnelling, building, health, water, defence, resources , and new energy.
Previous students have joined the Surface & Civil Alignment Works (SCAW) team to help connect people to the Western Sydney Airport in Badgerys Creek including rail, roads and bridges.
Ganellen
VET Subject: Construction
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, students can apply for any of the VET subjects.
Website: www.ganellen.com
Ganellen is an established and successful design and construction contractor. Founded in 1998, Ganellen has 160 people building over $900 million in projects in Australia and New Zealand.
Ganellen operate in all sectors with specialist expertise in commercial, retail, multi-storey residential, hotels, education, infrastructure, and government buildings.
National Rugby League (NRL)
VET Subject: Entertainment and Information Technology
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement.
Website: www.nrl.com
Students will be based in the head office at Moore Park observing and assisting with video production and digital content through the media services team.
Otto Ristorante
VET Subject: Hospitality – Kitchen Operations
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement.
Website: https://ottoristorante.com.au/sydney
Modern Italian cuisine. Head Chef Richard Ptacnik’s menu is fresh, seasonal and produce-driven; sourcing the finest ingredients.
Choice of day or evening shift 9am to 3pm or 4pm to 10pm Tuesday to Sunday.
Shangri-La Hotel
VET Subject: Hospitality – Kitchen Operations & Hospitality – Food and Beverages
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, up to 2 students at time.
Website: https://www.shangri-la.com/sydney
Kitchen Operations students experience and assist in different kitchens throughout the hotel.
Sydney Opera House
VET Subject: Entertainment
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement opportunities.
Website: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com
Students must chose and have a passion for and particular interest in any of the following areas:
- Sound
- Lighting
- Vision
- Staging
Thales Australia
VET Subject: Electrotechnology (Metals & Engineering)
Placement Opportunities: Limited placement, minimum 4 weeks application notification due to naval base clearance.
Website: www.thalesgroup.com/en/countries/asia-pacific/australia
Thales in Australia is part of a leading international electronics and systems group serving the defence, aerospace and space, security, and transport markets in Australia and throughout the world.
Our expertise ranges across protected mobility vehicles, naval support services and integrated communications solutions for defence through to air traffic management systems, cyber security solutions and transport systems for the commercial sector. Thales in Australia capabilities are recognised by customers who not only require superior equipment, but the systems integration, prime contracting and through life support expertise that boost their competitive edge
The Star Entertainment Culinary Institute
VET Subject: Hospitality – Kitchen Operation
Placement Opportunities: Vacancies for multiple students per week available.
Website: www.star.com.au
Students will be exposed to production and pastry kitchens: General preparation and plating food.
A student placement may include opportunities in the following areas:
- Hot Production
- Cold Production
- Pastry
- Garden Buffet
- Signature Restaurant