Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld)

Education (Work Experience) Act 1996

An Act regulating work experience provided to students as part of their education

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996.

2   Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2    Interpretation

3   Definitions and dictionary

(1)The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.

(2)Definitions found elsewhere in the Act are signposted in the dictionary.

(3)Division 2 defines key terms used in this Act.

4   Work experience arrangements etc.

(1)A work experience arrangement is an arrangement made between a student’s educational establishment and a person (the work experience provider) under which the person will provide experience (work experience) to the student as part of the student’s education.

(2)However, an arrangement made by a registered higher education provider is not a work experience arrangement if—

(a)it is for the provision of experience to a student enrolled in a course provided by the registered higher education provider; and

(b)the experience is a mandatory or assessable part of the course.

(3)In this section—

registered higher education provider see the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cwlth), section 5.

5   Educational establishment

(1)A student’s educational establishment is—

(a)if the student is enrolled in a State school—the school; or

(b)if the student is enrolled in a non-State school—the school; or

(c)if the student is registered for home education—the home education place; or

(f)if the student is enrolled in a registered training organisation within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cwlth)—the organisation; or

(g)if the student is enrolled in a university—the university; or

(h)if the student is enrolled with an entity prescribed under a regulation to be an educational establishment—the entity.

(2)However, an educational establishment does not include an institution, school, place, entity, college, establishment or university mentioned in subsection (1) if it is prescribed under a regulation not to be an educational establishment.

Part 3    Administration

6   Work experience may be arranged

(1)An educational establishment may make work experience arrangements for its students.

(2)A work experience arrangement must be in writing.

7   Principal to approve arrangement

(1)A work experience arrangement may be made for a student only with the approval of the principal of the student’s educational establishment.

(2)The principal may approve the arrangement only if, in the principal’s opinion, the work experience provider is suitable to provide work experience.

(3)The principal may delegate the principal’s power under subsection (2) to an officer or employee of the educational establishment.

8   Requirement for workers’ compensation

(1)A student must not start a work experience placement until the responsible body has entered into a suitable contract of insurance with WorkCover Queensland under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.