Work experience definition

Work experience means an activity in the unpaid employment component in which the participant works without pay at a job site to develop good work habits and basic vocational skills that enhance the likelihood the participant will become employed. "Work experience" is available through private for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, or public agencies.¶
Work experience means a work activity that provides a participant with an
Work experience means a paid or unpaid work activity that provides a participant with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment. The purpose of work experience is to improve the employability of those who cannot find unsubsidized employment. An employer, work site sponsor, and/or other appropriate designee of the Department must supervise this activity.

Examples of Work experience in a sentence

  • Work experience is intended to help prepare students for the transition from school to the world of work or further education or training.

  • Work experience provides students with an opportunity to apply classroom learning in a context outside of school and in the context of an authentic workplace.

  • Work experience that forms a component of the graduation requirement is comprised of 30 hours of work experience.


More Definitions of Work experience

Work experience means work activities related to soil conservation, land management, energy savings, community improvement and work benefiting human service programs. Work sites are restricted to public and private nonprofit agencies. Youth shall work a maximum of 18 hours per week while school is in session and a maximum of 40 hours per week during school recesses. Youth may work no more than 540 total hours under the work experience component unless a waiver is granted by the department of workforce development. Waivers will be granted on an individual basis based on need and prior attendance.
Work experience means a publicly assisted work activity, including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing, performed in return for program benefits that provide general skills, training, knowledge and work habits necessary to obtain employment. This activity must be supervised daily and on an ongoing basis by an employer, work site sponsor or other responsible party.
Work experience means full time work experience in property management for Hong Kong properties and involving the provision of services under two or more categories of property management services.
Work experience means subsidized employment of not more than six months' duration which is combined with classroom study or other training program.
Work experience means a welfare-to-work training activity in the public or private sector under the close supervision of the activity provider, that helps provide basic job skills, enhance existing job skills in a position related to the participant's experience, or provide a needed community service that shall lead to unsubsidized employment.
Work experience means that part of an educational program that provides a Student with an opportunity to participate in, observe or learn about the performance of tasks and responsibilities related to an occupation or career, including participation in community service under a graduation course requirement established by the Minister of Education
Work experience means a CCMEP service that is a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace for a limited period of time.