Students gain traineeships

Two year 10 students at Woy Woy High School have gained traineeships with Toyota, which will go towards their HSC assessment.

Tamara Gowans and Corey Gardiner will take up the traineeships next year when they start year 11.

Toyota announced their program linking their traineeship program with the Department of Education and Training in June this year.

Under the program, Tamara and Corey will do a vocational education training course at TAFE, while continuing other subjects at Woy Woy High.

The pair will do their work placements at Brian Hilton Toyota and have part-time jobs with that company.

Tamara's traineeship is in business and administration and Corey's in automotive mechanics.

School principal Ms Carolyn Carter said that, at the end of year 12, Tamara and Corey will have completed a large part of their training and have full-time jobs with Brian Hilton.

"These part-time traineeships are a wonderful scheme for students who have a definite idea of what they would like to do for a career," Ms Carter said.

"Not only do students achieve their HSC, they also have relevant training and a job at the same time."

Carl Spears, December 11