BHA Work Experience BHA Work Experience Toolkit | Page 9

• Appointing and training a mentor or buddy to look after the student and be their first point of contact for everything. This is
a great way to build confidence for both mentor and mentee and can help encourage and motivate existing staff.
Placement stage
Employer best practice
Learner
Pre-placement • R
 eceive enquiry from school or learner
• Hold a short interview (with or without
parents), show round workplace
• Nominate and brief mentor/buddy
• Check start dates/timetable for
placement
• Complete school etc forms
• Check young people’s risk assessment
and inform parents
• Issue offer letter • Make enquiry
• Attend interview
• Make sure you know when and where to
go on first day
• Look up information about your
employer and horseracing/breeding
During placement • Deliver induction
• Issue work experience work book and
start off with learner
• Build in time for review with learner • P
 articipate and acknowledge training on
induction
• Complete workplace portfolio
• Have a great attitude
Post-placement • Final debrief: Discuss with learner
placement outcomes
• Complete workbook assessment
• Feedback results to staff • F
 inal debrief: Discuss with employer the
placement outcomes, overall experience
gained
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