Year 10 Skills and Training  

A goal of the College is to assist our students with being career ready and providing them with opportunities to gain work ready skills. Students in the year 10 cohort are provided with many of these opportunities. Our aim is to provide students with skills and qualifications to prepare them with work experience in term 2 and other skills to help them with part time work or employment ready skills once they have completed their schooling. Leading up to work experience in term 2, the year 10 students will take part in White Card training in week 10 of term 1. This White Card accreditation will provide students with the basic knowledge of workplace health and safety laws, common workplace hazards and how to control associated risks. The year 10 students will also participate in two presentations provided by the careers team including, employees’ rights and responsibilities and employers’ rights and responsibilities in the workplace.

Later in the year, during term 3, the year 10 students will be provided with opportunities to attend courses in First Aid and Manual Handling and the Expresso Coffee Barista Course. Both courses provided students with knowledge and work ready skills and two Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) points for each course to add to their QCE. These courses are voluntary, and we encourage each year 10 student to take advantage of the opportunity to attend each of these courses. Information on the White Card Training Course enrolment will be provided in the coming weeks.  

OLSCC 2025 Careers Dates 

2 April - Yr 10 White Card Training 

TBC May -  Yr 9-10 Industry Dinner 

16-20 June - Yr 10 Work Experience 

10 September - Yr 12 RSA Course 

8-9 September - Yr 10 First Aid & Manual Handling Course and Yr 11 CPR Refresher Course 

17-19 September - Yr 10 Barista Course 

TBC October -  Yr 12 SBA Employer Thank You Lunch 

Available Apprenticeships 

Dalby General Steel 

This work would suit people that want to gain skills in a retail environment and would like to build a career in Sales, Warehousing and Purchasing. Or for people that want to enter the workforce directly after finishing year 12. 

• Sales and Retail – Tasks include serving customers across multiple industries both over the counter and via the phone and email sales. There is a wide range of product to learn that can transfer across industries. Our salespeople have built careers where they earn $80 – $100k per year with Dalby General Steel. Other long-term former employees have gone onto become purchasing managers for large manufacturers or to procurement roles in mining and gas earning $100k – $150k. 

• Warehousing – Opportunity to learn skills of warehousing and gain licences such as forklift, HR truck and Cert 3 in Supply Chain Operations. Our experienced warehouse people earn approx. $80k per annum. 

• Stock Control and Purchasing – As an addition to the sales and retail role we also train our people in Purchasing, Procurement and Stock Control. Building relationships with suppliers and shopping around the best value for products and services.

Dean Garside

Careers Development Practitioner