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the career book WORK EXPERIENCE There are many benefits to undertaking work experience. Work experience gives you opportunity to experience the work environment of an occupation that you have interest. You can then see the relevance and make the connection between what you learn at school and the work place. This increases your motivation by showing how skills learned at school are applied in real work situations. Work experience opens up future employment and school-based apprenticeships and traineeship possibilities and builds your skills, knowledge and confidence in many areas. Work experience also offers an opportunity to learn different aspects of your desired future career. 3.35 Work Matters – three young people on work experience RWP 3.37 The right start: building safe work for young workers 3.36 Work experience – how to get a placement and make the most of it while you are there 30 RWP 3.38 Worksafe Victoria