As a job seeker you can participate in work experience activities at any time—with the assistance of your Job Services Australia provider.
Your involvement in work experience activities can give you the opportunity to build on your existing job skills, learn new skills and improve your chances of finding a job. In particular, undertaking work experience activities can provide practical ways for you to connect with your community and to demonstrate your abilities to potential employers.
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Green Corps is a work experience activity where you can undertake activities that benefit Australia’s natural environment and cultural heritage. While working on Green Corps activities, you can help to conserve, preserve and restore the Australian environment, while also gaining new opportunities to enhance your skills.
A Green Corps placement might be with a team on a group activity with other job seekers, or an individual placement with a host organisation. Work experience Host Organisations can be not-for-profit organisations such as local community groups, charities or local, state, territory, or Australian Government organisations and agencies.
A diverse range of Green Corps opportunities
Green Corps activities vary, but you may take part in a range of tasks, including:
- land, water and wildlife survey and data collection to contribute to environmental research and monitoring
- gardening and landscaping, learning about plants and participating in revegetation activities
- learning about natural resource management and sustainable use of resources
- contributing to local environmental strategies, cultural heritage restoration and the planning of Green Corps activity tasks
- access control, bush regeneration, habitat protection and restoration, environmental weed control and walking track construction and restoration
- contributing to community education and raising awareness
- responding to the impacts of climate change.
The range of activities available will be different for each Job Services Australia provider and may include more options in addition to those listed above.
Job Services Australia providers will ensure Green Corps activities:
- spend at least 80 per cent of the total activity time on environmental tasks
- offer structured training to participating job seekers where appropriate and available, and
- provide relevant first aid or occupational health and safety training.
Key benefits of participating in Green Corps activities
Participating in Green Corps work experience activities gives you the opportunity to gain a range of experience and will also:
- provide training and experience through structured and supervised natural environment conservation projects and cultural heritage restoration projects
- help you benefit your local community and the environment through contributing to high priority conservation projects and promoting environmental, conservation and natural heritage outcomes
- help you to:
- develop personally, including team work and leadership skills
- build skills through training and structured activities with specific learning outcomes
- strengthen your connections with your community through building relationships, improving participation and contributing to the community
- improve your career and employment prospects through accredited and on-the-project training.
Who can participate in Green Corps activities
If you are a job seeker registered with a Job Services Australia provider, you can volunteer to participate in Green Corps activities at any time, if both you and your Job Services Australia provider agree it will benefit you.
In addition, if you are a job seeker who has a work experience activity requirement, you can meet this requirement by participating in Green Corps activities.
If you are a job seeker required to complete an Intensive Activity, you can do this through participating in Green Corps activities. Your Job Services Australia provider will advise you if you need to undertake an Intensive Activity.
If you are a job seeker who receives income support and you participate in Green Corps, you may be entitled to receive a supplement to assist with the costs of participation.
How to become involved
If you are a job seeker interested in participating in Green Corps activities you should discuss this with your Job Services Australia provider. You may also want to consider other work experience activities that may be available to you.
How to register for assistance
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More information
For more information on Green Corps activities contact your local Job Services Australia provider.
The Green Corps factsheet is available on the Resources page.