Please note: All placements are now full.
We offer all Metro Vancouver students in Grades 11 and 12 the opportunity to gain valuable volunteer work experience at Science World. The placements are three-weeks-long (60 to 80 hours) and are aligned with the school-year calendar. Teachers are invited to sign up students they feel would benefit from a placement at Science World.
For more information on what the role involves and how students can benefit from participating, please read the position description.
Scheduling
There are three-week-long placement periods (60 to 80 hours) throughout the year, the first of which begins in September, following the school-year calendar. We can accommodate a limited number of students during each placement period. All placements begin on a Saturday and continue until the fourth following Sunday.
Hours are 8:30am–5:30pm, Monday–Sunday. Holiday hours may vary.
Registration
The registration process is on a first-come, first-served basis. Register your students as soon as possible, as placements fill up quickly.
Register by contacting Science World via email at [email protected]. No telephone reservations, please. In your email, indicate how many placements you would like to reserve for any of the work terms listed in the HSWE program.
For more information on available placement periods and placement details, read through the program.
Good stuff for you to know:
- If the desired term is full, your students will be placed on a waitlist, and you will be kept apprised of their status.
- To confirm your reserved placements, submit the students’ names and phone numbers to Science World no less than three weeks before the start of the work-placement term.
- If you fail to confirm your reserved placements, they will be given to students on the waitlist.
- If you have students on the waitlist, you will be contacted up to two weeks before the placement about any openings.
- Following confirmation, students will be contacted for an interview to determine their suitability. If your student is found to be unsuitable for a placement, you will be contacted directly about a replacement.
- Although schools can make up to 10 placement requests, we can only accept a maximum of two students per school during each placement period.