Work Placement
All IAFLU pathways are offered as both a 3 year and a 4 year programme. The 3 year programme incorporates 16 week work placement while the 4 year 'Professional Studies' option allows students to spend 46 weeks in industrial secondment.
The placement aims to :
- Enhance student ability to relate academic theory to the work place;
- Enable the student to develop identified work related skills;
- Enable the student to critically evaluate learning from their placement;
- Enhance their career knowledge
During both the 16 week and 46 week placements students are required to reflect what they have learnt through a preplacement portfolio, work based assignments and a final reflective report.
The following list indicates some of those who have offered placements:
- ATP Environmental Pty Ltd, Australia
- Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute
- Ballymena Academy
- Belfast Education & Library Board, Catering Services
- Belfast Hills Project
- Boston food programme
- British Geology Survey
- Business Education Initiative
- Chest, Heart and Stroke Association
- Countryside Management Branch, DARD
- Curves
- Defence Estates, MOD
- Diageo plc
- Dunbia
- Eclipse Scientific
- Farrans Construction
- Forest Service HQ
- Gallaghers Ltd
- Healthworks
- Irwins bakery
- LA fitness
- Ladies workout express
- Linwoods
- Livestock and Meat Commission
- Marks and Spencer
- Mourne Country Meats
- Mourne Heritage Trust
- Moy Park
- Murlough Nature Reserve
- Northstone Quarries and Asphelt Divisions
- Northern Ireland Environment Link
- Omagh college
- Pritchitts
- Punjana
- RHM Bakeries, Ireland
- Rich Sauces
- Speedicook
- Sainsbury's
- Tayto
- The Richmond Bakery, Banbridge
- Ulster Hospital, Diabetics Department
- Western Education & Library Board, Catering Services
- Wilson Waste Management
