Tasmanian Students

In Tasmania, the Professional Experience Office organises placements on behalf of students. As per the Professional Experience guidelines, under no circumstances are students to contact schools in Tasmania to organise their own placement. To assist us with allocating students to an appropriate placement, all students complete a placement application in InPlace (our placement management system).

If you are a student based outside of Tasmania, please refer to the Interstate Student Webpage for more information.

Part 1: Placement Application Instructions

• Check the applicable Professional Experience Unit is showing as enrolled (not planned) in eStudent (If you are unable to change the status from planned to enrolled please contact a CALE Course Information Officer via UConnect for assistance)
• Log into Estudent and ensure that your student identification photo is current. If your photo is outdated, please update it by either visiting Uconnect on campus or using the online platform to upload a new photo.
• Log into InPlace and complete the following application sections:
  • Emergency Contact Information
  • Car and Transport Details
  • Education Preference Form Including:
    • 3 region preferences
    • Religion of faith based preferences
    • Conflict of interest
    • Alternative placement setting

If you are experiencing difficulty in completing your Inplace application, please see our short instructional video explanations.

Part 2: Professional Experience Compliance Requirements

Please follow the below links for further compliance instructions and information:

1. Professional Experience Checklist. Please read carefully and adhere to the included due dates to ensure you are eligible to complete your placement.
   • Tasmanian Checklist - Semester 1, 2025
   • Tasmanian Checklist - Semester 2, 2025
2. Safe to Practise Agreement form 2025. Please read carefully, fill in and upload to InPlace. To be completed once a year.
   • The information provided in your Safe to Practise Agreement form will determine the need of a Health Assessment.
   • Health Assessment (If required)
   • If you have Learning Access Plan (LAP) developed through the UTAS Accessibility Services Team, upload a copy to InPlace,
3. Working with Vulnerable People Check
4. Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) Safeguarding Training - Please complete the Safeguarding Training for Volunteers and Service Providers. Upload a copy of the completion certificate to InPlace. To be completed once a year. If you work for DECYP and have already completed the employee training, upload the Mandatory Reporting certificate.

Failure to complete these requirements will result in being ineligible for placement in the calendar year.

If you are experiencing difficulty in completing your compliance requirements, please see our short instructional video explanations or contact the Professional Experience Office for more information.

Please see Course Specific Information for more information related to your course including Professional Experience units, dates, placement expectations and assessment reports.