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Work Trial

What is a Work Trial?

A WorkTrial is a short period of work experience as part of an occupational rehabilitation program. It is a WorkCover initiative aimed at helping injured workers to maintain or regain full employment. Work Trials are only used when the employer responsible for the injury cannot provide suitable duties. In most cases, the injured worker (or "trainee") will have been terminated from their employment before a Work Trial is sought. The employer who provides the Work Trial is called the "Host Employer".

A Work Trial must be arranged and monitored by an Accredited Rehabilitation Provider and approved by WorkCover.

The maximum period of time for a Work Trial is 12 weeks.

Benefits for Injured Workers

Injured workers will benefit from Work Trials by:

gaining practical work experience and training in a new job. This will often be complemented by formal training.
having an opportunity to upgrade their physical fitness through selected work activities.
demonstrating to a potential employer their ability to do the job.

Benefits for Host Employers

As a host employer you will benefit from Work Trials by:

being able to train a potential employee without financial outlay.
contributing to the retrainingand placement of an injuredworker and so to thecontainment of workerscompensation costs in NSW.
helping to build a positive perception of your industry.
some employers, especially small employers will benefit from entering into
co-operative arrangements with other employers to share suitable duties and rehabilitation arrangements.

For more information download the brochure PDF (106KB)