Essential pre-placement checks

For all students undertaking placement

Additional compliance per placement area

There are some important things that you need to do to prepare yourself for placement and to make sure you are ready to gain valuable industry experience.

One of the first steps is for you to complete pre-placement compliance checks. This means completing any required immunisations, training, or other tests before placement and submitting proof that these have been completed, to Flinders.

These compliance checks are required by both the University and your host organisation. They are there to protect you and the people you work with and to ensure you are safe on placement.

You should keep all original copies of documents in a safe place, as you may be asked to produce these by your host organisation.

What you need to do

Understand the compliance checks for your course (essential and additional compliance)
Undertake any tests, training, immunisations etc before placement
Submit your documents to Flinders via InPlace

It is essential that you start the compliance process as early as possible to ensure that you are ready in time for your placement.

You will need to undertake some essential pre-placement checks.

Some courses have specific WIL compliance requirements. Check the placement information for these areas:

nursing (postgraduate)

For all other courses, you will need to do the pre-placement checks outlined below and submit your documents to InPlace.

Activity	What you need to do	Form / more information	Submit to
Fitness for placement declaration	Declare your fitness for placement by reading and acknowledging the Fitness for Placement statement. Let the University know if you have an access plan.	N/A	InPlace
Student consent for placement	Read and acknowledge the relevant essential conditions around student consent for placement using the applicable form. (Please note: if you are required to undertake multiple placements during your degree, you may be required to read both student consent documents, check with your WIL team if you are unsure.)	Placements undertaken outside Flinders University - Student Consent for Placement Statement (PDF) OR Placements undertaken within Flinders University ONLY - Student Consent for Internal WIL Placement with Flinders University Statement (PDF)	InPlace
Intellectual property for placement	Read the student IP declaration and acknowledge the changes to intellectual property while you are on placement. Watch the IP counselling video.	Student Intellectual Property Statement (PDF)	InPlace

Activity

What you need to do

Form / more information

Submit to

Fitness for placement declaration

Declare your fitness for placement by reading and acknowledging the Fitness for Placement statement.

Let the University know if you have an access plan.

N/A

InPlace

Student consent for placement

Read and acknowledge the relevant essential conditions around student consent for placement using the applicable form. (Please note: if you are required to undertake multiple placements during your degree, you may be required to read both student consent documents, check with your WIL team if you are unsure.)

Placements undertaken outside Flinders University - Student Consent for Placement Statement (PDF)

Placements undertaken within Flinders University ONLY - Student Consent for Internal WIL Placement with Flinders University Statement (PDF)

InPlace

Intellectual property
for placement

Read the student IP declaration and acknowledge the changes to intellectual property while you are on placement.

Watch the IP counselling video.

Student Intellectual Property Statement (PDF)

InPlace

International placement compliance and information

Compliance

Before you go overseas for placement, there are a number of pre-placement checks and supporting documents you must provide to the University via InPlace.

Activity	More information / form	Submit to
Register for University insurance and let us know when you have registered	Student travel insurance FAQs (PDF)
Contact details while overseas	Record your address and mobile number while overseas	InPlace
Local contact details	Record your host organisation name, contact person and their email and phone number	InPlace
Emergency contact details, including best person to contact in an emergency	Record details of an emergency contact in Australia in the Student System	Student System
Smart Traveller	Register with Smart Traveller and upload your confirmation email	InPlace
Travel details	Record travel dates, destination country and city	InPlace

Support - Learn Without Borders

The Learn Without Borders team support students travelling overseas for study.

Pre-departure checklist

This pre-departure checklist (PDF) will guide your preparation for international placement.

Financial support

You should consider the costs associated with travelling overseas for study. View some great information about budgeting, costs and financial support.

Exercise science and clinical exercise physiology

For all students undertaking placement

What you need to do