(a) Work experiences are planned, structured learning experiences
that take place in a workplace for a limited period of time. As stated
in Sec. 664.470, work experiences may be paid or unpaid.
(b) Work experience workplaces may be in the private, for-profit
sector; the non-profit sector; or the public sector.
(c) Work experiences are designed to enable youth to gain exposure
to the working world and its requirements. Work experiences should help
youth acquire the personal attributes, knowledge, and skills needed to
obtain a job and advance in employment. The purpose is to provide the
youth participant with the opportunities for career exploration and
skill development and is not to benefit the employer, although the
employer may, in fact, benefit from the activities performed by the
youth. Work experiences may be subsidized or unsubsidized and may
include the following elements:
(1) Instruction in employability skills or generic workplace skills
such as those identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills (SCANS);
(2) Exposure to various aspects of an industry;
(3) Progressively more complex tasks;
(4) Internships and job shadowing;
(5) The integration of basic academic skills into work activities;
(6) Supported work, work adjustment, and other transition
activities;
(7) Entrepreneurship; and
(8) Other elements designed to achieve the goals of work
experience.
(d) In most cases, on-the-job training is not an appropriate work
experiences activity for youth participants under age 18. Local program
operators may choose, however, to use this service strategy for
eligible youth when it is appropriate based on the needs identified by
the objective assessment of an individual youth participant. (WIA sec.
129(c)(2)(D).)
