Work Experience

Are you looking for a work experience placement?

We are fully booked at High Ashurst near Dorking but we have a few places left at Henley Fort in Guildford (14 July 2025 to 18 July 2025)

Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development is committed to offering a range of high quality placement opportunities to young people currently in secondary education Year 10 and Year 11 work experience weeks, college specialising in education, outdoor learning, public services and adults who are in higher education studying outdoor learning and PGCE or BA in Primary Education.

The placements are well structured and designed to meet the specific learning outcomes of the individual, to support their areas of interest, complement their curriculum and develop the key competencies that will maximise their employability.

We will consider placements in the following areas:

• Outdoor learning instructor - working beside our instructors, assisting in running outdoor activity sessions for our visitors. We are only able to offer a limited number of work experience opportunities due to our operating requirements.
• Maintenance worker - assisting in the grounds and general maintenance of the facilities.

Placements are available at all our centres.

If you are interested in applying for work experience please download our work experience application form and return it to outdoor.training@surreycc.gov.uk.