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Roles & Responsibilities

• Assess the ability of the business to provide meaningful work assignments, supervision and time for training.  
• Follow your organizations procedures for hiring an employee or provide for volunteer workers compensation coverage for internship meeting work-based learning criteria.
• Complete an internship listing that includes job overview, project tasks, minimum skills and qualifications.  Enter positions into the FVCC online job board CONNECT.
• Meet with the Internship Coordinator to discuss responsibilities, legal issues and learning components of internship.
• Review resumes and interview prospective interns and inform candidates of hiring decisions.
• Provide adequate working space, training, supplies and equipment for student training and learning. Train and orient student to all health and safety practices and organizational policies and procedures applicable to the job.
• Provide input to student in developing specific learning objectives, then provide assistance and training necessary to help student meet those learning objectives, along with training to learn job specific skills. 
• Assess student learning by completing and returning a mid-term and final evaluation noting progress toward accomplishment of learning objectives.
• Assure that the students will be accepted and assigned work without regard to age, handicap, national origin, race, marital status, parental status, religion, or sex.
• Contact the FVCC instructor or Internship Office if any questions or problems arise.