Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Students may sign up for Cooperative Work Experience for the following job situations:A landscape job currently heldPlacement on a new job site within the industryAn industry related internshipWork assignments with the Rock Creek Grounds

• To utilize skills and concepts learned in the classroom.
• Enhance oral communication and job interview skills. 
• Develop appropriate work ethic.
• Improve interactions with supervisors and management.
• To complete assigned duties as an individual or as a team.
• Meet job timelines and schedules. 
• Evaluate business practice and ethics.

Evaluations will be based on job performance reviews with the instructor of
record and the job supervisor; a job site visit by the cooperative education specialist;
and written assignments submitted to the instructor of record.

Field Work Experience:
Where appropriate: interview with a prospective employer and submit a resume.
Establish a written set of learning objectives with the instructor of record and the job supervisor for a specific job.
Meet the employers job expectations in terms of performance, dress, appropriate on the job behavior, and skill application.
Take part in open discussion of learning progress with the job supervisor and the cooperative education specialist.
Review final supervisors job performance evaluation with the supervisor and the instructor of record.
Work experience reporting and record keeping:
Maintain and submit, to the instructor of record, a paper discussing the following:
1. job tasks assigned
2. encountered problems
3. solutions to problems
4. position relationship to fellow crew members, supervisors and business owner and if applicable to clients.
5. work requirements such as equipment, dress and transportation
6. new responsibilities and skills
7. your evaluation of the business practices and ethics
8. your evaluation of how job is meeting the developed learning objectives