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Student
Jobs With BUNAC Work Canada
Organisation:
BUNAC
Location:
Canada
Details:
BUNAC's Work Canada programme offers students the chance to
live and work in Canada for three to twelve months. A great
opportunity to see the whole of Canada’s provinces and
territories plus the rest of North America. You
decide what sort of job you want to do and where you want to
work in Canada. Most students take casual vacation jobs in the
tourism or hospitality industries or work in one of Canada’s
popular ski resorts. Typical jobs include:
- Shop assistant
- Ski lift operator
- Office supervisor
- Ski resort rep
- Hotel receptionist
- Chambermaid
- Waiting on tables
You are not restricted
to this type of work however. The Work Authorisation is flexible
and allows you to look for other types of work and work anywhere
in Canada during your stay. Most participants work in Ontario
(Toronto), Alberta (summer and winter resorts in the Canadian
Rockies) and British Columbia (Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria).
BUNAC’s exclusive
Job Listings are potential job leads for you to pursue. Simply
apply for any listed job in the same way you would apply to
a job in the UK. The listings are included in your Vital Info
handbook which you’ll receive on acceptance to the programme.
Other ways of finding
work in Canada include using personal contacts, searching on
the internet or writing to UK companies with branches in Canada.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the 2005 Work Canada programme as a student
(the non student programme is closed for 2005), you must be:
- a British or
Irish passport holder aged 18-30 inclusive when you apply
to the programme and at the time of entry to Canada
- a current full-time
student on a degree level course or equivalent (such as HND
or NVQ level 4 or 5) at a UK university or, a gap year student
with a guaranteed place at university starting in 2005
- resident in the
UK for the duration of the application procedure.
Current students
can spend their summer break in Canada. Final years can stay
for up to a whole year. As a student, you can take part on Work
Canada more than once providing you still meet the eligibility
requirements and have been in full time education between programmes.
This programme is
not open to people with dependents.
Cost:
£5 to
join BUNAC (if not already a member) and £156 registration
fee. This goes towards programme literature and administration,
UK presentations, arrival orientation and the support services
of BUNAC and SWAP. BUNAC’s
compulsory insurance policy, in association with Endsleigh,
costs approx. £210 for six month’s comprehensive
cover. You will also need to take at least £500 in support
funds.
Departure
Dates:
Available all year. Spaces
are filled on a first come, first served basis and early application
is recommended. A programme for non students is next available
in 2006.
Contact:
Brochures available from BUNAC at: www.bunac.org/uk/workcanada
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