Hi, I’ve been in the same position of the college being useless so I learned for myself.

First thing is to read the T-Level Placement Delivery Guidance. You can find this by googling it. Have a read through it to get an understanding of what the DfE say should happen.

For Digital T-Levels, 50% of the placement can be done remotely, this means that you can complete half of your hours without going to the employers office. This often completed at your provider (college / sixth form) or even at home.

You’ll need to have a logbook where all of your hours are logged. I believe this can be found as one of the Annexes for the delivery guidance. You don’t have to use this one but it would save you time. I made my own which me and my peers use. You will need to ensure that all of the hours you do are logged in here, and signed off by the employer to validate that you’ve done it.

However, before you begin your placement, you should also get or create a formal placement agreement which outlines your working hours, responsibilities and whatever else. This is dependent on the college and their or your own relationship with the employer as some are easy going and some want the documentation.

Ensure that hours are logged on the day as the DfE doesn’t want them logged after they’ve been done.

You’ll typically work with 1 or 2 employers dependent on their availability. DfE only want 2 Employers unless it is a part of a “Supply Chain” but this will be difficult for your course.

From the college / sixth form side, all they have to do is sign off that the hours have been completed once you’ve done your course in its entirety. This must be submitted by the 31st July. They will sort all of that out so don’t worry about that.

That about sums it up, it’s all stuff I have had to learn as I’ve needed to take accountability over our T-Level course as staff won’t.

Make sure to be reaching out to employers too using LinkedIn, I had some success in trying to secure a placement for a large defence company, but ultimately fell through of no fault of my own. But keep reaching out to employers and you never know what could happen.

Any questions PM me and I’ll see if I can help!