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VET Students on Work placement:

OTTE has a WorkCover insurance policy with CGU Workers Compensation (Victoria) Ltd that provides insurance coverage for host employers providing work placements should a student sustain an injury whilst on the placement. OTTE meets premium costs.

Procedures for lodging a Work Cover claim

Claim for Workers Compensation for VET Students on work placement are not dealt with by the University’s Return to Work Coordinator, but instead, OTTE have set down a procedures to ensure that claims are dealt with in a timely manner. For more detail regarding lodging a claim can be found in Vocational Placement Information Package brochure which can be found at http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/voced/Practical_Placement.pdf

1. The student needs to complete and sign a Worker’s Claim for Compensation form.
2. The host employer completes and signs the bottom right hand corner of the Worker’s Claim for Compensation form.
3. The host employer completes the Employer Claim Report in full, signs and dates the form and forwards both the Worker’s Claim for Compensation form and Employer Claim Report, together with any accompanying medical certificates or accounts, to the training organisation.
4. The training organisation countersigns both forms and clearly marks them TAFE practical placement. The Employer Number should be entered as 1624618 and the Workplace Number entered as 9573347 .

The training organisation must forward these forms to CGU within 10 days of receiving the forms from the host employer. Accurate records should be permanently filed in case legal or insurance proceedings arise.

The Worker’s Claim for Compensation and the Employer Claim Report forms are available from any post office.