As a college we strongly believe that practical workplace training is an integral part of our students’ learning journey, is essential for the safety of everyone at the practice, including patients, and as a recruitment agency we think that training is a key to a successful hire and a good workplace relationship, so the mandatory training on the tasks necessary for you to complete your job safely and correctly should not – in our opinion – be something extra that you do for free.
We discourage students from agreeing to work/be trained for free; when you commence your work as a dental nurse student/trainee, being taught, mentored, supported, and learning on the job is inevitably written into your job description.
Having said that, if you are happy to volunteer and not be paid for a certain period of time this is up to you, and your experience gained this way will still count towards the 16h/week you need to be working to complete your eRoE coursework.