ENVS3761 Extended Environmental Agency Placement

Ms Rebecca Phyland

2016

4.5

1 x 50-minute lecture fortnightly
1 x 1-day workshop per semester
2 x 1-day industry placements weekly

^ ENVS3760 - Ver 1 - Environmental Agency Placement

Completion of Year 1 and Year 2 core topics.

This topic provides students with extended opportunities for work experience within government and non-government agencies, businesses and other workplaces with a focus on some aspect relevant to the environment. The scope of 'environment' in these placements is broadly defined. Students will engage with their assigned local and/or interstate hosts to varying extents, including observation and shadowing, performing authentic workplace tasks under supervision, and preparing reports and presentations.

The aims for this topic are to:

Offer students extended opportunities for work experience within agencies and other organisations relevant to their environmental discipline
Broaden student perspectives on the nature of work opportunities within environmental disciplines
Allow students to work on more focused or project-based tasks with host agencies
Allow students to compare workplace experiences with a number of host agencies to identify key similarities and differences that inform best professional practice

At the conclusion of this topic, students are expected to be able to:

Discuss the breadth of issues and topic areas relevant to work and careers in the environmental arena
Understand the policy, fiscal and/or commercial contexts in which environmental matters arise or are dealt with
Apply professional skills gained elsewhere in the program to a workplace context
Work effectively within host institutions including national, state and local government agencies, non-government organisations and private enterprise
Directly compare elements of different work experiences to identify key elements of professional best practice or discuss deeper workings of host in an environmental context

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.

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