Work Experience and Internship Opportunities

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Yass Valley Council welcomes applications for work experience/placements. We can't always guarantee that we will be able to fill requests but we will certainly do our best to accommodate.

Council is currently offering work experience/placements in the following areas.

Planning & Environment:

  • Strategic Planning – University work experience students in either strategic planning or environmental science.
  • Environmental Services – weeds, environmental science or agronomy university students or a school student looking at studying either at uni.  Environmental Health - university environmental health students. Ranger services - school students would be suitable. 
  • Development Control – university work experience students for planning.  Building Certifier*- School students would be suitable. This role will be dependent on workload and availability of current council certifiers.

Infrastructure & Assets

  • Parks & Recreation Services – school students or higher who want some experience.
  • Water & Wastewater Services – school students who are keen to learn and gain some experience in the field.
  • Engineering - university students or a school student looking at studying this at uni.

Corporate & Community

  • Media & Communications – university or school students who are keen to learn and gain some experience in the field.
  • Library – school students would be suitable
  • Finance – Anyone who has basic finance and is prepared to learn and study
  • Information Technology – school students or higher who want some experience and are prepared to study.
  • Human Resources - school students or higher who are keen to gain some experience in the field and prepared to study.
  • Visitor Information Centre - school students or higher who want some experience.

Some of the above positions are required to hold a White Card. For those who are successful in gaining work experience/ placement and do not already hold a White Card, Council is prepared to help you obtain one.

When notifying Council of your interest to undertake work experience/placement please ensure you nominate the area within Council that you would like to work.

You can contact us via Email: hr@yass.nsw.gov.au