DEA annual internship intake availability
status
Internships
intake for the year 2015 have been concluded. The advertisements for
internships are made by means of the print media/ national newspapers and are
released towards the last quarter of the year annually. The
departmental recruitment and selection processes apply.
The
department offers internships to previously disadvantage South African
students; the purpose of the programmes is to establish an effective system for
continuous development of skilled and experienced candidates for future
appointments and mobility in both the public and private sector.
The
Department of Environmental Affairs’ (DEA) programme seeks to achieve the
following objectives:
- Enhance youth development
and employability
- Develop a culture of high
quality lifelong learning within Department of Environmental Affairs
- Foster skills transfer
(through coaching) from Department of Environmental Affairs’ permanent
staff to interns
Procedures and information to apply
Who is eligible to apply?
Consideration
for interns is given to individuals who have successfully completed an
undergraduate or postgraduate qualification
DEA offers internships in the following fields:
- Legal
- Finance
- Administration
- Information Technology
- Development
Studies/Research/Monitoring and Evaluation
- Customer Relationship
Management (call centre services)
- Journalism
- Communications
- Media Studies
- Public Relations
- Environmental
Science/Environmental Management
- Logistics/Procurement/Supply
Chain Management
- Analytical Chemistry
- Marine
Science/Zoology/Oceanography
- Town Planning
- Natural Science
- Human Resources Management
- Public Admin/Business
Administration/Asset Management
- Waste and Pollution
Management
Applications for the internship should include the
following information to be considered:
- A completed Z83 form
- Curriculum Vitae with
contact details (more than one contact details)
- Certified copies of
qualifications and recent academic records
- Certified copy of identity
document
Environmental Careers Overview
The
environment provides many exciting, interesting and satisfying career choices
stretching across a tremendous range of fields and disciplines. Working in the
environmental field is rewarding because you can contribute to the maintenance
and conservation of essential life systems necessary for our human survival.
There are two main routes which you can take:
- A social-environmental
perspective
- An environmental science
perspective
It is
important to note that these two complement one another and effective
environmental management combines both these perspectives.
- Social-environmental careers
Normally one progresses into the
social-environmental perspective through a Social Science or Arts degree
presented at a university. Subjects may include Anthropology, Archaeology,
Development Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies, Law (Environmental
Law), Journalism (Environmental Journalism) and Education (Environmental
Education). Careers in this field are centred around humans and their relations
with the environment, and ways of making these relations beneficial to both
people and the environment.
Career path qualification:
- Community conservation and
rural development
BA degree with subjects such as Anthropology, Development Studies,
Geography and Environmental Studies
- Environmental educators
HdipEd with subjects such as Geography or Biology
Formal Environmental Education courses pursued at postgraduate level
- Environmental lawyers
BA LLB degree with Environmental Law as a subject
- Environmental journalists
No formal qualification other than journalism (degree or diploma)
- Cultural resource
specialists
BA degree with subjects such as Archaeology, Anthropology, Political and
Social Studies or Social History
- Eco-tourism specialists
Tourism degree or diploma with environmental interest
- Environmental science
careers
Environmental science careers start by completing a
science degree at university or a relevant diploma course at technikon.
Subjects in the natural sciences such as Zoology, Botany and Ecology generally
lead to a career path in biodiversity conservation, but may also lead to a
career in environmental management. Subjects in the physical sciences such as
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry might lead to a career path in environmental
management aspects such as pollution control or waste management. Landscape
architects and civil engineers pursue environmental management through ensuring
that environmental concerns are brought to bear on infrastructural development.
Career path qualification
- Environmental impact
assessment and environmental management
BSc degree in natural sciences with postgraduate courses in environmental
management
- Landscape architect
Landscape architect degree at the Universty of Pretoria or the University
of Cape Town
- Nature conservation
Technikon diploma in Nature Conservation or BSc degree with subjects such
as Zoology, Botany, Ecology.
- Specialist scientists in
biodiversity e.g. marine biologist, zoologist, ecologist
- Postgraduate degrees in
Zoology, Botany and Ecology, specialising in particular fields of interest
- Waste managers and
pollution controllers
BSc degree with subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,
Climatology
Technikon diploma or degree in Environmental Science or Engineering
- Environmental engineers
Civil Engineering degree or B Tech degree in Civil Engineering
Universities
and Technikons will have more information on courses and degrees.
Contact
the Department of Environmental Affairs for more information as well as the
requirements and timelines of the annual internship programme’s intake. The
call for applications is usually sent out in September each year.