Water Resources Service group internship

 

First Year of Internship

Skills you will acquire:

  • Learn to read engineering plans and specifications 

  • Gain basic knowledge of Drain Code and County Drains

  • Develop basic AutoCAD skills

  • Develop skills with basic survey equipment

  • Develop basic GIS skills for map development

  • Develop basic Excel skills

  • Develop basic watershed delineation skills  

On-the-job experience you will acquire:

  • Perform basic construction observation

  • Perform field collection of data

Second Year of Internship

SKills you will acquire:

  • Build upon skills from Year 1 

  • Gain experience in cost estimating 

on-the-job experience you will acquire:

  • Gain experience with basic hydrology and hydraulic calculations 

  • Gain experience with more advanced GIS tasks 

  • Perform construction observation on more complex projects

  • Assist with field delineation of drainage districts 

  • Assist with service request inspections for maintenance on drains 

Third and Fourth Year of Internship

Skills you will acquire:

  • Build upon skills from Year 2 

  • Assist with plan development 

  • Begin performing Design Engineer tasks 

On-the-job experience you will acquire:

  • Basic Hydrology and Hydraulic modeling