Surface Water Internship

First Year of Internship

  • 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  

SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

  • Perform basic construction observation

  • Perform field collection of data

Second Year of Internship

  • Build upon skills from Year 1 

  • Gain experience in cost estimating 

SKILLS 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 

ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

Third & Fourth Year of Internship

  • Build upon skills from Year 2 

  • Assist with plan development 

  • Begin performing Design Engineer tasks 

ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

  • Basic Hydrology and Hydraulic modeling   

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