Student Placements & Projects

Host a student (or students) through our Student Placements & Projects Program. Engage with university students through a work project, industry placement or internship to deliver outcomes for your organisation and help prepare them for future work in Australia’s defence industry.

The program is aimed at meeting future workforce needs, improving linkages between academia and industry, as well as enabling access to a skilled talent pipeline.

Internship activities may be:

  • individual students or project teams under the supervision of an academic supervisor
  • delivered short-term or long-term
  • full-time or part-time; and
  • for course credit or Engineers Australia accreditation.

Student cohorts supported under the Defence Trailblazer incentivised scheme may include third or final year undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students.

If you wish to access talented higher degree research students completing their PhD or Masters, please contact us by emailing workforce@dtb.solutions.

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Program Benefits

  • Co-contribution – upfront payment to organisation(s) of up to $1,750 per week, per student, to support the cost of hosting a student
  • Looking for new talent? – casual contracts at a rate of $1,200 per week (pro-rata) to incentivise students to join your team
  • Access our graduates – engage third or final year undergraduate or postgraduate coursework students from all disciplines at either the University of Adelaide or UNSW (Sydney or Canberra)
  • 100% IP – Defence Trailblazer and industry partner co-contributions enable low or no cost to our partners and 100% industry IP
  • Tailored activities – our experienced team can help provide guidance, connecting you with our academics to tailor activities to your business needs
  • Program flexibility – we can work with you to create opportunities that match your ability to support our students when on-site. Available models can be tailored to suit your business
  • Streamlined support – rely on our University expertise to assist with student shortlisting and promotion of opportunities.

Partner Commitment

  • Provide students with a casual contract at a rate of $1,200 per week (pro-rata) to support students whilst on placement
  • Be able to provide the student with meaningful duties, a project and an appropriate workload in line with the needs of the business and the student’s area of study
  • Provide relevant and meaningful tasks under a qualified supervisor for the full period – an accredited engineering supervisor is required for engineering students
  • Provide a professional, safe and supportive working environment
  • Access to work facilities including a desk, computer, resources etc.
  • Be a registered Australian business with current public liability insurance of at least AUD $20 million
  • Be prepared to provide feedback to Defence Trailblazer regarding the students’ progress.

Current Program Partners

ASK US!

Want to know more about our incentive schemes for both SMEs and Primes?
Interested in tailoring a student activity to your business needs?

Contact workforce@dtb.solutions for a confidential discussion and further information. 

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