– Township of Langley: applying GIS skills to tasks in a municipal setting, and – World Wildlife Fund Canada: performing day to day GIS tasks pertaining to various Marine and Freshwater projects, – Environment Canada: applying GIS to Watersheds, Sub-watersheds and Catchments in BC and Bi-national Basins, Companies/agencies that have had students work in their office in production setting have included: The practicum uses an employer/employee mentor relationship for a paradigm, with the student working in your office. Here is the link to the Project / Practicum PDFs that have the application form on the last page.Ī practicum is suitable for a sponsor who has technical expertise and time sufficient to provide detailed work supervision for the work undertaken by the student. Students tend to get signed up quickly with sponsors, so I would not recommend waiting till mid-October to start interviewing. It goes without saying that the sooner you interview and sign up a student, the more likely you will get your 1st choice student. – Student replies with acceptance via email, cc’ing me so I have record of their acceptance. – Select your student and offer them the project or practicum via email I suggest interviews to proceed between Sept 26 – Oct 14. – Start interviewing as soon as you have a few students you think are a fit. – Students will contact you to indicate their interest – I will release all sponsor applications to the students on Sept 19 – Submit a Project / Practicum sponsor form to me via email by Sept 16 at the latest

My suggested schedule to line up a student for a project or practicum is as follows: Liability for students will be covered under the Institute’s Coverage For Students On Approved Industry Project Practicums. There is no cost to the sponsor for a GIS Practicum or Project. We would like to have the students assigned to a sponsor by the end of October at the latest.Ī BCIT GIS Practicum or Project offers a valuable opportunity for sponsors to play a role in GIS technology education while benefiting from the student’s knowledge and skills. I am contacting you, to see if you would consider having a BCIT student undertake either a project or a practicum with you. Part of their course load is to locate a sponsor (a company or government agency), who will undertake either a project or practicum with the student in the January – May/June 2017 timeframe.

This update about student practicums for business comes from our friends at BCIT in Burnaby (Vancouver) B.C, Canada current year of BCIT GIS students will be starting classes this September.

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