Work experience directory
This directory provides a useful list of school, undergraduate, recent graduate and postgraduate work placements and volunteering experiences in various sectors.
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Environment Agency
The Environment Agency is responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England. The organisation offers careers in a wide range of different disciplines, including many opportunities for geographers.
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is offering students the opportunity to explore how it collects data and turns it into world class mapping and geographic information.
Malcolm Hughes Land Surveyors Ltd
Malcolm Hughes are able to provide short- or medium-term placements for all students with an interest in geospatial survey. The company offers an introduction to the profession through hands-on practical training and experience. They also offer insights into the world of site work, data processing and client deliverables.
Spatial Dimensions Ltd
Spatial Dimensions provides one- or two-week work experience placements, allowing students to gain hands-on experience both on-site—collecting data alongside their teams—and in the office, learning data processing techniques. Spatial Dimensions operates within the land surveying industry, with a focus on topographic and measured building surveys, underground utility detection, and site engineering.
Dalcour Maclaren
Dalcour Maclaren offers workplace opportunities in land surveying, land referencing and GIS/CAD work.
Powers
Powers offers one- or two-week work experience placements, giving students the opportunity to join their teams on site to collect data and in the office to learn how to process it. Powers operates in the land surveying sector, specialising in topographic and measured building surveys, underground utility detection and site engineering.
Precision Utility Mapping Ltd
Precision Utility Mapping Ltd offer both site- and office-based, hands-on experience covering all different types of geospatial surveying, data processing, computer-based design and project management.
WWF Green Ambassadors
This education programme encourages new generation of sustainability champions and provides a range of tools to support the work of your school's green team.
Bertha Earth Ambassadors
This programme offers a fully-funded opportunity for young people between the ages of 11 and 13.
Welsh Government
The Welsh Government offers work experience placements to individuals of school age for periods up to five days.
The Access Project
Volunteer tutoring to support disadvantaged students.
London Wildlife Trust
Find out more about the London Wildlife Trust's paid traineeship programme.