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Internship application form

An internship application has to do two things a job application does not: work for somebody with almost no employment history, and sort a large field quickly on things that are actually disqualifying. This one asks about study, availability and field readiness before it asks anybody to write 300 words. It is a classic form, because two PDF uploads and a referee table need one page where everything can be checked before sending. It is written for an Australian employer, where a placement that a course requires is treated differently under the Fair Work Act from one a student chooses to do.

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Northreef summer internship 2027

Twelve paid places across four streams, six weeks each, based at the Northreef field station. Applications close 5pm on 30 September and interviews run in the last fortnight of October.

About you

Your name *

First

Middle

Last

Email *

Mobile *

Where are you studying? *

Student number *

Your study

Degree *

Major or specialisation *

Year of study in 2026 *

Expected completion *

There is no cut off mark. The panel reads the whole application, and a middling average with a season of field work behind it has beaten a high one without, more than once. Put the number in anyway, because leaving it blank is read as worse than whatever it is.

Weighted average mark so far *

The placement

Which stream are you applying for? *

Reef monitoring, four places, mostly on the water

Water chemistry, three places, mostly in the laboratory

Data and modelling, three places, mostly at a desk

Community and education, two places, schools and the visitor centre

You can put yourself forward for a second stream and it does not weaken the first. Roughly a third of offers each year go to somebody's second choice, usually because a stream was oversubscribed rather than because the applicant was.

Second stream, if you would take one

Which six week blocks could you do? *

Block A, 30 November to 8 January

Block B, 11 January to 19 February

Block C, 22 February to 2 April

Any of them

The next question decides how the placement is paid, so it is worth getting right. A placement that your course requires you to complete is treated differently from one you have chosen to do, and the difference is settled by your course rules rather than by anything we prefer.

Is this placement a required part of your course? *

Yes, my course requires a placement and this would count

No, I am doing this alongside my degree

I am not sure, and I will check with my faculty

The next three are about field work rather than about you. Reef monitoring puts interns on a boat four days a week, and the answers below decide which stream can actually take you rather than whether you are any good.

Field requirements

	Yes	Not yet
Can you swim 200 metres in open water and tread water for five minutes?
Do you hold a current driver licence?
Do you hold a recreational boat licence?
Do you hold a current first aid certificate?
Have you spent a full day on a small boat before?

Do you have the right to work in this country for the whole placement? *

Yes, citizen or permanent resident

Yes, on a student visa with work rights

Not yet, and I would need sponsorship or a visa change

Your application

Your CV *

Click to upload

Max: 10MB

One PDF, under 10 MB. Two pages is plenty. Put field work, boat time, laboratory hours and anything you have volunteered for above your casual jobs, because that is the half the panel reads first.

Your academic transcript *

Click to upload

Max: 10MB

One PDF. An unofficial transcript downloaded from your student portal is fine at this stage. An official one is only asked for if you are offered a place.

Why this internship, in about 300 words *

Tell us about a time you worked outdoors, on the water, or in a laboratory *

Adjustments you would need for an interview or for the placement

Two referees

One academic and one from any kind of work. Tell them before you list them. Referees are only contacted for shortlisted applicants, in the week beginning 13 October, and never without telling you first.

Your referees

#	Name	Role and organisation	Email	How they know you
1
2

Before you send it

Applications close at 5pm on 30 September and the form closes with them. There is no late window and no partial save, so send what you have rather than perfecting it on the last afternoon.

I confirm *

Everything in this application is my own work and is true

I have told both referees that I have listed them

I can be at the field station for the whole of at least one block I ticked

Every field, and what it collects

The complete field list, in the order respondents meet it.

Your nameNameRequired
EmailShort textRequired
MobileShort textRequired
Where are you studying?DropdownRequired: Options: Ashfield Bay University · Corren State University · Halloran Institute · Meridian University · Westport University · Somewhere else, or overseas
Student numberShort textRequired
DegreeShort textRequired
Major or specialisationShort textRequired
Year of study in 2026DropdownRequired: Options: First year · Second year · Third year · Fourth year or honours · Postgraduate coursework
Expected completionDateRequired
Weighted average mark so farShort textRequired
Which stream are you applying for?Single choiceRequired: Options: Reef monitoring, four places, mostly on the water · Water chemistry, three places, mostly in the laboratory · Data and modelling, three places, mostly at a desk · Community and education, two places, schools and the visitor centre
Second stream, if you would take oneDropdown: Options: Reef monitoring · Water chemistry · Data and modelling · Community and education · No second choice
Which six week blocks could you do?Multiple choiceRequired: Options: Block A, 30 November to 8 January · Block B, 11 January to 19 February · Block C, 22 February to 2 April · Any of them
Is this placement a required part of your course?Single choiceRequired: Options: Yes, my course requires a placement and this would count · No, I am doing this alongside my degree · I am not sure, and I will check with my faculty
Field requirementsRating grid: Statements:
Can you swim 200 metres in open water and tread water for five minutes?
Do you hold a current driver licence?
Do you hold a recreational boat licence?
Do you hold a current first aid certificate?
Have you spent a full day on a small boat before?
Do you have the right to work in this country for the whole placement?Single choiceRequired: Options: Yes, citizen or permanent resident · Yes, on a student visa with work rights · Not yet, and I would need sponsorship or a visa change
Your CVFile uploadRequired: One PDF, under 10 MB. Two pages is plenty. Put field work, boat time, laboratory hours and anything you have volunteered for above your casual jobs, because that is the half the panel reads first.
Your academic transcriptFile uploadRequired: One PDF. An unofficial transcript downloaded from your student portal is fine at this stage. An official one is only asked for if you are offered a place.
Why this internship, in about 300 wordsLong textRequired
Tell us about a time you worked outdoors, on the water, or in a laboratoryLong textRequired
Adjustments you would need for an interview or for the placementLong text
Your refereesTable: Columns: Name · Role and organisation · Email · How they know you
I confirmMultiple choiceRequired: Options: Everything in this application is my own work and is true · I have told both referees that I have listed them · I can be at the field station for the whole of at least one block I ticked

Question banks built on this form

Internship application questions for student placements

What makes this form work

The disqualifying questions come before the writing

Right to work, availability and field readiness sit above the 300 word question. Somebody who cannot be there for any block finds out before they invest an evening, and the panel does not read essays from applicants it cannot hire.

The referee table is two fixed rows, not four loose fields

A table with name, role, email and relationship as columns collects both referees in one block, and the row count is set at design time because the field renders exactly the rows it was given. Two referees means two rows, which is also the instruction.

The mark question tells applicants what it is worth

A paragraph above it says there is no cut off, that the panel reads the whole application, and that a blank is read as worse than any number. That is the difference between a truthful average and a field left empty by the applicants who most need to be considered whole.

Questions people ask

What should an internship application ask that a job application does not?

Availability by block, expected completion, and whether the placement is a required part of the course. The last one is not curiosity: a placement a degree requires sits under different rules from one a student has chosen to do, and it changes how the position is paid. Asking it in one line beats discovering it at contract stage.

How many uploads is too many on an application form?

Two is the working limit. A CV and a transcript cover almost every panel's needs, and each upload field here takes one PDF up to 10 MB. Asking for a cover letter as a third file duplicates the written question the form already has, and every extra file is another reason for somebody to abandon the form on a phone.

Why put the swimming and licence questions in a grid?

Because they are the same question five times and each has the same two answers. A rating grid asks them in one block instead of five separate choice fields, and it reads as a checklist rather than an interrogation. In the responses table it lands in a single column as statement and answer pairs.

Can the form stop somebody applying after the closing date?

Not on a timer. There is no scheduled close on a form, so somebody has to disable it from the dashboard or switch its access away from public at 5pm. Saying the deadline on the form is honest, but the closing itself is a manual act and the page says so rather than implying a clock.

Should an internship form ask for a weighted average mark?

Ask for it, and treat it as one signal. This form asks for the mark so far beside the degree, the major and the year of study. For a placement with limited seats it is a defensible first cut, and asking the student to type it is faster than reading it off a transcript for two hundred applicants.

Why ask which six week blocks the student could do?

Because university timetables, not employer preference, decide when a placement can run. This form asks for the available blocks in the placement section, alongside whether the placement is a required part of the course. Getting both up front stops an offer being made for dates the student was never able to take.

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