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Hey guys, how is everyone doing with Sem 1 ending and grade release?

I’m a 3rd year mechanical engineering and computer science student. I’m making this post because I’m a bit paranoid about finding an internship, as my GPA is currently 4.22. I’m honestly pretty worried about finding an engineering internship because I know it can be hard to land one.

I’ve failed 3 subjects before and I’m a bit delayed in my course, but I recently realised GPA is cumulative over the years and not semester-based. I have slowly been pulling my GPA up after years of slacking and just passing, but yeah, I’m trying to take it more seriously now and have aimed higher.

Does anybody have any tips for finding internships or placement? I’m planning to work on some projects over the semester, but any other advice would be greatly appreciated from fellow engineering students or anyone experienced with this.

Kind regards.

Hi everyone,

I recently completed my Master of Fire Engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. I am an international graduate, not a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident, so I do not have automatic work rights in Australia.

I am currently looking for graduate fire engineering / fire safety engineering opportunities. The NZ market is quite small, and graduate roles have been very limited this year. Australia seems to have a much larger fire engineering market, but without Australian work rights, it has been difficult to get interviews.

I am wondering whether Australian consultancies ever consider overseas-based graduates for remote support, contract work, or junior technical tasks, such as report preparation, code research, documentation, FDS modelling support, or drawing review.

Any advice or reality check would be much appreciated.