Marine Monitoring Placement: Llandarcy/Martin’s Haven
This is a student work experience opportunity which is offered to help the student(s) to gain skills, knowledge and experience.
It allows the hosting team to share their knowledge and gain experience in working with young people whilst promoting NRW and the wider environmental sector.
Closing date for applications: 22 May 2024
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Placement title: |
Marine Monitoring Placement |
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Location: |
All Field Based – Pembrokeshire/Ceredigion |
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Base (Office/Depot): |
Llandarcy/Martin’s Haven |
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Start date: |
Sunday 30 June 2024 |
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End date: |
Tuesday 2 July 2024 |
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Placement hours: |
TBC – will involve early starts |
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Number of placements available: |
2 |
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Level of Placement: Undergraduate AS/ A Level or equivalent GCSE or equivalent All 15+
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GCSE or equivalent; A Level |
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Welsh Language: |
This placement will be delivered through the medium of English |
Additional Information
What will you do
On the Sunday, you will join our staff based at Martin’s Haven on their patrol of Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). This will involve joining them on the boat where they will visit various sites within the MCZ to review activities within the MCZ.
On the Monday, you will join our staff on an opportunistic macroalgae survey of the Teifi estuary. You will observe tracking the perimeters of opportunistic macroalgal beds, take quadrats within the bed, estimating percentage cover and then you will take biomass recordings of the quadrat areas within the bed, which involves washing and weighing the algae.
On the Tuesday, you will repeat the opportunistic macroalgae survey but for the Nyfer estuary.
Please note, there will be very early starts required for these surveys.
Who will you be working with
You will be working with the Marine Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Team in NRW; on the Sunday you will join the staff members based at Martin’s Haven, on the Monday and Tuesday you will join the Water Environment Regulations staff in the field.
Where will you be working
All field work carried out at:
- Skomer MCZ (meeting at Martin’s Haven),
- Teifi Estuary – meet at Cardigan or travel from Llandarcy Office,
- Nyfer Estuary – meet at Newport, Pembs or travel from Llandarcy Office.
What other information is relevant to the placement
As stated above, you must be prepared for early starts, be comfortable on a boat (for the Sunday) and be prepared to work in wet and windy weather as the surveys will go ahead even if the weather isn’t dry.
Placement Advert Information
To assess your suitability for the placement, we may contact you or ask you to meet us for an informal interview.
If your application is successful, you will be required to complete a Placement Agreement which sets out the responsibilities and expectations for the placement.
Closing date for applications: 22/05/2024
Submitting your application
Please send your completed application form and equalities monitoring form to Placements@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk by the closing date, using the placement number as a reference.
Successful applicants will be contacted by the placement manager to discuss what happens next. This could be an email, phone call or an invitation to an informal interview. If you are unsuccessful we will also let you know and explain why.
Natural Resources Wales embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. We welcome and encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented including women, black and ethnic minority groups and people with a disability and we have a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We are an employer of choice because we put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.