Petroleum Agency SA Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the Internships 2024/2025

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Closing Date: 13 September 2024
Job Type: Internship
Location: Cape Town, South Africa

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Internship Description

The Agency is offering an Internship Opportunity funded by the Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) for graduates over a two-year period, commencing February 2025.

Selection Criteria:

• The learner is unemployed and a South African citizen
• The graduates should have achieved the relevant qualification at a HET level.
• Candidates MUST have completed their relevant qualifications
• Must not have benefitted from an internship programme before whether MQA-funded or company-funded
• No previous work experience is required.

The Interns will:

• Contribute towards the achievement of the Department’s duties while developing the necessary skills and knowledge in the related disciplines
• Attend various relevant/discipline-specific training courses/ conferences
• Be trained in basic computer courses such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, etc. (depending on the current competency levels)
• Be afforded an opportunity to work independently to determine progress on own development

The following Internship Opportunities are open for applications:

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Intern: Technical Compliance (Engineering)

Bachelor’s Degree (4-year university Degree) in:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

Exposure: 

• Gain exposure and experience in key disciplines in Petroleum Engineering.
• Be developed in key aspects of drilling operations from well designs, well construction, and to well abandonment operations.
• Be developed in key aspects of production engineering from well performance assessment, design and types of well completion systems, to metering and measurement of production.
• Be afforded an opportunity to visit active operations mainly drilling operations and production facilities.

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Intern: Licensing and Legal

Bachelor’s Degree in: 

• LLB

Exposure: 

• Be developed in evaluating and processing applications for rights and permits lodged in terms of the Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (Act No. 28 of 2002).
• Gain exposure and experience in the preparation and publication of notices.
• Gain exposure and experience in drafting recommendations for applications for rights and permits for the Minister’s consideration. 
• Be developed in the preparation of documents for notarial executions of rights/permits.
• Gain exposure and experience in preparing comments and inputs to government policies or legislative frameworks relating to the petroleum industry.
• Conduct legal research.

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Intern: Company Secretary

Bachelor’s Degree in: 

• BCom or LLB

Advantageous: 

• CGISA qualification will be an added advantage

Exposure: 

• Gain exposure and experience in corporate governance, company secretariat and compliance.
• Assist in writing up and keeping proper minutes of meetings as permanent records of resolutions and required actions. 
• Gain experience in obtaining declarations of interest and gifts from all management and keep them in a proper format for audit purposes.
• Gain experience in communicating corporate statutory information.
• Assist with the preparation of the annual calendar for the Agency.
• Be developed in conducting audits into the Agency’s governance committees.
• Be developed and assisted with the preparation of compliance reports and documentation for regulatory bodies, including the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).

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