Get your graduates work ready
Water is a basic human need and a critical resource for sustainability and resilience in the world's driest inhabited continent. To manage and protect this resource, the Australian water sector employs over 28,000 personnel, including onboarding several hundred graduates each year.
Equip your graduate engineers with the skills they need to thrive and contribute to the future of the water sector, including self-management, communication, project management, and sector-specific knowledge.
It’s an ideal opportunity for you to attract and retain top talent, whilst preparing for your organisation’s future capability needs.
This program is delivered in partnership with the Australian Water Association.
How to join
Any organisation can enrol their engineering graduates.
Pre-requisites: an engineering degree in any discipline and up to two years’ work experience in an engineering related role in the water industry.
Price
$5,990 ex GST per participant
Next intake
Enquire now to be notified of future intakes.
For groups of 10+ to start before the next intake, enquire about the Private corporate program option.
Program options
- Public program - ideal for a few graduate engineers who need to develop sector specific skills and network with peers across organisations.
- Private corporate program - for multiple graduates, this exclusive option complements your existing learning and development programs.
Enquire now to find out more or contact us: [email protected]
Looking to upskill your engineers at their next career stage? Visit the Emerging Engineers Leadership Program page or the AWA Mentoring Program
Why join this program?
Learning modules
Understanding the Australian water industry
This module provides an overview of the Australian water industry to prepare graduates for their role within it.
Your graduates will gain a broad understanding of the sector, its cultural dimensions, governance structures, and sustainability practices.
With expert insights from the Australian Water Association, graduates will learn about the complexities of water management across different environments, and essential guidelines such as drinking water standards. They will also explore indigenous connections to water, delve into community engagement strategies, and examine resource recovery and reclamation methods.
Graduates will finish the module with enhanced insights into climate resilience and the future challenges facing Australia's water.
- Regulations
- Indigenous cultural connections
- Sustainability
- Community engagement
- Climate resilience
- Water conservation
Personal Capability
This module lays the foundations for professional and personal growth.
Your graduates will develop self-management skills and improve their critical interpersonal skills. They will also learn how to take responsibility for their career by pursuing further professional development and credentials such as Chartered status.
- Actioning feedback
- Communication
- Emotional intelligence
- Resilience
Professional Skills
This module builds leadership capabilities to drive performance and thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
Your graduates will learn to work effectively with stakeholders, how to lead high-performing teams, and foster diversity and inclusion in multidisciplinary team environments.
- Conflict management
- Diversity & inclusion
- Negotiation
- Supporting change
Applied Project Management
This module focuses on the latest edition of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), PMBOK7.
Your graduates also learn the principles to solve problems, particularly how to apply them to ethical and sustainability issues on engineering projects.
- Ethics
- Problem-solving
- Project lifecycle
- Risk management
Success stories
The program has been a really good conduit for linking base instincts with common practise.
I feel engineers have really good intuition when it comes to soft skills. Having that intuition not only justified but given a direction on how to grow those skills has been really good for my confidence in the workplace.
The most important concept [I’ve learnt in the program] has been the creation and maintenance of a professional identity.
Understanding that everything you do in and out of a workplace alters how people perceive you as an engineer and affects the outcomes of your work. This has been on my mind a lot since the workshops and will form a key part of my career mindset.
More success stories
"This program has given me the framework for success.
I am more aware of myself, the influence I have on my own mindset, and the people around me.
Not only did it improve my professional conduct, but it has also given me tools to further development my technical knowledge and skills, to become a well-rounded engineer and leader."
Nikita Sparavec, Graduate Mechanical/Structural Engineer
Award-winning program
This program has been recognised for excellence in education, receiving two LearnX Platinum Awards in 2024; EduTech Learning Impact, and Best Talented Team – Learning and Development Team.
