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University Sourced Industry Placements

Work Based Learning (WBL) serves as a bridge between academic study and professional life. Immerse yourself in a University Wide - Industry Placement Elective Subjects and take the next step towards your future career!

La Trobe University has a dedicated team of industry experts who partner with some of Australia's most reputable organisations. The placement opportunities listed here are multidisciplinary and are provided to La Trobe students who have elective availability in their study plan.

Subjects	Teaching period	Semester dates	Application close date
LTU3IND	Semester 2, 2025	28 July – 24 October	Open: Wednesday 26 March Close: Thursday 17 April (extended!)
LTU2PP1 LTU2PP2 LTU3PP3 LTU3PP4	Terms 4 & 5, 2025	28 July - 5 September 15 September - 24 October	Open: Wednesday 26 March Close: Thursday 17 April (extended!)

Subjects

Teaching period

Semester dates

Application
close date

LTU3IND

Semester 2, 2025

28 July – 24 October

Open: Wednesday 26 March

Close: Thursday 17 April (extended!)

LTU2PP1
LTU2PP2
LTU3PP3
LTU3PP4

Terms 4 & 5, 2025

28 July - 5 September

15 September - 24 October

Open: Wednesday 26 March

Close: Thursday 17 April (extended!)

How to apply
Preparation is an essential step prior to submitting a placement application. All La Trobe students have complimentary access to Career Ready Assist, an interactive online platform designed to help you become ‘industry ready’ by creating or refining your resume and practicing interview skills. Additionally, CareerHub offers helpful resources like a cover letter template and checklist. Find out more about the University wide Industry Placement Elective Subjects and how to apply (refer to Step 1 and Step 2c).

How to apply

Preparation is an essential step prior to submitting a placement application.

All La Trobe students have complimentary access to Career Ready Assist, an interactive online platform designed to help you become ‘industry ready’ by creating or refining your resume and practicing interview skills. Additionally, CareerHub offers helpful resources like a cover letter template and checklist.

Find out more about the University wide Industry Placement Elective Subjects and how to apply (refer to Step 1 and Step 2c).

Undergraduate placement opportunities

100 - 200 hour placement opportunities

Suitable for undergraduate students who have elective space in their degree and are interested in completing a placement through the Industry Placement Elective subjects.

100-hour placements
- Select ONE of the following subjects: LTU3IND, LTU2PP1, LTU2PP2 or LTU3PP3
200-hour placements
- Select TWO of the following subjects: LTU2PP1, LTU2PP2, LTU3PP3

To access the full Placement Description, click on the name of the organisation.

Placement Description	Suitable Disciplines	Placement hours	Placement Brief	Placement Location
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Ballarat Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Ballarat
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Bendigo Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Bendigo
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Berwick Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Berwick
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Geelong Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Geelong
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Holmesglen Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Moorabbin
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Knox Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Wantirna
Australian Clinical Laboratories	Hematology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Physiology/anatomy, Molecular	100hrs	Medical Science Student – Moreland Lab: The placement will provide the opportunity for the student to move through the core departments of a multidisciplinary laboratory.	Coburg
Bendigo Kangan Institute	Business, Management, Human Resource Management, Learning and Organisational Development.	200hrs	People and Culture Intern: You will join a passionate People and Culture Team, working primarily in the Leadership and Culture space on a range of learning and organisational development projects.	Cremorne
Carlton Football Club	History, Arts, Archaeology or similar.	100hrs or 200hrs	History and Archives Intern: Archiving and maintenance of the club’s extensive digital archive. Assist the Club Historian to develop best practice of a safe and secure inventory of physical items in the Carlton FC’s collection.	Carlton North
Darebin City Council	Suitable for an Indigenous student or a student majoring in indigenous studies.	100hrs	Aboriginal Affairs Student Placement: As part of the Aboriginal Affairs Portfolio the successful candidate would work with customer service to create an effective system for Aboriginal queries, updating the Aboriginal Darebin content on the website and updating the Knowledge Hub.	Preston - and remote
Darebin City Council	Bachelor of Arts, Community Development, Interfaith Engagement, International Studies, Human rights, Migration	100hrs	Community Development Project Assistant: Assist with community development projects, research, administrative tasks, interfaith engagement and multicultural community initiatives.	Preston
Darebin City Council	Business or Arts, Psychology, public policy, Community services, Study or interests related to families and children.	100hrs	Toy Library Assistant: Build workforce capabilities in working with families in the early years in a range of community settings and contexts. Students will be offered some project-based work such as developing practices to improve sustainability in the service, reviewing policies and practices on donations and procurement, quality improvement and member satisfaction surveys.	Preston
Dromana College	Psychological Science.	200hrs	Wellbeing student intern: Student Support and Counselling, Developing Wellbeing Programs, Collaboration and Referral, Developing and Maintaining Supportive Policies,Education and Advocacy and Monitoring and Reporting.	Dromana
Fifth Harvest	Agriculture, Botany and Crop Science and General Science.	100hrs	Assistant Grower (Vertical Farming): Get involved in various aspects of farm operations, including crop care, nutrient application, and growth condition monitoring. Your crop care responsibilities will include seed selection, germination, plant transfers, and harvesting.	Coburg North
Football Victoria	Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting, Finance.	200hrs	Accounts Assistant: Process incoming invoices, weekly EFT and cheque runs, maintain vendor files, process the corporate credit card transactions, bank reconciliations, and debtor management.	Bundoora
GreenFleet	Students with an interest in the environment and sustainability (various disciplines).	200hrs	Project Officers: GreenFleet projects will be matched based on student interest, experience or competence and business need. Potential projects include, Visual content management, Biodiversity and Species documentation, Not-for-profit business administration, Accounting & Finance support.	Melbourne CBD and remote
Ivanhoe Grammar School	Arts, Global Studies, Languages and Linguistics or any degree with a major in Spanish.	100hrs	Language Assistant (SPANISH): In the classroom, students will assist the language teachers in providing conversational language support. Students can assist with 1-1 assistance or take small groups of students for conversational activities and games.	Macleod - Uni Campus and remote
Ivanhoe Grammar School	Arts, Global Studies, Languages and Linguistics or any degree with a major in Chinese.	100hrs	Language Assistant (CHINESE): In the classroom, students will assist the language teachers in providing conversational language support. Students can assist with 1-1 assistance or take small groups of students for conversational activities and games.	Macleod - Uni Campus and remote
Ivanhoe Grammar School	Arts, Global Studies, Languages and Linguistics or any degree with a major in French.	100hrs	Language Assistant (FRENCH): In the classroom, students will assist the language teachers in providing conversational language support. Students can assist with 1-1 assistance or take small groups of students for conversational activities and games.	Macleod - Uni Campus and remote
La Trobe University: Employability Programs	Arts, Social Sciences, Communications, Business (Marketing), Event Management,	100hrs	Employability Project Officer: Contribution to two main projects looking at promotion and socialisation of the Career Ready Online resource and contribution to promotional campaigns for the Career Ready Advantage Award. Development of content to promote career resources, programs and services across a range of communication channels.	Bundoora and remote
Leadership Victoria	Marketing, Communications and Media. An interest in events and social impact work is a bonus.	200hrs	Marketing & Communications Assistant: Work with the Marketing and Communications Lead to plan, coordinate, and execute Leadership Victoria’s communications plan.	Melbourne CBD and remote
Mind Blowing Films & Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Film studies, Media & Communications, Cultural Studies, Event Management, Business or Marketing, Arts Management.	100hrs or 200hrs	Film Programmer Intern: Film Selection Assistance, Festival Scheduling, Coordination and Communication, Research, Screening & Ventue Logistic, Program and catalog development, Archival work, Social Media & Marketing support and post festival evaluation.	St Kilda
Mind Blowing Films & Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Hospitality Management, Event Management, Tourism Management, Media and Communications, Public Relations, Business Administration.	100hrs or 200hrs	Guest Hospitality Intern: Guest Coordination and Support, Travel and Accommodation Arrangements, Guest Services During the Festival, Event Support, Problem-Solving, Administrative Support, Coordination with other departments and post festival evaluation.	St Kilda
Mind Blowing Films & Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Marketing, Media, Communications, Film Studies, Events.	100hrs or 200hrs	Marketing Intern: Social Media & Digital Marketing, Promotional Campaigns, Content Creation, Event Coordination, Market Research and Administrative Support.	St Kilda
Melbourne Pathology	Histology or Anatomical Pathology.	100hrs	Pathology Lab Assistant: Students will predominately be working in the specimen reception and handling area – unbagging, batching, coding different specimen types. Assisting and observing scientific staff and registrars performing macro dissection of specimens. Observation of embedding and microtomy of processed tissue specimens including but not limited to skin, gall bladder, appendix, prostate, uterus, breast and bowel.	Collingwood
Melbourne Pathology	Histology or Anatomical Pathology.	200hrs	Pathology Lab Assistant: Students will predominately be working in the specimen reception and handling area – unbagging, batching, coding different specimen types. Assisting and observing scientific staff and registrars performing macro dissection of specimens.	Collingwood
Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary	Bachelor of Wildlife Conservation and Ecology, or Bachelor of Science with relevant majors.	100hrs	Wildlife Sanctuary intern: The main project will involve developing a program for reptile monitoring within the Wildlife Sanctuary’s Eastern Swamp. Land management activities, predator proofing fencing, plant production, seed collection, collating plants for wholesale orders, water quality testing and more!	Bundoora
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute	Final year of a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences, biochemistry or cancer associated studies.	100hrs	Brain Cancer Research technician/assistant: The Centre for Research Excellence at the ONJCRI runs a program of collection of data, blood samples and tissues from brain cancer patients so that we can lead and collaborate in cutting edge brain cancer research. In this project the student will be entering patient data into an ethically approved database to further strengthen our data collection. They will be involved in processing of bloods for storage and in other laboratory tasks involved in the project.	Heidelberg
Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute	Final year of a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences, biochemistry or cancer associated studies.	100hrs	Clinical Trials & Research Assistant (Wilkie Unit): Introduction into Clinical trial management which may include Data management, Site management, Site monitoring, Trial document management and Bio specimen coordination.	Heidelberg
Reptile Encounters	Animal science, zoology, ecology or conservation.	100hrs	Animal keeper & Wildlife Education assistant: Students will apply their discipline knowledge and problem-solving skills, communicate effectively in a professional context with people from different backgrounds and work as part of a team to facilitate the achievement of projects and organisational outcomes.	Burwood

Postgraduate placement opportunities

100-hour placement opportunities

Suitable for postgraduate students who have elective space in their degree and are interested in completing a placement through the Industry Placement Elective subject LTU5IND.

100-hour placements: LTU5IND

To access the full Placement Description, click on the name of the organisation.

Placement Description	Suitable Disciplines	Placement hours	Placement Brief	Placement Location
Ivanhoe Grammar School	Master of Education	100hrs	Learning Facilitator – IGNITE program: Working with small groups of students in our IGNITE Program, Assisting students with learning, goal setting, completion of tasks/activities to achieve their goals, and reflections, 60 hours in class with students facilitating the program.	University campus - Macleod
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Educational Videos): Content Development, Storyboard Creation, AI and Animation Integration, Review and Feedback, Launch and Evaluation.	Remote
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Mapping Influences - Social Network Analysis): Data Collation, Tool Selection, Social Network Analysis, Influence Mapping and Strategic Reporting.	Remote
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Market Assessment for product opportunity): Literature Review, Market Analysis, Regulatory Assessment and Strategic Recommendations.	Remote
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Market Assessment of Patient Monitoring Wearable in ANZ): Literature Review, Market Analysis, Regulatory Assessment and Strategic Recommendations.	Remote
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Power BI automation of alternative product availability): Data integration, Automation setup, Dashboard development, Testing and optimization and Implementation.	Remote
Medtronic	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Business Analyst/Project Coordinator (Visualizing Global Sustainability): Global legislation research and initial data collection, Data wrangling and Power BI dashboard development, Strategic insights development and initial presentation to the sustainability team, Feedback incorporation, iteration, and final presentation.	Remote
Telecare Australia	Master of Digital Health	100hrs	Telehealth Coordinator: Work with patients and doctors to book and manage telehealth appointments, act as a critical point of contact for our doctors and help them manage the patient's digital care journey, support patients and doctors with tech and admin support, manage medical records and correspondence, data reporting and analysis.	Blackburn

Other placement options

Student Sourced placements

A student sourced placement is an opportunity sourced by you to fulfil the requirements of your course and career goals. Sourcing your own opportunity allows you to target specific organisations that you'd like to work with, undertaking a range of tasks negotiated by you with a potential host organisation.

Find out more about Student Sourced Industry Placements.

The Industry Venture Challenge

The Industry Venture Challenge is a placement option, undertaken as part of the 100-hour industry placement elective subject, LTU3IND. Eligible students will have completed 120 credit points and have space in their degree for a 15 credit point elective subject. Participating in the Industry Venture Challenge will enable you to boost your confidence, professional connections and your in-demand industry skills - preparing you to become work ready.

Find out more about the Industry Venture Challenge and how to apply.

Gain credit for 'Internship' or 'Vacation' programs

"Vacation" or "internship" programs are a great way to apply skills and gain valuable experience which may lead to a graduate program entry or direct employment opportunities. These programs are offered across a broad range of organisations and study disciplines, including Accounting, Finance, Cyber security, Marketing, Communications and Environmental Sustainability. Many websites advertise these opportunities, such as Grad Connection, Grad Australia, and Career Hub.

Did you know that these programs may be used to gain credit towards your degree?

When undertaking an internship program, it may be possible for students to concurrently enrol into one or more of La Trobe’s Industry Placement Elective Subjects and use the internship experience to fulfill the industry placement requirements of the elective subject/s (subject to approval from the Subject Coordinator).

How do I apply?

Students must submit a student self-sourced online application (including a Placement Description) prior to the closing date for the selected Industry Placement subject/s. The application and Placement Description will then be assessed and must be approved by La Trobe prior to enrolment into the Industry Placement elective subject. Refer to Step 2a or 2b to find out how to apply.

For more information about your eligibility, speak with your Course Coordinator. For find out more about the application process and the Industry Placement elective subjects, visit our website or contact the Industry Placements team: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au

Enhance Your Allied Health Career Readiness

The HLT43021 Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance program delivered by Exercise Research Australia is a nationally recognised qualification that, upon satisfactory completion, can be used to apply for paid work while completing your undergraduate degree.

La Trobe 1^st and 2^nd year students who join the Allied Health Assistant (AHA) program in Semester 2 2024 will secure 120 hours of industry placement in 2025, which has been approved for enrolment in La Trobe’s 15 credit-point elective – LTU3IND.

Benefits to students:

Obtain an industry-recognised qualification
Undertake 120-hour placement in a real-world environment such as a hospital, private clinic, or community outpatient setting
Enhance your CV with real-world experience and insights, increasing your employability in the allied health industry
Make a head-start on your career and gain clarity on the career path you want to follow

Find out more:

Download the AHA Program Info Pack
For AHA Program Queries, speak to Ben (Student Program Advisor) Book a call or send an SMS to 0480 079 921
Do you have queries about LTU3IND? contact the Industry Placements team: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au

Important Information

As outlined in the Info Pack, the HLT43021 Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance program provides the necessary skills and knowledge to work as an AHA in hospital, clinic and community work settings. This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding. Eligibility criteria apply.

Training and assessment will be delivered by Exercise Research Australia Pty. Ltd. (ERA), RTOID: 22490 in partnership with Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (SuniTAFE) RTO ID: 4693, under a third party arrangement. All students will be enrolled as a student of SuniTAFE, who is responsible for the quality of training and assessment under these arrangements, and for the issuing of all qualifications and statements of attainment. Any changes to the third party arrangement will be communicated to students. Complaints about the training services delivered under these arrangements can be directed to SuniTAFE, and complaints procedures are available on our website.

Contact us

For further information about the industry placement subjects, the application process and placement opportunities, please email: industryplacements@latrobe.edu.au