Work experience

We welcome students for our work experience and placement program. The program is a great way to experience the water industry and its core functions. We have opportunities for Year 10 students and above.

Students have the opportunity to gain a sense of day-to-day business to help them choose their future career path.

Work experience areas

We offer work experience and placements in:

• engineering (civil, electrical and mechanical) – Victorian Construction Induction Card required
• human resources
• civil maintenance – Victorian Construction Induction Card required
• mechanical engineering (trade based) – Victorian Construction Induction Card required
• water treatment
• finance and accounting
• administration
• water quality and environment
• information technology (IT)
• communications and/or marketing.

Due to staffing, work experience placements in the electrical operations team have been suspended for the foreseeable future.

Depending on your needs, you can do a one-week placement or one day a week over a ten week period

Expressions of interest for work experience

If you are interested in completing work experience with Lower Murray Water in 2026, expressions of interest are now open.

We provide a comprehensive work experience program to give young people the opportunity to experience what it is like to work in the water industry.

Complete the Expression of Interest form to be considered for a spot in our 2026 work experience program. Applications can be submitted from Monday, 2 February to Friday, 28 February 2026.

Some of the information you will be asked to provide in the form includes:

• Area of interest for work experience
• Preferred dates
• Information about yourself

All requests will be reviewed and replied to after the end of the Expression of Interest period. You may be contacted to come to a ‘meet and greet’ at Lower Murray Water, which is an opportunity for LMW and yourself to make sure our program is the right fit.

We do our best to accommodate all requests, however, there are limited spots for work experience available.