Depending on the program, there are some restricted sectors within industries that need to be considered before finding your internship or traineeship. The below list isn’t exhaustive, so please give the team a call before you start your search.
Education: You can’t work as a teacher or teaching assistant, but you can work in curriculum development, lesson planning and more.
Oenology and Viticulture (that’s wine to you and us): You can’t do fruit picking, vine and harvest work, but you can do fermentation management, distribution and more.
Construction: You can’t operate heavy machinery or intern as part of a work crew, but you can do project management, drafting and more.
Healthcare and veterinary: You can’t do clinical care or administer medication or procedures, but you can do observation-based internships.
Hospitality: Typically, hotels must be rated 4-star or higher and have broad operations to facilitate a comprehensive training in the hospitality field. For culinary training, restaurants must be a fine dining establishment in order to qualify.
Social services: You can’t work directly with patients, but you can do social work and policy (unpublished), community outreach and more.
Sports and nutrition: You can’t do coaching, physical therapy or personal training, but you can do Sports Medicine business management, food product development and more.
Retail: Internships must be management-focused, and typically include training in areas such as human resources practices, accounting, staffing practices, buying, merchandising and more.