Industrial Development Corporation (IDC): Graduate Internships 2026 / 2027.

A National Diploma or Degree or Honours in one of the following fields:

• Built Environment 

1. Architecture,
2. Construction Engineering,
3. Civil engineering,
4. Geomatics / Land Surveying,

Industrial Development Corporation (IDC): Graduate Internships 2026 / 2027

The IDC offers workplace exposure through a Graduate Programme for a period of 24 months (Internship), Our programme aims to provide a customised, structured, and supervised workplace experience. This allows qualified youth to gain valuable work experience, explore career paths, networking opportunities and mentoring through experienced professionals.

The role enables graduates to apply their academic knowledge in a real-world environment, develop technical and workplace competencies, gain exposure to relevant projects and business activities, and build professional networks under the guidance of experienced professionals.

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Purpose of the Programme

• To develop a talent pipeline of skilled individuals for the various business areas within the Corporation and various sectors to address the unemployment rate in the country.
• To create opportunities for unemployed graduates with the required qualifications to develop competencies for employability.
• To grant graduates an opportunity to network with professionals and learn about the different career paths that are available in the Corporation.
• To help graduates apply knowledge acquired from institutions of higher learning to a real-life work environment.

Requirements

A National Diploma or Degree or Honours in one of the following fields:

• Built Environment 

1. Architecture,
2. Construction Engineering,
3. Civil engineering,
4. Geomatics / Land Surveying,
5. Urban and Regional Planning,
6. Quantity Surveying

• Infrastructure Economics, Finance and Development

1. Development Finance,
2. Finance,
3. Accountancy
4. Economics,
5. Investment management

• Project and Programme Management

1. Project Management

• Environmental and Sustainability Studies

1. Environmental science,
2. Environmental Management,
3. Conservation,
4. Geography,
5. Environmental Geology
6. Civil Engineering
7. Quantity Surveyor
8. Electrical Engineering

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Current Professional Registration as a Candidate QS with the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) would be advantageous.
• POPI Act, BCEA, EE Act,
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the IDC, PICC, IZP, and its mandate
• MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & MS Teams
• AUTOCAD software for preparing Electrical Engineering drawings
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, in particular Microsoft Excel
• WinQS, and/or QSPlus and/or CostX and/or Candy (CCS) and/or Bluebeam Revu
• Extensive experience using MS Projects of similar project scheduling software
• Civil 3d, Civil Designer, WADISO or other Civil/Electrical/Structural engineering software
• Knowledge of various standard conditions of contract – JBCC, GCC, NEC3 or 4 and FIDIC
• Knowledge of various applicable technical computer software
• Knowledge of various SANS, Red Book and other engineering norms and standards

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