Adriatic Dolphin Project Intern Review

by Blue World Institute

Rating

3.8/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • It was primarily working in the office - often it was conducting photo-ID for dolphin fins to determine their identity from their back-catalogue. Either that or listening to audio-recordings from hydrophones to collect data on dolphin vocalisations. Boat work included surveys on dolphin populations and behaviour (taking photos and recording the positions of dolphins) and also loggerhead turtles. We also went weekly to the turtle rescue centre where we helped the veterinarian with her work looking after injured or ill turtles.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Data entry, presentation skills, photo-identification, research, boat-based work.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was not given much - we were responsible for handling and storing equipment and doing research and data collection that would be used for actual research, which was probably the most "responsible" thing we had to do.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • We had lots of members of staff near to hand to seek guidance from.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • It was quiet in the office but mostly friendly. This team was very focused so it felt high pressure at times. I got the impression they were fairly stressed and worked too much overtime to be healthy.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed aspects of it but it was quite hard work and I felt like support was lacking at times. The work itself was not varied but I could have asked for a greater variety of tasks. The opportunity to work with dolphins regularly was amazing though, we saw them every time we went to see.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 3/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 2/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Blue World Institute

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Blue World Institute to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Blue World Institute

    • Be ready for more office work than you were expecting. Ask for a different task if you are not enjoying/good at the one you are currently doing. Expect long hours on the boat.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Environmental Science, Research, Science

International

September 2023