High school students from throughout the Bay Area are invited to apply for paid summer work experience in the field of transportation through the High School Internship Program sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC).
Published: February, 2010
High school students from throughout the Bay Area are invited to apply for paid summer work experience in the field of transportation through the High School Internship Program sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Students must be at least 16 years old and have completed 10th grade by the start of the program this June; the deadline for submissions is March 26.
“The program’s purpose is to introduce students to potential careers in transportation,” noted MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger. Students currently in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade are eligible to apply this spring; the program also is open to students who will be graduating in June 2010.
Students will be employed, either full-time or part-time, for up to eight weeks between June and August, with cities and public agencies in a department related to transportation planning or engineering, public works or public transit. Hourly pay is $10. Currently, 30 paid internships are available throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Students can view the positions at www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/. Students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.8. Applications from students with grade point averages below 2.8 will be considered if accompanied by two letters of recommendation instead of just one.
Application packets are available online from the MTC Web site (www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/). MTC’s high school internship coordinator can be contacted at (510) 817-5807 for further information. Applications will be accepted via fax to (510) 817-5848 or may be mailed or delivered in person to MTC at 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, California, 94607 (no e-mailed applications will be accepted).
MTC is the regional transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
