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Dear Ferdinandt

Thank you for your question regarding hydrology job shadowing opportunities in the Johannesburg area. We suggest you network with and explore the following resources to see if you can identify any organizations you can approach:

Department of Water and Environmental Affairs; Hydrological services: http://www.dwaf.gov.za/Hydrology/

Engineering or environmental consulting firms for example, GCS (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) - GCS was established in 1987 and is an independent consultancy with expertise in hydrology, hydrogeology, pedology, geology, engineering as well as geotechnical and environmental sciences.

We also suggest you use the electronic Yellow Pages (http://www.yellowpages.co.za/) and Brabys (http://www.brabys.com/) to see if you can identify consulting companies and agencies involved in hydrology.

Also try the engineering Council of South Africa (www.ecsa.co.za/) and South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions ( http://www.sacnasp.org.za/ ) to see if they can suggest organizations you can contact.

Explore the career planet hydrology web page for leads: http://www.careerplanet.co.za/_careers/hydrologist

Consult the water boards like Rand Water for job shadowing opportunities and contacts: http://www.randwater.co.za/Pages/Default.aspx and http://www.randwaterservices.co.za/

Explore opportunities with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): http://www.csir.co.za/recruitment/

Contact City of Johannesburg to see if they have any suggestions: http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=66

Also try contacting the South African Water Research Commission:  http://www.wrc.org.za/

We hope this information will help you to find some job shadowing experiences. Best wishes for your career decision-making process.

Lynn and the Career Planet Team