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Database Management Internship
Help maintain and improve a real database: data quality, reporting queries, backups and access control.
Support an IT, finance or programme team in designing tables, cleaning and migrating records, writing reporting queries, and protecting data through backups and permissions.
Entry requirements
- Completion of the Rescue Academy Database Management program (Beginner level or above), or a skills check
- Completion of the Workplace Readiness level
Prerequisite skills
- Write SELECT queries with joins and grouping
- Create tables with keys
- Explain backups and permissions
Learning objectives
- Document an existing database
- Improve data quality and structure
- Write accurate reporting queries
- Protect data with backups and access control
Competencies you will develop
Data modellingSQL queryingData cleaning and migrationReportingBackup and recoveryAccess controlDocumentation
Internship modules
Weekly plan
| Week | Module | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Understanding the Existing System | Discovery |
| Week 2 | Understanding the Existing System | Documentation |
| Week 3 | Improving Structure and Data Quality | Cleaning |
| Week 4 | Improving Structure and Data Quality | Migration |
| Week 5 | Reporting Queries | Queries |
| Week 6 | Reporting Queries | Validation |
| Week 7 | Backup, Security and Handover | Protection |
| Week 8 | Backup, Security and Handover | Handover |
Final internship project
Database Improvement Package
Deliver an improved, documented and protected database with a reporting query library.
Deliverables
- ER diagram and data dictionary
- Migration log with verification
- Query library
- Backup and access plan with restore evidence
How you are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Data modelling and structure | 20% |
| Query accuracy | 25% |
| Data quality and migration | 20% |
| Security and backups | 15% |
| Internship report and reflection | 20% |
Internship report
8–12 pages plus appendices, submitted as PDF within one week of the placement ending.
- Summary
- The host organisation and your role
- Work completed, with evidence
- Data model and migration approach
- Challenges and how you handled them
- Skills developed and reflection
- Recommendations to the host organisation
Portfolio evidence
- ER diagram (no real data)
- Sample queries
- Backup plan
- Supervisor's evaluation
Expected professional outcomes
- Work as a junior database or data administrator
- Maintain small organisational databases safely
Outcomes describe skills practised during the internship. Rescue Academy does not guarantee employment.
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