PRACTICAL TRAINING ORIENTATION
College of Computer and Information SciencesKing Saud University
Committee Members:Hanan Ali Tamimi (Head)
Arwa M Alturki; Malak Mohammad Almojaly; Arwa Abdulaziz Altameem;
Shahad Abdullah Alharbi;
Training Unit : Ms. Nawal Aldakhil
Ms. Norah Alsaeed
Committee Secretaries: Ms. Nawal Alfifi
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Outline
Before Practical Training
What is The Practical Training ?
Benefits and Goals of Practical training
Expectations from Practical training
Criteria for a good place/company for Practical training
Paperwork
Forms required
Schedule of deadlines
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What is The Practical Training3
A student works in an IT centre of a government or private sector on a technical task (not administrative)
A student has to spend at least 8 weeks or 300 hours in an approved training location full-time
A student is NOT allowed to register in any other summer course while she is doing her training
A student conducts her practical training during the last summer prior to her graduation
A student is required to complete 90- 100 credit hours to register for the practical training
What is The Practical Training4
In addition the following courses should be taken by the student:
CS :student should be registered in the Training (CSC 999)
IT :Database Principles (IT 222), Networks -1(IT 224), Web Applications (IT 311), Computer Programming-2- (CSC113), Data Structures (IT 212) and Software Engineering-1(IT 322)
A student can either :
Identify the training location on her own (Your-List)
Compete for the training locations provided by the IT department (KSU-List)
BENEFITS AND GOALS5
Benefits and Goals
During the practical training:
You learn about work outside of universities
You learn company environment and organization
You learn what kind of projects are done in companies or government institutions
You get opportunity to improve your communication skills
You get familiar with new tools and development facilities
You obtain the chance to work in a professional team
You collaborate with people from other disciplines
This helps you to make a career selection
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Benefits and Goals
You get opportunity to link real world problems to your university education
University Education
Real WorldProblems
Practical Training
Information TechnologyCurriculum
Software relatedHardware relatedConfiguration relatedAdministrativeManagement related….
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Benefits and Goals
You get out-of-university contacts and references
a Good Job
Practical training
UniversityEducation
Your skills, abilities, knowledge, and attitude
Practical training can be another step that helpsyou to get a good Job after graduation.
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What we expect from students and Practical training?
Obtain a good subset of the listed benefits and achieve the listed goals
See Information Technology discipline in action
Apply what you learned in a real work environment
We expect you to learn professional work ethics
Seriousness
Dedication
Being honest
Producing high quality work
Punctuality
Meeting deadlines
Enthusiasm
… etc.
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Position Allocation Requirements10
The following are requirements from a company
where training will be done :
The department must work on information technology applications and/or systems, such as software/hardware design/development/testing.
Training position brought by student (Your-List)
A student cannot bring a training position from the same place as the ones offered by the IT department
IT positions offered by the IT department depending on (KSU-List):
GPA of student
IELTS(5.5) or equivalent English qualifications (if exists)
Training experiences on IT (if exists)
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Criteria to select a company
The following are recommended requirements for a company to be selected as the training place
Your supervisor has a background in computing
You should be able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
The company/institution should use current tools and techniques
The company/institution should work on projects that have local or global impact
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Paperwork and Schedule 12
Paperwork
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Your-List
•Visit Training Unit to Know about positions offered(reserved ) by our department (important)
•From blog , get more information about training: Practical Training Program –(Arabic English )& Summary Training Specifications –(Arabic English )
•Find a company according to the mentioned criteria and take its acceptance (orally )
•From blog , print and fill Practical Training Plan and take Official Request Letter for company/institution from Training Unit /Committee Secretary and Sign Practical Training Regulation
•It is highly recommended to attached your CV , Transcript and other qualifications with forms submitted to company
•Bring back forms for evaluation and approval to Training Unit /Committee Secretary
•Check the accepted student at the blog
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Paperwork
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KSU-List
•For announced places ,apply to Training Unit with : Practical Training Request ,Transcript, TOEFL / IELTS exam results and CV in English and Sign the Practical Training Regulations .
•If your application is accepted – DONE
•Otherwise, the student has to reapply for YOUR-LIST
Applying for Practical Training16
Schedule of Deadlines17
First Batch (Your-List ):
Student has three trials to search for a place starting from Today 17th February ,2016 until 28 April , 2016( end of 15th week )
أسابيع8بـ : موعد التدريب
رمضان 24األربعاء–مايو 29شعبان 22األحد :قبل رمضان
-يوليو 11شوال الموافق 6األثنين , يونيو 29الموافق
أغسطس1شوال الموافق 27األثنين
29الخميس -يوليو 11شوال الموافق 6األثنين :بعد رمضان سبتمبر1ذو القعدة الموافق
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First Batch:
Student has three trials to search for a place
First Trials:
Student finds her own company
Submit the request
Result will be announced on blog
Accepted Done, Rejected Try Again (-1)
Second Trials:
Student finds her own company
Submit the request
Result will be announced on blog
Accepted Done, Rejected Try Again (-2)
Third & Last Trials:
Student finds her own company
Submit the request
Result will be announced on blog
Accepted Done, Rejected it is over
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Second Batch (Announced Places - KSU-List):
The first day to apply is on 20th February, 2016 February for 3 days only
Committee meets & make decision
Results will be announced on the blog
If student’s application does not accepted then she can apply to the first batch
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Questions
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