PRACTICAL TRAINING ORIENTATION (IT 999) Department of Information Technology

College of Computer and Information SciencesKing Saud University

Committee Members: Hanan Ali Tamimi (Head)

Dr. Souad Larabi MariesainteL. Mashael Majed Alsaleh, L.Seeren S Alomran

L.Reem Algifary, L.Nora Alhammad

Training Unit : Ms. Norah Alsaeed Ms. Nawal Aldakhil

Committee Secretaries: Ms. Najla Almarshad

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Outline Before Practical Training

Benefits and Goals of Practical training Expectations from Practical training How to choose a Practical training place Criteria for a good place/company for Practical training

Paperwork Forms required Schedule of deadlines

During Practical Training Planning and organization

After Practical Training Reports and Evaluations

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Description for IT4993

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 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 credit hours to register for the practical training

In addition the following courses should be taken by the student:

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)

Description for IT4994

A student can either : Identify the training location on her own Compete for the training locations provided by the IT

department

Position Allocation Requirements5

Training position brought by student 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: GPA of student IELTS(5.5) or equivalent English qualifications (if exists) Training experiences on IT (if exists)

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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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Benefits and Goals

Excellent work;Good Quality Output

Project Team

Good Communication

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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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Criteria to select a company 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.

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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 14

Paperwork

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Your-List

• Visit Training Unit to Know about positions offered 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

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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

• If your application is accepted – DONE => Sign the Practical Training Regulations

• Otherwise, the student has to reapply for YOUR-LIST

Applying for Practical Training

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Schedule of Deadlines19

First Batch (Your-List ): Student has three trials to search for a place starting

from 24th February ,2014 until 8th May , 2014 Second Batch (Announced Places KSU-List):

The first day to apply is 9th March , 2014 February for 3 days only

Committee meets & make decision Results will be announced on 13th March,2014 If student’s application does not accepted then she can

apply to the first batch

Schedule of Deadlines20

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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Questions

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