TIT2311 Industrial Training Company Supervisor Guidelines

Company Supervisor Guidelines

1 Training Duration
The official industrial training duration start from 19 March 2018 until 14 June 2018.
Any changes to the duration must be agreed between the trainee and the company,
and submitted to the faculty for approval. However, the official training duration shall
NOT be less than three (3) months.

2 Company Supervisor
The company must appoint a supervisor for each student. The duty of the company
supervisor is to monitor, guide and assess to the student. The company supervisor
must provide the following details to the faculty supervisor using fax or email for
further communication.

 Company Supervisor’s Name

 Company Supervisor’s Designation
 Company Supervisor’s Contact Number
 Company Supervisor’s E-Mail

A faculty supervisor is a lecturer appointed by the faculty to liaise with the company
supervisor on all matters pertaining to the student industrial training.

3 Training Activities
The students should be given proper task to perform during the training period rather
than given clerical and maintenance jobs. It is suggested that the students be given
tasks that will enhance their knowledge and skills in information technology. This
includes but not limited to:
 System/ Database development
o Planning
o Analysis
o Design
o Testing
o Implementation
o System maintenance/ support

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 Multimedia/ animation
o Graphic Design
o Anime Development
 Web/ Portal development
o Homepage
o Application
 Networking
o Planning
o Design
o Setting-up/ installation
o Network maintenance/ support
 Trainer / instructor for IT related courses
 Other technical tasks
o Software Installation and troubleshooting for Operating System and off-
the-shelf software
o Hardware assemble, configurations and troubleshooting

In addition, the students should be encouraged to participate in the management of

the company. These exposures add values to their experience working as trainees.
We expect the company to provide sufficient resources for the students to complete
the given tasks. Please inform the faculty in the event of any shortcomings that may
hinder the student from completing their tasks. Any issues on the performance and
discipline of the students must be brought to the attention of the faculty.

4 Reports
The students will prepare Weekly Logs documenting their activities for the week.
These documents must be verified by the company supervisor. At the end of March,
April, May and June submitted to the faculty supervisor. All monthly reports will be
included in the Final Report. The Final Report documents all the activities throughout
the Industrial Training sessions. The students must submit the Final Report to the
company supervisor for approval. The company may request the student to remove

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any confidential items in the report. For the report’s format, please refer to the
Documentation Guidelines.
5 Visits
The faculty supervisor will visit the students at least once during the training period.
This is one of the ways to ensure participation between the faculty’s supervisor, the
students and the company. The company supervisor is expected to brief the faculty
supervisor on each student's performance, with demonstration of the student's work if
possible. The faculty supervisor will also discuss with the students on the progress of
the training, and to address any problems that the students faced during the training.

6 Evaluation
6.1 Presentation
Presentation period is scheduled between 18th June 2018 to 29 June 2018.
The presentation can be done at Melaka campus. A presentation at the
company is possible upon request, with arrangements for the faculty
supervisor to attend the presentation as well. An evaluation panel must be
appointed to assess the presentation.

6.2 Company Supervisor Evaluation

The faculty will send the evaluation form to the company. It is the company
supervisor responsibility to complete the evaluation form for each student. The
evaluation form is confidential and must be submitted or sent to the faculty
supervisor via fax, email or post in the final week of the training.

6.3 Faculty Supervisor Evaluation

The faculty supervisor will compile the results of the presentation, company
supervisor evaluation, and assess the Final Report for overall performance of
the students. The results of the training must be completed latest by the first
week of third trimester. This is to enable the results to be released to the
students before end of February.

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7 Contacts
The main contact on the training will be between the company supervisor and faculty
supervisor. Other matters can be directed to the following contacts:

 Malacca
Name : Dr. Wee Kuok Kwee
Tel : 06-252 3961
Email : wee.kuok.kwee@mmu.edu.my
Address : Faculty of Information Science & Technology
Multimedia University
Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama
75450 Bukit Beruang
Melaka, Malaysia.
General line: 06-252 3551
Fax : 06-231 8840

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