Tuesday, May 22, 2007

My IT Industrial Training

After nearly 2 months being tied to the school in Puchong for industrial training, I think today can be considered the most progressive day. I was suppose to do my IT industrial training in a company but I can't get attached to any company since my programme just told us bout it 2 weeks before we were suppose to go for training. I had asked them so many times in the last semester but they do not seem to have any idea when I have to do my training. Since it was kinda last minute, I can't get attach to any company, I asked my programme to arrange a place for me.

In the end, I was placed in a secondary school in Puchong with another 2 friends to do their school network for them. Besides that, who wouldn't want it since we were free labour. We do not get any allowance to travel to the school also. Due to that, my group members are re-taking some subjects this semester to clear the subjects they fail. So I'm not required to be in the high school everyday to work.

Since reporting ourselves in the school, the progress was kinda slow. I have to design a network for them but when I asked them bout the budget, it was to be RM1000 maximum. What am I to do? That is the cost of a basic network. Lucky for me for I asked them directly to tell me how much they are willing to spend and not come up with a proposal that goes beyond their budget and I have to redo everything.

After talking to the teacher in charge of the Ko-kurikulum activities, I have to come up with where to put the wires and what material they need. Once done that, they agree with my proposal and it was put in motion. We had a delayed for they have no money to pay us to get the materials. We have no choice but to report back to our lecturer who send us for our industrial training. They both discuss on it and it was decided that the school would get the materials themselves and when the material arrives, he is to call us to go fix up the wiring.

Today when we went, we were told we do not need to fix the wiring. We are to guide and show the wire-man where to put and connect the RJ-45 cables. All we have to do was clamp the wire and test that it is working. It took us a while to realize how come our cables are not working. The clamp we borrowed from one of our lecturer can't clamp tightly. We have to clamp a few times to make sure the head of the connector and the wires are connected. I have a tough time for I forgot to double check the sequence of the cables to be clamp. There have to be some trials and error before we got it right. Leaving it to my 2 members are horrible. We use the existing cable as a guide and they can see wrongly the color arrangement. My my my...

It was kinda fun to clamp the cables and it was a good learning process. I wonder is this what we are to do when we graduate and come out to work? I doubt so...Unless we are working in the computer shops in IT centers. If not, it is the work of the technicians. But it was fun. The only thing that pisses me off is, the teacher always ask us to go at the time when he has other engagement and we are to wait at least an hour for him. That is the only bad side of it and also he is very flickle minded. Since day 1, he has changed what he wants so many time. But as long it is within his budget, it is not my business to care.


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