Practical Training 1Laajuus (10 cr)

Objective

During your traineeship, you will be guided through practical business tasks and the application of your knowledge and skills in working life. It is designed to support the student's academic development, the development of practical workplace skills and the development of personal skills.

Content

You will attend the training info with your group in good time before the start of the training. Once you have found a traineeship, you will draw up a traineeship contract with the employer, including learning objectives, and have it approved by the traineeship coordinator.

Once you have a valid contract, you will carry out your 250h traineeship in a work environment related to your field and your orientation studies. You will keep a diary of your placement and prepare a report, including a self-assessment, in accordance with the guidelines. At the end of the traineeship, you will ask your employer for electronic feedback on the period.

Materials

Materials and instructions are provided on the traineeship website.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

ACCEPTED
The student will be able to search as independently as possible for a placement in his/her home country or abroad that supports his/her studies and professional development. He/she attends the placement information sessions, fills in the placement contract form and has the contract approved by the employer and the placement coordinator before signing it.
The student will be able to find out independently about the organization of the placement, its operating logic, the different tasks and the services offered.
The student will be able to work in the different tasks of the placement site, making use of the knowledge acquired during the studies. He/she will be able to recognize the importance of the different roles in the organization.
Student can reflect on his/her professional development and the relevance of the studies to it. He/she will keep a diary and prepare a traineeship report in accordance with the guidelines.

FAILED
The student has not completed the practical training period or has not prepared the required reports according to the guidelines.

Execution methods

You can do your traineeship either in your home country or, adapted according to your hops (3 months), abroad in a relevant work environment.

Traineeship 1 can be done separately or in combination with Traineeship 2.

Accomplishment methods

Independent or subsidised placement, setting objectives and drawing up contracts.
Continuous work in your field of work.
Reporting and evaluation of the traineeship according to training guidelines.

You can also participate in the traineeship application guidance process. This consists of four sessions, of which you can choose to attend all or just one. There is a binding registration for each session. The themes of the meetings are:
1. Suitable employer for a training - mapping out ideas
2. Own strengths
3. CV and LinkedIn profile
4. Application letter and video application or video CV

You can do your traineeship either in your home country or, adapted to your hops (3 months), abroad in a work environment related to your field.

Traineeship 1 can be done separately or in combination with Traineeship 2.

ALTERNATIVE MODE OF DELIVERY; AHOT

For the identification of previously acquired competences (AHOT), a pre-hot application must be submitted in Pak to the traineeship coordinator. The application must describe the specific business tasks and the skills acquired in these tasks and be accompanied by a certificate of employment. As proof of your skills, you will prepare either a written traineeship report or a video presentation of the same content, according to your choice, based on your previous work experience. In your report and presentation, you will follow the KAMK Business Studies Internship Reporting Guidelines.