Presented By:
Industrial Training
Committee
Faculty of Business
29th August 2013
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Program Objectives
Pre-requisite
Practical Training Program
Placement Location
Procedures
Grading
Deductions of Marks
Important Dates
Course Registration
Leave of Absence
Q & A Session
To expose students to the 'real' working environment and
get acquainted with the organization structure, business
operations and administrative functions.
To have hands-on experience in the students’ related field so
that they can relate and reinforce what has been taught at
the university.
To foster cooperation and to develop synergetic
collaboration between industry and the university in
promoting a knowledge economy.
To set the stage for future recruitment by potential
employers.
A minimum of 100 credit hours from passed courses
and credit transferred courses, inclusive of total credit
hours of Tri 2 2013/2014
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Practical training for 6 CALENDER MONTHS (24 weeks
or more)
Commencing date: 1st March 2014 Onwards
Once the offer is accepted:
Withdrawal is not allowed
Subject to the respective Firm’s rules and regulations
Subjects that can be counted as credit hours
Subject taken and
1.Pass with grade A, B, or C or
2.Pass with PS
Subjects not taken but granted credit transfer
Subjects NOT to be counted as the credit hours
Subject with grade : F, FL, U, W, I
Placement : Student’s Own Choice
Audit Firm: Any firm registered with MIA and
located in Malaysia (including Sabah and
Sarawak)
Commercial
Company:
The
immediate
supervisor must be a MIA member
Government Department: The immediate
supervisor must be a MIA member
Call up the firm before sending out the application
letters.
Find out whether there is a vacancy for trainees.
If the firm has vacancies, you have to ask for the
person in charge. The person in charge may be from HR
department, Training department, or any other
departments of the firm.
Try to get the name of the person so that you can
address the letter to the person in charge correctly in
your application letter.
Letter without complete information (either information
about yourself or the company) may result in not
getting any reply from the company
Pre Placement Registration
Documents:
(a) Confirmation Letter on Student Status
(b) Cover Letter
(c) Application Form
(d) Company Confirmation Letter
Academic Transcript (Online Version is
sufficient)
o Reply envelope (WITH STAMP)
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Refer to Flow chart.
Choose a firm (MIA Audit Firm Database)
Fill up the four (4) documents (refer to FOB
websites on BAC 4614 Practical Training).
Submit original copies of the (4) documents
and transcripts to either the Practical
Training Coordinators for checking and
signature. You will be assigned with a
reference number.
If the documents are free from errors, the
signed copy will be returned to the student.
Send the 4 documents to the firm directly.
Wait for the firm’s response.
If you don’t get a response from the firm
within/ about 2 weeks or so, give them a call
and enquire on your application status.
Don’t wait until the last minute! It is your
responsibility to contact and follow-up with
the firm(s) of your choice.
Repeat the same procedures for the 2nd firm
(if applicable).
Please do not submit the application
forms to the firm without following the
procedures.
Marks
will
be
deducted
when
irregularities are found during the
application stage as well as during the
training period.
Practical Training is graded based on:
Employer's Evaluation : 25%
Weekly reports : 25%
Final Report: 50%
Total: 100%
MARKS WILL BE ASSIGNED WITH A GRADE
<50% FAIL
FAIL: re-take BAC4614
Marks to be deducted on the following issues:
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When student obtains more than one firm’s
offer and fail to inform the firm whose offer
he/she decides to reject;
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Asking for a change of firm after the offer is
confirmed;
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Not adhering to the standard application
procedures;
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Not adhering to the planned schedule.
Training Period: 1st March 2014 until 30th August
2014
Documents submission date: Latest by 3th January
2014 (before 5 p.m.) to Ms Mas / Pn Asma
Offer Confirmation: Due on 10th January 2014
Final Report Submission: Due on 12th September
2014 (before 5pm)
Second Briefing: 21th January 2014
Effective this semester Student is required
to register the subject BAC 4614 Practical
Training.
Registration of the subject is to be done in
Tri 3 2013/2014 before the commencement
of the practical training.
For the following Trimester 1 2014/2015 the
registration will be automatically done by the
ERU/system
If a student quits
commencement,
the
program
after
its
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NOT ALLOWED to register for any subjects
offered in Tri 3, 2013/2014;
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He/she has to apply for “Leave of Absence”
for that trimester, subject to the Dean’s
approval;
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Appeal will be looked into on case by case
basis.
Q&A
SESSION
For further information, kindly contact:
Mr Azizi Samsudin / Ms Yip Yen Yen /
Mr Sim Kian Dey /Ms Nurbani Hassan /
Ms Zuraina Sal Salbila
Coordinators
BAC4614 Practical Training
Faculty of Business