IT Hardware / Systems Internship

Location: Midrand, Gauteng (South Africa)
Salary R5,750 per month basic salary
Duration: 12 months

Two fantastic opportunities exist for two (2) candidates that have a high degree of aptitude in the IT environment. A junior position for someone with limited experience or starting out in IT:
  • Basic understanding of hardware, operating systems (Linux or Windows), applications and networking.
  • Help Desk or User support in IT
  • Basic systems administration tasks
  • Experience in the installation and set-up of networks, servers or workstations will be an advantage

Requirements:
  • High degree of aptitude in the IT environment
  • Passion for technology
  • Thorough and diligent worker
  • Goal oriented and structured worker
  • Good communication skills
  • Customer orientation
  • Strong team orientation
  • Entrepreneurial initiative (self-starter)
  • High degree of professionalism
  • Openness to learning

Duties will include:
  • Operation of monitoring systems for clients
  • Act on alarms and other associated commands or messages displayed on monitors / displays
  • Perform system administration tasks and maintain the database of monitored objects
  • Health checks and compilation of reports.
  • Develop an awareness of a wide spectrum of IT technologies.

Unfortunately only South African citizens will be considered.

Closing date: 12 April 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.